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Does Art imitate Life, or Life imitate Football? Our game needs a National Divisional Competition. Follow me on https://twitter.com/FootyRebel
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Are Soccer and Rugby the biggest football codes on earth because they embraced a multi-division, free market structure, Or, did they embrace a multi-division,…
Australia has a population of 26 million. Europe and the USA have about 350 million each, and there are billions of people in Asia.…
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The AFL community has been programmed to operate within a tightly confined box, full of impossibilities, no-ways, not going to happen, moral contradictions and generally closed minded thinking.
On the other hand, if we embraced equal opportunity and gave the football public the responsibility to determine their future, then the AFL domestic competition could look a bit like this;
12 teams per division.
5 divisions.
60 clubs Nationally.
No draft.
Divisional tied salary cap.
No AFL concessions or handouts.
22 rounds & each team plays each other twice.
Pro/rel.
Free trade agreements.
List of possible domestic team entries;
Which of these proposed clubs could NOT sustainably compete in a self funded 60 club, 5 Division AFL?
19.Claremont Tigers
20.East Fremantle Sharks
21.East Perth Royals
22.Peel Thunder
23.Perth Demons
24.South Fremantle Bulldogs
25.Subiaco Lions
26.Swan Districts Swans
27.West Perth Falcons
28.Albany Utd
29.Geraldton Utd
30.Bunbury Utd
31.Busselton Magpies
32.Central District Bulldogs
33.Glenelg Tigers
34.North Adelaide Roosters
35.Norwood Redlegs
36.South Adelaide Panthers
37.Sturt Double Blues
38.West Adelaide Bloods
39.Woodville West Torrens Eagles
40.Mount Gambier Utd
41.Coburg Lions
42.Frankston Dolphins
43.Port Melbourne Borough
44.Sandringham Zebras
45.Werribee Tigers
46.Williamstown Seagulls
47.Aspley Hornets
48.SouthPort Sharks
49.Sunshine Coast Utd
50.Cairns Utd
51.Townsville Utd
52.Toowoomba Utd
53.Devonport Magpies
54.Launceston Utd
55.Hobart Utd
56.Darwin Utd
57.Canberra Utd
58.Albury Wodonga Utd
59.Wagga Wagga Utd
60.Newcastle Utd
61.Wollongong Utd
62.Northern Rivers Districts
63.Ballarat Utd
64.Bendigo Utd
65.Shepparton Utd
66.Warrnambool Utd
67.Gippsland Districts
68.Wangaratta Utd
69.Mildura Utd
International candidates;
USA
Ireland
Japan
England
South Africa
NZ
Canada
Bali
India
It’s time that the AFL community take off their shackles and start thinking properly.
With Tasmania locked in to join the competition, where is the inevitable 20th AFL team destined to come from?
Tasmania says hi!
As does Darwin.
How about Canberra. Cairns, Albury, Bendigo, Ballarat?
Nah, they dont deserve to participate, they are mugs.
Sorry mate, Im into equal opportunity, not equality.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
It’s apples and oranges unless you have a pathway to div1.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
12 sides in Div 1 – 12 side in div2 – 12 sides in div3.
I think Hobart would compete nicely in Div2 playing against North Melbourne.
I think that a Bendigo or Ballarat would get promoted to Div2 after a few years.
And even SouthPort Sharks would not be far off a Gold Coast Suns.
nb. This is under the condition that the draft is abolished, and distribution rights are distributed over the entire 36 clubs in Div1/2&3.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
An Aussie soccer player just purchased Italian club Catania.
It is possible that an African Billionaire might just see the opportunity in our sport, and throw $20M into a 10 year project in Africa. Why not?
Crypto.com took a liking to our game.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
Mate, its not just the AFL that are going to get sued. The biggest class action will be laid on the Government.
The fraud that was perpetrated was enormous.
Anyway, lets not go there. Back to a Divisional football league.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
Exactly right Munro Mike. The obvious answer is to have a Tasmanian football rivalry between the North and the South, but under a National Divisional Competition, where $20M of broadcast rights are distributed to each club, and they can fight their way into Div1.
The AFL does not need to do any draft concessions nor funding. If Hobart and North Tasmania cant sustain a team, then they dont deserve to be there.
But we owe every major football region an opprtunity to join the national competition. Ofcourse we do. Anyone who says Darwin or Hobart or even Cairns and Albury do not deserve to play in the national competition, has their heads up their arses.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
There is little interest as there is no pathway to Div1. Full stop.
