Jeff being Jeff
The cost of administration and travel of the additional teams.
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Bloody Jeff was present for their loss on Saturday. Get behind some winners instead, ya bastard.
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Was that the final score?
You really hate the idea of a successful Essendon team, donât ya?
(Fark Carlton went goal-less yesterday, though.)
Until Essendon are accepted, AFLW can go get fked.
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They should not allow any new teams that wear that god awful Hawthorn jumper/colours
Being set up for at least another year out?
POSSIBLE expansion and the need to discuss potential priority picks means the AFLW Sign and Trade Period will start in mid-May at the earliest.
Clubs initially believed all the action would kick off at the end of April, but the AFL Commission will meet on May 12 to discuss the two issues.
Any recommendations the Commission makes needs to be discussed with the AFLPA before decisions are finalised, increasing the likelihood of a Trade Period in late May or June.
Itâs a mixed result for clubs, with some happy with the extra time afforded after a frantic end to the season, including the NAB AFLW Under-19 Championships in Grand Final week.
But it also creates uncertainty for players. Some have already been told of their delisting, and others have been given an opportunity to continue to press their case in the state leagues over the next month or so.
Existing AFLW clubs believe the likelihood of expansion for 2022 is not high, especially given the current CBA does not expire until the end of October next year.
Having been through the process themselves, they believe clubs â both current and incoming â need 12 monthsâ notice to ready themselves and plan around expansion signing rules.
What is more likely is a decision being made by the Commission about introducing clubs for 2023, rather than 2022.
Port Adelaide is the logical first inclusion, given the strength of Adelaide and the promise shown by the South Australian team at this weekâs under-19 championships, but there are questions as to whether the current Victorian playing pool is deep enough to support Hawthorn and/or Essendon.
Sydney is the other club to not yet have an AFLW side, although it has steadily been building its junior academy program.
Just set up another rival league and sell it to Amazon or Optus sports.
Hawks, Swans, Us, Port as a base.
Thereâs some mighty strong membership bases right there.
Create a tassie side and one in the northern territory and Canberra.
We just need a Kerry Packer type of character with the clout to do it.
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I keeping hearing - nothing for EFC til 2023.
Essendon are being blocked as long as possible because the pissant clubs are trying to build there sponsorship and supporter bases through AFLW.
Soon as we come in these clubs can kiss fkn goodbye to some sponsors they have now.
Itâs plain to see whatâs going on.
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LOL, Starcevich is running the line that adding extra teams saw the Bears hurt the most of all, and because of that they⌠won the premiership?
Clowns.
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Iâm not sure we deserve a teamâŚby team I mean any team!
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Full comp by 2023, 2022 if teams can get their â â â â together
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The teams have got their stuff together, it is the current AFLW teams and AFaiL admin that havenât and donât want the new teams in.
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The Essendon team will be admitted for Season 8.
purely from a coverage standpoint, this is terrific news
Season Six, which will increase from nine rounds to 10 rounds plus three weeks of finals, will now begin in December 2021 with the NAB AFLW Grand Final to be held in mid-March ahead of the opening round of the Toyota AFL Premiership Season.
maybe not so much for playing in heat. bring on more night games.
i reckon itâd be a lot to do with fixturing (ground availability) and coverage (media facilities at said grounds)
Potentially, but the current teams truly believe there isnât enough talent to support a full comp and they donât want to lose or share their current pathways. And, they donât want to share any revenue raised.