As far as I know, Sydney Swans were never paid by AFL to develop AFL market in Sydney, but GWS is and that is the point of this thread. Until academies and GWS came along, AFL themselves were responsible to develop AFL game in Sydney not the Swans, and we know how bad they were at that.
Only Sydney Swans haters would derailed this thread with their petty comments and there are a few of them around here.
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