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Dempsey wrote: Hopefully that means a 10 team competition next year which in my view would be far more workable as you will play each team twice over 18 rounds.

It seems that an AFL Reserves competition will happen in the next couple of years, so 2019 & 2020 may be the last years of the competition as we now know it.

By 2021 you will have substantially reduced funding to the WAFL and the competition returning to a much more semi professional base as significant sponsorship will be even harder to obtain.

ABSOLUTELY and CATEGORICALLY NO there should not be a 10th team in the WAFL.

So you are suggesting another alignment, 42. With which Club?

swan42 wrote:

Dempsey wrote: Hopefully that means a 10 team competition next year which in my view would be far more workable as you will play each team twice over 18 rounds.

It seems that an AFL Reserves competition will happen in the next couple of years, so 2019 & 2020 may be the last years of the competition as we now know it.

By 2021 you will have substantially reduced funding to the WAFL and the competition returning to a much more semi professional base as significant sponsorship will be even harder to obtain.

ABSOLUTELY and CATEGORICALLY NO there should not be a 10th team in the WAFL.

It is not about swan districts.Maybe the eagles in for the swannies.Birds of a feather flock together.

one time only wrote: So you are suggesting another alignment, 42. With which Club?

No I am MOST ASSUREDLY NOT suggesting another alignment. Unequivocally I am saying that the WAFL clubs should tell the WAFC THERE WILL BE NO 10th club and no club will enter into a host club alignment with the West Coast Eagles.

swan42 wrote:

one time only wrote: So you are suggesting another alignment, 42. With which Club?

No I am MOST ASSUREDLY NOT suggesting another alignment. Unequivocally I am saying that the WAFL clubs should tell the WAFC THERE WILL BE NO 10th club and no club will enter into a host club alignment with the West Coast Eagles.

$200,000 reasons why the eagles get their own team.

chaddy22 wrote:

swan42 wrote:

Dempsey wrote: Hopefully that means a 10 team competition next year which in my view would be far more workable as you will play each team twice over 18 rounds.

It seems that an AFL Reserves competition will happen in the next couple of years, so 2019 & 2020 may be the last years of the competition as we now know it.

By 2021 you will have substantially reduced funding to the WAFL and the competition returning to a much more semi professional base as significant sponsorship will be even harder to obtain.

ABSOLUTELY and CATEGORICALLY NO there should not be a 10th team in the WAFL.

It is not about swan districts.Maybe the eagles in for the swannies.Birds of a feather flock together.

c22 where did I mention Swans in my posts on this subject? I have never said that another team should go into an alignment with the Eagles. one time only was completely wrong in suggesting I had said it. As for your comment if there was an alignment with the Eagles I would cease any involvement at that point in time.

swan42 wrote:

chaddy22 wrote:

swan42 wrote:

Dempsey wrote: Hopefully that means a 10 team competition next year which in my view would be far more workable as you will play each team twice over 18 rounds.

It seems that an AFL Reserves competition will happen in the next couple of years, so 2019 & 2020 may be the last years of the competition as we now know it.

By 2021 you will have substantially reduced funding to the WAFL and the competition returning to a much more semi professional base as significant sponsorship will be even harder to obtain.

ABSOLUTELY and CATEGORICALLY NO there should not be a 10th team in the WAFL.

It is not about swan districts.Maybe the eagles in for the swannies.Birds of a feather flock together.

c22 where did I mention Swans in my posts on this subject? I have never said that another team should go into an alignment with the Eagles. one time only was completely wrong in suggesting I had said it. As for your comment if there was an alignment with the Eagles I would cease any involvement at that point in time.

You and swans aren't going to stop it.Once all g7 clubs accepted the judas money to allow alignment clubs back in the comp then the next step is stand alone teams.How many of the clubs can do without the judas money.

chaddy22 wrote:

swan42 wrote:

one time only wrote: So you are suggesting another alignment, 42. With which Club?

No I am MOST ASSUREDLY NOT suggesting another alignment. Unequivocally I am saying that the WAFL clubs should tell the WAFC THERE WILL BE NO 10th club and no club will enter into a host club alignment with the West Coast Eagles.

$200,000 reasons why the eagles get their own team.

raise that to the same power and then come back and we will discuss.

chaddy22 wrote:

swan42 wrote:

chaddy22 wrote:

swan42 wrote:

Dempsey wrote: Hopefully that means a 10 team competition next year which in my view would be far more workable as you will play each team twice over 18 rounds.

It seems that an AFL Reserves competition will happen in the next couple of years, so 2019 & 2020 may be the last years of the competition as we now know it.

By 2021 you will have substantially reduced funding to the WAFL and the competition returning to a much more semi professional base as significant sponsorship will be even harder to obtain.

ABSOLUTELY and CATEGORICALLY NO there should not be a 10th team in the WAFL.

It is not about swan districts.Maybe the eagles in for the swannies.Birds of a feather flock together.

c22 where did I mention Swans in my posts on this subject? I have never said that another team should go into an alignment with the Eagles. one time only was completely wrong in suggesting I had said it. As for your comment if there was an alignment with the Eagles I would cease any involvement at that point in time.

You and swans aren't going to stop it.Once all g7 clubs accepted the judas money to allow alignment clubs back in the comp then the next step is stand alone teams.How many of the clubs can do without the judas money.

C22 come back to the real world from your alternate universe. Not one single cent was accepted to and I quote "allow the alignment clubs back in the comp".

West Coast and Fremantle will pay $450,000 a year each for alignments with East Perth and Peel respectively for the next five years under an historic agreement clinched this week by the West Australian Football Commission.

WAFL clubs were last night briefed on the agreement which was signed on Monday night by the Royals, Thunder, Eagles and Dockers. The agreement will start in 2014, although some players will shift clubs next season as part of transitional arrangements.

WAFC chairman Frank Cooper and CEO Gary Walton hailed the agreement as "coming out of the industry" based on guiding principles put to them by WAFL and AFL clubs.

Both said the agreement was the result of a more mature football industry and not comparable to failed arrangements in place with Claremont, South Fremantle and East Perth a decade ago.

"We have done a lot of work on this and referenced it back to the key objectives that the WAFL clubs and AFL clubs gave us at the football summit about the integrity, history of the WAFL being protected and improving the financial sustainability of the WAFL and giving the AFL clubs what they are after in terms of their players playing, training and being managed," Cooper said. "We think this delivers on all of those."

Under the agreement:

- The alignments must stay in place for a minimum of five years, with 20 months notice to be given to terminate even after five years

- The seven non-partner clubs will have their annual grants increased from $425,000 to $525,000. Of the $100,000 increase, $70,000 can be used in year-to-year operations, $20,000 must be put towards building assets and $10,000 towards improving technology

- Partner clubs will receive grants totalling $350,000. They are expected to make up the difference in saved recruiting costs, salary cap savings, coaching staff savings and medical staff savings

Apparanly I was wrong.The g7 clubs only received $100,000 a year extra to allow the Eagles and dockers
to have alignment clubs.