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TBH I can't see SMFC coming in. Not because of a lack of ambition on their part but more a desire by the APL for a bigger 'license fee'. Not supporting that outcome - just what I see as likely.

I doubt SMFC are saying - hear take my $20M - 25M - more - you want a side to take you to 14 with Canberra but we'll only pay a token fee.

Like CCMFC - the APL now have a license for sale and will want to grab the dollars.
 
Beretta said:
out of curiosity what's the other boxes we don't tick?

how people quickly forget why the A-league was created, and how our clubs were left to 'die'. I find it amusing how one could still possibly enter the AL (SM Hellas) and that we are still here and still relevant.

i for one hope we never enter the AL this way, unless of course the pyramid opens up.
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Plenty of boxe$, Do sydney united have the vi$$ion?
 
patjennings said:
So using the SMFC name through a for profit entity. Though still the large entry fee is problematic - do those directors what to drop that sort of money - because the APL will want it,
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politically problematic but apparently not hard financially

selling to the members paying the full 15 mil apl are asking for apparently could be tough. But the price tag I believe is reachable
 
jimshady said:
Surely the APL can’t have that same price tag anymore? Surely no one in their right mind is paying 10+ mill for a license these days?
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if you just made it an auction to the highest bidder each you you could probably get more than that

its impressive how much money billionaires are willing to throw away
 
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jimshady said:
Surely the APL can’t have that same price tag anymore? Surely no one in their right mind is paying 10+ mill for a license these days?
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Foley did and I bet TSG paid pretty well too - though probably less to clear the debts. We are in the era of big money from OS. Weren't V Sports looking at someone a few months ago. Imagine them and Harry Stamoulis and his property development moving the target from Tarneit to Geelong/Armstrong Creek. As long as they can come to some truce / arrangement with the Cats that makes it a shared pride in the region rather than let's kill the intruder.

Kardinia gets a extra tenant while the boutique 10000-15000 stadium is built. Combination of blue and teal for the Geelong Waves in a nod to both Geelong and the Surf Coast. Throw in a discounted addon to Cats membership for season memberships.

jimshady said:
Maverick sports paid barely anything for jetties
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So market value!! ;)

Maybe you're right but I think the APL operate differently depending on the ability to pay. So given the choice between a relaunched regional bid at Geelong with big backers like Stamoulis or SMFC who I would think see themselves as an option for the APL to come begging for and only paying a small fee I think the APL goes for the money.

Of course Harry may return to SMFC but then the APL would be after the larger amount as well. It become a pure vanity exercise for Stamoulis with little opportunity for his property plays.
 
JS96 said:
I was referring to people not wanting or being enticed to football due to ethnic based drama. That's not to say misbehaviour at the A League isn't a deterrent either. An outsider wants no bar of Greece vs North Macedonia fighting (uncommon I'm sure) nor Sydney FC and Victory clowns throwing bar stools in and out of a pub.
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You nailed it. It’s uncommon. It’d be like banning Indian restaurants because occasionally someone gets Delhi belly.
If it’s uncommon, let the 99.9% of fans enjoy the rivalries, the colour, the chants, the joy and the anger of different international cultures mixing with skips to enjoy the beautiful game.
Why is football - the world game - the only place in Australia where a club can be banned from entering a competition solely because of the ancestry and culture of its members?
 
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