Personally, I very much doubt it. The population is small and irrevocably split between North and South. The economy basically exists because of government employment. There is no industrial base, no resources to speak of. Essentially the state floats on mainland taxpayer money. I cannot see where the kind of money an A League Club requires would come from
But still does not answer the question of where the money would come from
Already answered - get the two previous bidders together Football Tasmania (was under a different name before) and Harry Stamoulis. If you could get Stamoulis interested again it could happen very quickly.
Yeah most of the Adelaide clubs (as well as United) wished Metrostars good luck with the exception of one. Adelaide Croatia Raiders pledged their support to Sydney United in their match against Metro
Football is a niche sport in a culture wedded to AFL. Basketball complements AFL and cricket is the embedded summer sport.
I think you are being very optimistic. I can't see how Football Tasmania could possibly have anything near the resources to partner in an enterprise that will cost millions in a licence fee and then lose millions per year. What are their revenue streams? Player registrations?
I mean regarding the north/south divide. How do their NBL and BBL fans get over it and why would it be different for A-League?
The population of Hobart alone is able to support those two sports, one because it has no competition and is cultural mainstream, and the other because it has no competition as such and only requires relatively small attendances. The population of Hobart is not sufficient to support a professional football team in a culture where the sport has decent participation rates but almost no mainstream cultural presence. It is difficult for non Tasmanians to understand the extent to which Tasmania is a fanatically AFL state.
The Jackjumpers are called "Tasmanian" I suppose and are meant to represent the whole island in a sport without any pretence of being about sporting merit.
Its up to our Tasmanian cousins to dispute but I travel to Tassie 2-3 times a year for work and have been surprised at how much "space" their local media gives to soccer... I frequently hear mention of the upcoming NPL matches and last weeks scores on Tasmanian MMM for example, unheard of up here in Melbourne where the clubs are supposedly bigger, it s rare enough to hear any Aleague news. .
Yeah - just in NZ during November. They too have plenty of good coverage there, including replays and football shows on FTA. so different to what we get.
Randomly I got into a NZ show about a local high school and EVERY outdoor scene had a bunch of Kiwi kids kicking a football around and looking pretty interested... Can't remembner a soccer ball EVER on Home an Away....
Randomly I got into a NZ show about a local high school and EVERY outdoor scene had a bunch of Kiwi kids kicking a football around and looking pretty interested... Can't remembner a soccer ball EVER on Home an Away....
Meh, started ok but got a little lame....
www.rnz.co.nz
