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Good listen, final npl nsw/npl vic collaboration podcast of the aus championship, review of the final and comp overall.

Interesting to hear the hosts universally agreeing a nsw/vic super league as a national second division would be better than none at all, which I tend to agree with personally.
 
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Also on a personal level would be good to get more clarity on Marconi wage cuts. Maybe someone who’s a member of club Marconi itself might hypothetically be able to provide some more details, i recall during the RFP phase the club was obliged to provide a breakdown to members re the financials of the bid. I guess this is what happens when you’re member owned club which is in turn beholden to its members
 
Glenardo said:


Good listen, final npl nsw/npl vic collaboration podcast of the aus championship, review of the final and comp overall.

Interesting to hear the host universally agreeing a nsw/vic super league as a national second division would be better than none at all, which I tend to agree with personally.
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Yeah I agree with that too and make it easy for clubs to aspire to it
 
Glenardo said:


Good listen, final npl nsw/npl vic collaboration podcast of the aus championship, review of the final and comp overall.

Interesting to hear the hosts universally agreeing a nsw/vic super league as a national second division would be better than none at all, which I tend to agree with personally.
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It was a very good episode. Enjoyed listening to it.

To your point about a NSW/VIC SuperLeague arrangement, it makes both logistical and financial sense. These are the clubs that have the supporter base and financial means to fund such a competition.

Then you look to add 2 teams from either an Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, and Hobart. In an ideal world, you’d have a team from each city.
 
grazorblade said:
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Does the A-League need Championship winners South Melbourne?

The biggest virtue that the Championship, South Melbourne, and its other foundation sides have is aspiration. Right now, Australian domestic football needs as much of that as it can get.
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My honest opinion is that the Australian Championship complements the A League.

You can have players loaned from A League to the Australian Championship and vice versa. Opportunities for pre-season cup competitions between both leagues and cross promotional opportunities.

It’s not a case of the Australian Championship looking to take a slice of the pie, but looking to increase the size of the pie that benefits all.
 
SMFC1959 said:
It was a very good episode. Enjoyed listening to it.

To your point about a NSW/VIC SuperLeague arrangement, it makes both logistical and financial sense. These are the clubs that have the supporter base and financial means to fund such a competition.

Then you look to add 2 teams from either an Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, and Hobart. In an ideal world, you’d have a team from each city.
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Hellas have probably done the most of all the clubs outside the a league to further discussion of a second division with the amount of pressure they’ve been applying on old soccer’s behalf for decades, but certainly the concept itself wouldn’t even be a thing without nsw and vic clubs as obvious as it sounds. there simply wouldn’t be near enough demand for such a comp or the number clubs capable, if any at all
 
SMFC1959 said:
It was a very good episode. Enjoyed listening to it.

To your point about a NSW/VIC SuperLeague arrangement, it makes both logistical and financial sense. These are the clubs that have the supporter base and financial means to fund such a competition.

Then you look to add 2 teams from either an Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, and Hobart. In an ideal world, you’d have a team from each city.
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On this btw, it’s not really a radical concept tbh in Australian sport. Sydney and Melbourne are essentially the sports traditional heartland in this country in the way Melbourne is for the afl and sydney is for the nrl. You see even now the bulk of those leagues are made up of the traditional clubs from those cities. You don’t see the afl putting a cap on the number of Melbourne clubs for the purposes of national equity. “We’ve already got Collingwood, Richmond, Carlton ..so we need a team from Darwin before we let in hawthorn …” no..
 
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Glenardo said:
You don’t see the AFL putting a cap on the number of Melbourne clubs for the purposes of national equity. “We’ve already got Collingwood, Richmond, Carlton ..so we need a team from Darwin before we let in Hawthorn …” no..
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Not stated as such, true - but by the same token, Hell will have frozen twice over before the AFL seriously considers promoting a traditional Melb club from the VFA/VFL state-tier(eg. Port Melbourne or Williamstown) to the AFL.
 
BA81 said:
Not stated as such, true - but by the same token, Hell will have frozen twice over before the AFL seriously considers promoting a traditional Melb club from the VFA/VFL state-tier(eg. Port Melbourne or Williamstown) to the AFL.
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If they were big enough maybe, but they arent and they'd be forced to play at the mcg or docklands anyway which would kill them.

The AFL were however smart enough to promote the powerhouse of the SANFL Port Adelaide to the top flight. Imagine if they created Adelaide Heart out of thin air lol.
 
southmelb said:
If they were big enough maybe, but they arent and they'd be forced to play at the mcg or docklands anyway which would kill them.

The AFL were however smart enough to promote the powerhouse of the SANFL Port Adelaide to the top flight. Imagine if they created Adelaide Heart out of thin air lol.
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Plus an Adelaide (Western) United ..... plus a Perth (Macarthur) Bulls ......
 
BA81 said:
Not stated as such, true - but by the same token, Hell will have frozen twice over before the AFL seriously considers promoting a traditional Melb club from the VFA/VFL state-tier(eg. Port Melbourne or Williamstown) to the AFL.
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Interesting. Would such a team cannabilise the fan base of an existing AFL club if let in to the top tier?
 
Excuse my ignorance, as far as im aware those clubs have never had a previous history of playing at the highest level am i right ? Even when the vfl was the highest level of the sport, where as obviously the nsw and vic npl are made up of clubs which previously were playing at the highest level
 
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Glenardo said:
Excuse my ignorance, as far as im aware those clubs have never had a previous history of playing at the highest level am i right ? Even when the vfl was the highest level of the sport, where as obviously the nsw and vic npl are made up of clubs which previously were playing at the highest level
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Technically, they have - when the VFA/VFL was the top-tier from 1877 until 1896, when the usurper VFL/AFL came into being.
 
BA81 said:
Technically, they have - when the VFA/VFL was the top-tier from 1877 until 1896, when the usurper VFL/AFL came into being.
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Will defer to you, I have a passing knowledge about it but am by no means an expert on the sport
 
southmelb said:
The AFL were however smart enough to promote the powerhouse of the SANFL Port Adelaide to the top flight. Imagine if they created Adelaide Heart out of thin air lol.
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And yet in WA’s case they created both the Eagles and Dockers out of thin air, though in fairness it was the prudent thing to do in those particular instances.
 
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