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But Roosters chief executive officer Mark Patterson has no idea to what extent or what shape they might take.

"I wouldn't be surprised," he replied when asked whether he believed the VFL would undergo some form of restructure.

"Everything is in the mix.

"There are various models likely to be considered."

An AFL delegation will meet North Ballarat on Tuesday, May 29, as part of a review into the VFL.

Mr Patterson said the Roosters were still to finalise their presentation for the talks in Ballarat with AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou's assistant Tony Peek, AFL national development general manager David Matthews and AFL strategic planning manager Sam Graham.

The AFL announced in March it would review the second tier of the sport, with a suggestion some AFL clubs wanted to return to stand alone "reserves" rather than being part of alignments with VFL teams.

Geelong is the only Victorian-based AFL club without any form of alignment.

While there is no official word on what direction the review might take, speculation is growing that Geelong will not be alone in having a stand-alone VFL team with some of the AFL's more powerful clubs believed to be keen to regain full control of their player list.

The VFL is a 13-team competition this year with 10 teams having AFL alignments. Meanwhile, North Ballarat has not yet discussed a contingency as to what direction it might take if the Kangaroos

relocated to the Gold Coast while their alignment was in place.

The Roosters and Kangaroos are in their second year of the part alignments.

North Ballarat and Tasmania each has a partnership with the Kangaroos