Nice try gary - of course there are alternatives as the club was not about to go down the tube if we didn't do the deal. Other clubs have chosen to not to go down this route, especially with the risk it entails.
Forget other clubs, the ones you mentioned are in real strife and live off CBF, AFL and Federal funding - we don't and as a result our identity is kept intact. Look at the Kangas and Bulldogs - it's not North or Footscray anymore.
You base all your ramblings on speculative risk - nothing proven. Why not wait until all facts and figures have been disclosed, until then, all arguments re membership and identity carry little to no weight.
Also I ask this question to you:
What do you think the club would have done if this deal didn't happen?
Oh my god , are you serious? This is the question you can't answer. now you're looking for answers.
You say enough is enough but now all members have to live with the decision and the negative issues associated with it for the next five years.
Only the negative nellies have to live with it, the rest of us are just looking fwd to watching our team improve whilst the coffers receive a massive boost off the field - sits ok with me.
Already it is starting to be realised we will have less members than we otherwise would as a result of the decision. This costs us money and not only means we are less attractive to sponsors but will have less power when we negotiate with the AFL.
Again, pure speculation, no fact - same old lines. Let's see how it all pans out first before jumping up and down as if the ass has fallen out of the club.
Our average attendance at home games
will also drop (also meaning less money) - so how is this going to be used to supposedly bargain for more games at the MCG?
Will it? again pessimistic viewpoint with zero fact. If we pack out carl & Coll games at TD then they will be moved to the G - plain and simple.
We also now know that unless you have foxtel , or prepared to take the family down the pub (Hawthorn the family club

) , most members and supporters will not even be able to see 3 of the 4 home games that will now be played in tasmania.
Footy has been on foxtel for the last 5 years, not all hawk games were avail on FTA last season. Why is it such an issue now compared with last season?
There is no doubt that this deal does causes identity issues - this is why the topic of even playing any games in tasmania was put under intense scrutiny by the Board in 2001 - as Don Scott recently said:
Nah, were still Hawthorn, our home is the MCG, still wear brown and gold, same coach, players, board, club song, sponsors, training base etc etc
oh, we play one extra game in Tas. For big $$.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,20331385%5E19767,00.html
Sadly most of the members of the Board in 2001 have now left but the concerns they expressed about playing even 2 games in tasmania remain and has now increased now that we are playing 4 home games there.
stopped reading the article after this quote: "Scott predicted that playing four home games in Tasmania could be the forerunner to the Hawks permanent relocation."
Surely you don't believe this?
The fact is HFC is a football club that exists for its members & unless the club knows the thoughts of its members
(especially those from its core market) in relation to this issue it is in no place to help resolve them.