DD wrote:
swan42 wrote:
Demons Forever wrote: Not sure either of you 2 are making much sense.
Just why will the competition die?
Please enlighten us.
Okay DF here is the explanation. None of the WAFL clubs have control over their colts' teams anymore. They are WAFL colts' teams in name only. E.g. a player like S Coniglio will not be allowed to play for Swans' league team AT ALL THROUGHOUT the season. They will only be allowed to play for the "colts' team".
No moneys will be given to the WAFL club when drafted.
They will not play before the ressies on the Saturdays. This may not occur until 2019; but rest assured it will.
There will not be any interaction between the colts' players and the ressies and league players. This will mean that there will be less transition of players from colts through to ressies and league.
An extension to this will be that the WAFC will make the decision to scrap the ressies in season 2019.
I don't know how you came to your grim view S42, I listened to the interview with Michael Ablett yesterday and I didn't hear anything to suggest it's mothballs for the WAFL and quite frankly that is nonsense because it would completely undermine the two Perth AFL clubs. There are clearly other factors that undermine the integrity of the WAFL comp that the WAFC has failed to address thus far.
Would it be fair to assume the cost of running a colts squad is quite a significant cost and perhaps that is where some clubs have better resources than others in respect to that? I would think the cost of running a colts squad far exceeds whatever clubs have got back from draft fees.
Same probably goes for the ressies and perhaps the way it will go is WAFL clubs will be aligned with their amateur clubs in their zones and players will drop back to amateur clubs who are not playing league. That would be sad not to see the next best running around before the league match but perhaps amateur matches could be curtain raisers to the league match?
I would love my club to be able to draw on any players out of our amateur clubs. If we need a ruckman we can just pluck the best one out of the ammos any given week. I reckon it could be a very good thing and give players that otherwise wouldn't get to play league footy a chance to fulfill their dreams.
And maybe it might have a leveling affect on this lopsided competition where the club who can afford the best recruits and has the better resources to develop their junior zones dominates the competition year in year out.
With the colts program now being run separately, do the WAFL clubs receive a reduction in $585k handout that they received from the WAFC each year?
Hopefully the colts players aren’t required to pay $500+ a season to play now so that their club can pay an ex-AFL player $1500+ a week to play league.
As for the suggestion if the Reserves comp folds that Ammo clubs become host clubs for WAFL Reserves sides and play as a curtain raiser to WAFL league matches...you can stick that shoulder deep up your posterior! Why would ammo clubs, who run financially viable clubs that are not dependant on WAFC handouts, want to give up home games and the associated revenue to play before a WAFL game?
Most of the posts on this forum revolve around the host club arrangement and how shite it is for the WAFL, but you think that it’s ok for the WAFL to do the same to the WAAFL?
If you want to pick which ever player you want from your ammo clubs on any given week, you probably need to address the issues as to why these players aren’t on your list already? How would you feel about West Coat or Freo picking which ever player they wanted out of the G7 clubs each week? WAFL listed G7 players selected for one or two AFL matches to cover injuries...I can hear the uproar from WAFL supporters already.
