I don't know why everyone is so particular about making sure they make 25M a year, why can't the AFL prop them up on the 1.4 B that they have obtained over the next 5 years?
Tasmania deserve a team and just because it costs a little more to allow them to have one why should it be an hurdle? Money shouldn't be a problem at all for the AFL, they should be catering for footy fans not the wallets of corperate companies.
The team could be owned by an investor (maybe tim lane?
) and he could offshoot some of the operating costs will the state government.
If they can get 15k to see two teams which didn't even make the 8 I'm sure that crowds for their own home side would improve even more and games could be split from north to south each couple of rounds to cater for fans from major cities.
My only question would be, would the team be called tasmania football club? Branding would be a major issue because of the north/south divide. Maybe some big clubs in the north and south could considered merging into one AFL club then both would be catered for.
Tasmania deserve a team and just because it costs a little more to allow them to have one why should it be an hurdle? Money shouldn't be a problem at all for the AFL, they should be catering for footy fans not the wallets of corperate companies.
The team could be owned by an investor (maybe tim lane?
If they can get 15k to see two teams which didn't even make the 8 I'm sure that crowds for their own home side would improve even more and games could be split from north to south each couple of rounds to cater for fans from major cities.
My only question would be, would the team be called tasmania football club? Branding would be a major issue because of the north/south divide. Maybe some big clubs in the north and south could considered merging into one AFL club then both would be catered for.

