I like your idea but you have left out the most critical component ? Money. Geography is not the reason why the Sydney league is not as strong as Canberra, its money. Rezoning the teams will do nothing to improve that.
The Canberra comp has three times as much cash as the Sydney competition because many of these are supported by licensed clubs. Until the money issue improves the swans should remain playing in Canberra, its the best option as its pretty local for an away game and the competition is not that bad (after all its stood the senior club in good stead for the last 6-7 years). If you want the swans reserves playing in Sydney, which they definitely should, then the afl needs to help the existing SFL clubs (or your re-branded SFL teams) to generate income streams so that they can attract better players. If each of the SFL clubs could generate this same level of income then the standard of the SFL comp would take over ACTAFL in no time (IMHO living in Sydney is a tad bit more attractive than living in Canberra).
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