LionFanMelbourne

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I hope the AFL thinks far ahead with this investment. If we are talking about expansion, then expand and grow the league. I really don’t think SA and WA need a 3rd team. Both those cities are footy mad and I also don’t see fans of those four teams jumping across to a new one. NT just does not make any sense at all for the reasons you mentioned. The weather being one, but Im gonna hone in on the elephant in the room here- The NT is flipping tiny! Good luck getting enough fans, and another good luck to avoiding player exodus from Darwin to bigger cities where AFL players can party like they often do. Canberra, similarly won’t be able to sustain a team imo. Leave it for extra GWS support. Northern Queensland is also way too tiny in population. Southern Queensland is showing impressive growth but leave that to the lions and suns who have lower membership numbers than other teams. Sydney has struggled to gain enough support, and the Giants are struggling there. So where does that leave……

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Sydney!!!!! I cannot believe how little talk there is about a 3rd team in Sydney for this 20th team. We are talking about a population of like 5 million people here. Let’s grow the game there, maybe we won’t see good turnouts in the near future, but as a long term investment- the sky is the limit! Sure, the Giants struggle but who knows maybe with another team and another crosstown rival people will start rocking up. Sydney people let’s be honest they see the game as a Victorian game as we have like 10 teams down here. They don’t watch it for that reason. Give them 3 and watch them turn. The game is too good for them to ignore any longer!

With Tasmania locked in to join the competition, where is the inevitable 20th AFL team destined to come from?

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