If a pathway of promotion and relegation was created, then the whole dynamic would change, completely.
Its apples and oranges
The case for an AFL Divisional System
Actually, I think that an AFL team in London would be easier than Sydney.
Firstly, as an ex-pat, it becomes an important part of ones life to hang around other Australians, and going to the footy may just be the perfect outing. 200k Aussies living in London. 300k aussies visiting London p/a.
Also, there are 2M Brits who have lived in Oz for over 2 years. Even if 1% grow to love our game, that is 20,000 supporters.
Obviously, London FC would be conditional to a wealthy business man to bank roll them for 10+years. Rupert Murdoch would be perfect, due to his Fox Sports network.
Back in the early 80’s, New Sth Welshman had an obligation to hate Aussie Rules. It was hard yacka. I think London will be an easier sell.
Also, the players would come from chasing $$$ and a new lifestyle.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
100k towns/regions like: Bendigo, Ballarat, Albury, Darwin, Cairns, Bunbury, Launceston, Hobart and even 50k regions like Geraldton, Shepperton, Horsham and Warnambool would all field a competitive Div3 side.
The AFL community have the blinkers on. But if given the opportunity to join a national competition, football towns and regions of the 50k+ would love the opportunity to participate in the national league.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
It would help it. The AFL is on its death bed, not from the legal actions taken in regard to concussions, but the forced injections. As the AFL holds a monopoly over the professional sport of Australian Football, the players did not have a choice to refuse the jab.
It is now a fact that the jab causes heart issues, especially in elite athletes, and if a player drops, and a doctor says it is a result of the jab, then there will be a class action which will collapse the league. And wham, we have an open competition again. A renaissance.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
There are 40,000 Sudanese in Australia.
My mind is completely open to the opportunties of the free market.
Africa’s billionaires are richer than they have been in years. As a group, the continent’s 18 billionaires are worth an estimated $84.9 billion – a 15% increase from 12 months ago and the largest tally since at least 2015.
In an interntaional AFL football league, all it needs is one African billionare to introduce a club into the lowest division of the AFL, and punt on whether the quality of the game would attract domestic viewership and particiaption.
In the third world, about 30% of the population live day to day. Food is important.
If I was to float a club in Sudan, I would say that all athletes that pass a basic competancy test, can get a free feed, footy boots and a football, if they can complete a week of training.
You may get thousands of applicants, then off you go. The beginning of a domestic league.
After about 10 years, the local club hopefully with about 20 elite athletic footballers, could then be supplemented with top suburban Sudanese footballers who can offer them a career pathway.
It is a long shot, but in a free market divisional system, it is possible. The free market is a dynamic beast. Something which the AFL and most of the football community refuses to acknowledge.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
You have the right to apply for membership.
Actually, equal opportunity is a right.
It underpins western philosophy
The case for an AFL Divisional System
If you think NFL is bigger than soccer, your are delusional.
And if you think NFL is a better sport than Aussie rules, you are even more delusional.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
Brett, you just said that middle dwelling clubs could never compete in a divisional structure with no draft.
I just proved you wrong, again.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
Equal opportunity is a right. Equal performance is not.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
Compare the purses of UFC to Boxing. Then get back to me.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
They simply buy good players, until they have a domestic feeder league
The case for an AFL Divisional System
How do you explain North Melbournes rise in the 70’s?
The case for an AFL Divisional System
How about Boxing? From the UK. Massive in the USA.
The case for an AFL Divisional System
London Stadium was just an example to illustrate my point. Surely there is another stadium which could host a football team.
Dont get lost on this point.
Focus on the divisional concept, and see if you can see it working in Australia
The case for an AFL Divisional System
Great article.
The South East Melbourne catchment which extends through to the Latrobe Valley is deserving of a club. City seems the perfect vessel to do it, although a complete rebrand is in order.
They may lose 50% of their current small supporter base, but by rebranding, they have the potential to connect with a population of over 2Million people.
Dandenong railway hub seems the perfect place to build a 15-20,000 seat stadium, and the local and state Government would understand the importance of the venture for the local economy.
Nb. Over 50% of the Dandenong population are born overseas and it would be great if they could unite behind a single club.
Dandenong City FC is what is required.
A hardcore South East Melbourne club.
New colours, new flavour.
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