Where Should Team 20 Be Located?

[gold1]

Alice Springs

 

[DjJazzyPete]

Think there will be a merger .. North Melbourne and ?

 

[Quickdraw]

Rather not have 20 teams but AFL would need to grow a pair if a merger was to happen.

 

[French Tiger]

I reckon the list tells us the options are limited.

Darwin would only work if they had a indoor stadium with AC, but would retention be an issue?

I like the idea of the Murray/Riverina region, but I'm not sure if its practical due to population. Maybe They can split games with a Canberra team?

WA seems to be the only realistic option.

I have added merger, NZ cheese sanga options.

I voted for the Murray/ Albury Wodonga as that’s where I’m from & we are footy mad here. I can guarantee we would get more to our games then the Giants do to theirs.

But in all honesty there is to many teams as it is & the problem with one here will be the same in Tasmania , we already have our own teams to support.

Won’t get far without passionate members/supporters turning up to games.

 

[DavidSSS]

Think there will be a merger .. North Melbourne and ?

Footscray.

North Western Bulldogs.

DS

 

[Willo]

Think there will be a merger .. North Melbourne and ?

Geelong. Same colour jumpers. Merge the jumpers.
They could be called the noughts and crosses

 

[craig]

Fitzroy.

With a boutique stadium built in Brunswick Street

 

[DjJazzyPete]

y

Footscray.

North Western Bulldogs.

DS

Yep this is likely..

 

[tigerlove]

Cox's home town in the US

 

[22nd Man]

It’s not a very good reason- playing in the hottest part of the year is crazy. I was always the 3 quarter time entertainment out bush with my heat exhaustion spew.

they must think it’s preferable.

 

[14tempany]

NT

 

[hutstar]

NT for me makes most sense.

FWIW I reckon GWS will ultimately relocate to Canberra

Yep, GWS should relocate to Canberra under the name the Murrumbidgee Giants. This covers a fair swathe of southern NSW and the ACT. Play preseason in Wagga.

 

[tigermouseau]

I just don’t like the games of footy played up in Cairns or Darwin. The game deteriorates into a game of “who can pick up the ball” let alone kick it or worse still, mark it. Humidity turns the game into virtually unwatchable. All IMHO of course.

 

[Sintiger]

If we were making decisions purely as a business we would get rid of a team in Melbourne, North is the obvious one
We would move the giants to Canberra

 

[CarnTheTiges]

If we were making decisions purely as a business we would get rid of a team in Melbourne, North is the obvious one
We would move the giants to Canberra

That’s a really good strategy, Sin.

 

[bengal tigers]

20 teams ,l guess the standard of the AFL games will drop,if it hasn't already.
Free agency will start becoming more important than the draft.
You will start seeing a longer retention of average player's ,it's already happening.

 

[Little Ziggyadee]

Burnley 3121
Then we can play derby's against Richmond

 

[bigwow]

Footscray.

North Western Bulldogs.

DS

I'd chop St Kilda as well, and try to get back to 16 teams.
Some selective mergers and relocations to rationalise the competition.
The talent pool is already stretched too thin.

 

[RoarEmotion]

There are going to be some massive premiership droughts.

20 years on average per flag means 3-4 in your lifetime is an expected return if every team wins one every 20 years. We have truly been blessed these last few years so will be hard to keep perspective. Supports rolling the dice on a flag when you can for me. NFL/NHL have 32 and NBA 3, EPL is kind of crazy with all its divisions so we are low on that scale.

 

[Jason King]

I just can't see a merger happening in this modern age. Too many platforms for people to cry on.