Re a team in Tasmania ; We all know there SHOULD be one. The AFL distributes money to all the clubs (the amounts vary, from
$10M a year to West Coast to $18M a year to St Kilda & the Western Bulldogs to $25M a year to GWS and the Suns).
Everyone gets a cheque. Without their cheque every club would have to close down. Tomorrow. So yes, a Tasmanian club
will have to get a cheque. Just like everyone else already does.
If the AFL are out of money and it's highly likely they are, then take a million bucks off each of the existing clubs. Get the Tas
government to pony up $20M a year and there you have the $40 million a year needed.
Seriously, there is a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers called Trevor Bauer who is being paid $45 million USD this year.
You've probably never heard of him and he's not even that good.
We as a sport, as a country, should be able to have a footy team in Tasmania. Yes, it's cold there in winter. So what.
Maybe put another jumper on or something. I survived getting up at 5:00AM to do a paper round as a kid there for years.
It's character building. Maybe Ed can redeem himself partly by getting on the Tasmania bandwagon and giving it a push.
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