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The country zones were to be roated around every year to ensure that no club could dominate but 2 clubs Hawthorn and Carlton did not want to be rotated because they had the best zones.
However, something seems to have gone very wrong since then, as the Bendigo Pioneers are the easybeats of the TAC Cup, and this with other country areas in Northern and Central Victoria aligned to the Pioneers. The team has not played finals for over a decade, and has won the wooden spoon many times, most recently this season.
Talking about Carlton, what would have happened if their change of emblem from the Blues to the Cockatoos attempted in the late 1940s been successful? The Carlton theme song might go something like this:
'We are the Cockatoos, we are the famous Carlton Cockatoos. We're the team that never lets you down, we're the only team old Carlton knows. With all the champions they like to send up, we'll keep our end up. And they will know that they've been playing, against the Carlton Cockatoos.'

