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Pimentver
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What is the long term viability of the competition
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Since it’s off season i decided to ask what does the future of the comp look like long term and what it means for the standalone clubs since it has become clear we are disposable to the afl and we will have to go without the afl some day

Edited by: Pimentver on 03/11/2025 - 21:19
MegaA
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If you pick up the first Terry Keenan book in the trilogy published in 2005 it also talks about a new competition and separation of AFL clubs from the VFL - we may be talking about the same thing in another 20 years time. I do feel that the AFL doesn’t care too much about our clubs and the recent Preston situation confirms this. I feel the only reason that the stand alone clubs are still there is because it’s in the too hard basket concerning what they do with them and also because it’s got minor importance to the AFL. 
 

I think they are happy to have the old vfa clubs there for the time being.

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