Paul, the AFL owe it to Victoria (and definitely ultimately benefit from) to give us a strong financial backing for a solid state league. If the game suffers here, it suffers nationally. When it comes to each of the competing clubs, that's another matter.
Wally, I remember very well when Fitzroy aligned with Coburg.....really didn't think that could work. Fitzroy fans want nothing other than their own team to support.
Digs, really disappointing to hear the Roosters have that attitude. I guess like Geelong West they will forever be part of the great history of the comp. I think Ballarat needs to be part of a state comp personally, so hopefully there is another way in the future.
Unfortunately, while the AFL is still funding the operational costs of state leagues, they don't want to give money to state league clubs anymore. Without that club funding, and the TV coverage that comes with the involvement of AFL clubs, I fear a new VFA would just be a glorified local league that wouldn't survive.
Would be great to be proven wrong on that one, but the AFL and its clubs see value of the standalones being in assessing their players for draft potential against those currently on AFL lists.
Securing TV coverage would be essential for the competition to survive on its own. I was reading the VFA book I got for Christmas and it specifically makes note of Channel 10 abandoning the VFA coverage in 1982 in favour of League games, considering it the death blow for the VFA even if the serious decline wasn't apparent to everyone yet.
Securing TV coverage would be essential for the competition to survive on its own. I was reading the VFA book I got for Christmas and it specifically makes note of Channel 10 abandoning the VFA coverage in 1982 in favour of League games, considering it the death blow for the VFA even if the serious decline wasn't apparent to everyone yet.
Paul, the AFL owe it to Victoria (and definitely ultimately benefit from) to give us a strong financial backing for a solid state league. If the game suffers here, it suffers nationally. When it comes to each of the competing clubs, that's another matter.
Wally, I remember very well when Fitzroy aligned with Coburg.....really didn't think that could work. Fitzroy fans want nothing other than their own team to support.
Digs, really disappointing to hear the Roosters have that attitude. I guess like Geelong West they will forever be part of the great history of the comp. I think Ballarat needs to be part of a state comp personally, so hopefully there is another way in the future.
Unfortunately, while the AFL is still funding the operational costs of state leagues, they don't want to give money to state league clubs anymore. Without that club funding, and the TV coverage that comes with the involvement of AFL clubs, I fear a new VFA would just be a glorified local league that wouldn't survive.
Would be great to be proven wrong on that one, but the AFL and its clubs see value of the standalones being in assessing their players for draft potential against those currently on AFL lists.
Securing TV coverage would be essential for the competition to survive on its own. I was reading the VFA book I got for Christmas and it specifically makes note of Channel 10 abandoning the VFA coverage in 1982 in favour of League games, considering it the death blow for the VFA even if the serious decline wasn't apparent to everyone yet.
Securing TV coverage would be essential for the competition to survive on its own. I was reading the VFA book I got for Christmas and it specifically makes note of Channel 10 abandoning the VFA coverage in 1982 in favour of League games, considering it the death blow for the VFA even if the serious decline wasn't apparent to everyone yet.
Yep, if it could somehow get a TV deal with games leading in AFL coverage it might have a chance.
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