Warren Tredrea predicts an AFL Seconds comp within two years

I would not mind a combined SANFL/VFL comp.

But my money will be the same as we got now with 22 teams once Tassie joins. 

The AFL just signed a. $4.6  BILLION TV contract so money won't be a problem and I do see it happening sooner rather than later and the reserves can easily travel with the senior teams as happens already..

Then it will be very interesting to see what happens to the abandoned ex  VFA teams who really are of no consequence  to the AFL or its clubs and supporters. If the AFL clubs want this it will happen.

The ex VFA clubs plus a couple of other strong suburban clubs could  form their own 10 team comp.

The AFL has committed the money from the broadcast deal in their future planning, and second tier footy isn't on the priorities list from what I've heard, although these things can change. Increased player payments, women's footy and community footy are some of the higher priorities.



I think we'll see a full AFLW season with some alignment with the AFL season (as this is what clubs want) well before any major second tier changes. At the moment, second tier footy is delivering plenty of draftees and providing competitive footy, and those are the boxes it needs to tick.

I think I like Billys suggestion,  sounds like the most realistic, affordable option which would appease the stand alone clubs. If / when the inevitable happens form another comp, yould only need a few extra clubs.

I don't like the idea of having these sides play in their local comp, could you imagine Williamstown and Werribee playing in the WRFL, it'll be like Rangers and Celtic, one of the two will dominate the competition or Port Melbourne playing in the Southern league, thrll win it without a struggle and they'd be plenty of lopsided scores, as well as crowds, sponsorship and media (albeit it's minor) attention dropping. 

If playing local was to happen it wouldn't have any appeal for me, I wouldn't be back and I feel like I wouldn't be the only one.

Port Melbourne, Williamstown, Werribee, Coburg, Preston, Frankston......invite Box Hill and Sandy, or add two teams from the east by invitation - might be Noble Park and Vermont for example. That covers metro Melbourne, then invite four country regions to field a team - probably from Bendigo, Ballarat, Ovens & Murray and Hampden leagues. Twelve team comp, undoubtedly competitive, and a sustainable state league comp is reborn in Victoria.

This mutated competition we have now is frankly an insult to the heartland of footy.