How would you guys feel if the roos moved to tasmania.

[hawk_88]

A 20 team competition has been mentioned a few times by Andrew Demetriou. North Queensland, Tassie and WA are the places most often mentioned. I doubt it would go ahead if North moved to Tassie as Tassie would be the most viable team of the three options.

However I can't see a half season in Tassie working, ignoring the logistics of the idea. I think that would damage either option. Tassie fans aren't exactly going to fall in love with a club that is only "half" committed to the state and North fans will start to drop off as well. I think in this case it has to be one or the other.

[Holz]

i dont like a 1/2 1/2 idea. either completely move or dont. I think WA could easily support a 3rd AFL club. the area (jondalup) where they are proposing it has a really big population. The AFL really needs to get into tasmania. GWS will flop they should have never decided to go there, when tasmania has heaps of footy fans.

[nas]

Just threw an idea out there but I agree also with above statements because the last thing we need is closure of a club or amalgamation as in the past. 

[hawk_88]

Not so sure GWS will flop. It is a long term prospect, not doubt, but it is area of such great population growth, especially a migrant population, so their is a market that doesn't have a sporting code preference yet so having a team that is directly for them with the marketing resources of the AFL, I think it will work. Either way this isn't something we can judge the success of in a couple of years as people will want to, this is a 20 year process.