Devils welcome to Adelaide
July 07, 2007
From The Mercury
Reported by James Bresnehan
SANFL boss Leigh Whicker said yesterday his league liked the idea of having a team from Tasmania join the Adelaide-based competition to end the bye in the nine-team league.
Whicker said the SANFL would be prepared to meet all the Devils' travel costs and scrap their annual $85,000 VFL licence fee -- an overall saving of more than $330,000.
The South Australians put together an affiliation proposal and presented it to AFL Tasmania two weeks ago.
The SANFL then formed a working committee, which plans to meet with Tasmanian officials this month to discuss the proposition.
The SANFL chief's enthusiasm for Tasmania follows a survey of SANFL clubs that found eight out of nine captains favoured Tasmania joining the competition, and another that showed 79 per cent of SA fans felt the same way.
Reported by James Bresnehan
THE door has been thrown wide open for the Tasmanian Devils to join the SANFL in 2009.
SANFL boss Leigh Whicker said yesterday his league liked the idea of having a team from Tasmania join the Adelaide-based competition to end the bye in the nine-team league.
Whicker said the SANFL would be prepared to meet all the Devils' travel costs and scrap their annual $85,000 VFL licence fee -- an overall saving of more than $330,000.
The South Australians put together an affiliation proposal and presented it to AFL Tasmania two weeks ago.
The SANFL then formed a working committee, which plans to meet with Tasmanian officials this month to discuss the proposition.
The SANFL chief's enthusiasm for Tasmania follows a survey of SANFL clubs that found eight out of nine captains favoured Tasmania joining the competition, and another that showed 79 per cent of SA fans felt the same way.
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