China is stupid, and it's even more stupid that an expansion club like the sun's have to leave their expansion area to go to another expansion place. Madness.
Tassie probably could have supported a team 25 years ago when the VFL branched out. But today, you need too much money to run an AFL club. The Tassie gov should not be propping them up.
I am ambivalent about the idea of a Tasmanian team, but the idea of the state government providing financial support is surely a good investment. They obviously did it with the Hawks, and bringing people to the state has to be high on their priorities (which football would continue to do in an expanded fixture).
It�s a huge middle finger from the AFL to Tasmania . Two teams in Qld, NSW, games in the Alice, Darwin, China and NZ .
Tassie has had a Sheffield shield team for over 40 yrs and still no AFL team .
What the ..... ?
The 2 Tassie clubs, North Melbourne and Hawthorn should merge and move to Tassie.
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They can call themselves the Kanga Poos
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9 clubs in Melbourne reflects the population and level of support for footy there. None of them are in really serious financial trouble. A few are struggling but a bit of success and good management will turn that around very quickly.
As for the number of Suns players who would move to Tassie, that's not really the issue. There would certainly be a period of adjustment, and they would be crap for a few years, but if it was well managed, there is no reason to suppose it wouldn't work in the medium term. The Gold Coast is a graveyard for sporting teams. It is an ephemeral, rootless place and the performance of its sporting teams reflects that.
Where do you think a Tas team should be based? I�ve read people say that people in Hobart wouldn�t support a Launceston team, and vice versa. Sounds silly to me - but then I don�t �get� interstate rivalries much less intrastate ones.
Given small population of Tas, to be successful there a team would need to win popular support across Tasmania.
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