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There are two news teams joining the AFL club ranks in Gold Coast and Greater West Sydney. But at what cost? What are the chances of Tasmania and Northern Territory getting a team in the big league? It looks like nil.
Already, established clubs in the league are in financial trouble and borrowing money from the AFL, so how could the competition support two new teams after GWS and the Gold Coast down the track.
AFL is the leading game in both States, and unless the NRL puts pressure and puts a team there, the AFL are going to just drip feed games and use struggling financial teams to prop up their budgets as both States are desperate for any type of matches.
Unless a team is forced to relocate or merge, the likes of the Tasmanian bid that was put forward in 2009 by the Tasmania government is worth as much as the paper its printed it on.
The Brisbane Bears took thirteen years and the Sydney Swans took fourteen years to reach a Grand Final. At what price will it cost the League to prop up these new teams. By 2022, will there by enough money to start two franchises from the ground up?
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