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Jesus christ. Okay so we are counting Mars Stadium as am AFL ground to aspire to? That's an AFL ground only to help a club expand/consolidate their footprint.
Same with the Tasmanian grounds. They are accepted to help Hawks/Kangas expand theirs but remember, neither stadium was acceptable to the AFL for a standalone footy team so don't give me this 4 grounds for 10 teams bs.
The reality is that if any of the WA/SA teams wanted to go and take their brand to the regions they may be able to do it for a game or two a season but you wouldn't suggest that whatever suburban ground they build a commentary box on is all of a sudden an AFL venue. Plus there is noone in the regions of those states.
It is a ratio of 1 ground:2 teams in SA WA. That is superior to the Melbourne ratio of 2 grounds:9 teams.
Okay Sydney has a ground each but they, like Brisbane/Gold Coast are geographically different.
You dont spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build a stadium so it can sit empty every second weekend. Even less so when it doesn't have the opportunity to host grand finals etc.
Same with the Tasmanian grounds. They are accepted to help Hawks/Kangas expand theirs but remember, neither stadium was acceptable to the AFL for a standalone footy team so don't give me this 4 grounds for 10 teams bs.
The reality is that if any of the WA/SA teams wanted to go and take their brand to the regions they may be able to do it for a game or two a season but you wouldn't suggest that whatever suburban ground they build a commentary box on is all of a sudden an AFL venue. Plus there is noone in the regions of those states.
It is a ratio of 1 ground:2 teams in SA WA. That is superior to the Melbourne ratio of 2 grounds:9 teams.
Okay Sydney has a ground each but they, like Brisbane/Gold Coast are geographically different.
You dont spend hundreds of millions of dollars to build a stadium so it can sit empty every second weekend. Even less so when it doesn't have the opportunity to host grand finals etc.