From the Sunday Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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THE financially stricken Frankston Football Club is in danger of folding amid increasing uncertainty surrounding the AFL's budget for AFL Victoria in 2010 and beyond.
The Dolphins, who receive $140,000 annually from AFL Victoria, are not guaranteed the same amount next season and say they can't foresee their future beyond this season.
"That's the thing that we're worried about. The less revenue the AFL gives to AFL Victoria will flow on to us. We'll be shutting up shop here," said Dolphins president John Barry.
It is understood the AFL will take into account its long-term goal of establishing an eastern seaboard competition that would include Gold Coast Football Club and, possibly, west Sydney — as well as the economic crisis — in determining the AFL Victoria allocation beyond this year.
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