Originally Posted by
Mug Punter
Clearly this is a good outcome for your club being able to cherry pick players from other clubs at will.
Don't expect Sydney Uni or Baulko to care about the greater good, and to be fair it's not your role, but the NSWAFL should hang its head in shame. It's a shameful case of picking favourites to the detriment of the rest of the SFL world.
The whole NEAFL concept is, apart from to Sydney Uni and Baulko, the worst thing I can remember happening to the local game. There should be TWO pathways - Sydney Swans and GWS. Not two amateur clubs that have done nothing more than been successful at a point in time and in the case of Sydney Uni a club that historically has no right to be deserving of the privileges it is currently getting.
The SFL, for all its weaknesses, used to be the premier league in this state. It is now forever weakened by having its two best teams (only because of the funding they and only they get) being cannon fodder for this AFL thinktank called the NEAFL.
Can the NEAFL, put the Lions, Suns, Swans and Giants into the SANFL with decently funded local top-ups that do not create this blatant favouritism and self interest.
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The SFL Flag used to be something to aspire to for clubs in Sydney. Now it is the reward for the third best team in the city. And the two best teams (only because of their funding) are and will always be cannon fodder for the AFL outfits.
I'll go as far as to say that a non-AFL team will NEVER win the NEAFL, how can it playing against full time professionals, it would be an embarrassment if they didn't win it. How can this be a meaningful comp except to provide the AFL teams with somewhat better competition for their twos? It's a deadest joke of a comp and it has destroyed the local game in Sydney. Those muppets down at Weldon winning the flag this year is a perfect case in point.
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