Originally Posted by
Doctor J.
This is all good discussion, but the AFL in reality has total control of all 18 clubs via the licence agreement. The licence agreement covers all things such as colours, name, merchandise, logo, theme song and basically where and when you will play your games. So what a club has in its constitution matters for nothing if the AFL Licence agreement trumps it, which it does. Which is why there will never be a breakaway from the AFL because the AFL owns all the tangible rights to the clubs. If the "big 4" Vic clubs decided to break away and create another league, what would it mean Lets use Richmond as an example. They could not play games in another league as Richmond or the Tigers or wear yellow and black or use the club song or sell merchandise declaring themselves as 2019 premiers, or sell any merchandise that links themselves to the Richmond identity. In essence they would be playing in another league under a new name with a new identity, all the "traditions" built up over many years would remain the property of the AFL. No club wants to risk that.
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