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Why havent VFL clubs merged with TAC Cup clubs?
Wouldnt it be good business to have a junior base.... plus the VFL club would get the transfer fee when the player is deafted which it could reinvest in player development. SANFL & WAFL clubs benefit from having their own junior base as players have an easy progession to senior ranks
some mergers look obvious.... Pioneers/Gold, Scorpions/Stingrays, Preston[again] or Coburg/Knights and have the U18 team adopt the VFL nickname..... giving the club more prestige. Im sure a kid saying he plays for the Borough over Chargers would give him greater pride
It cant be a fluke that North Ballarat won three in a row