TonyK
CibbuanoTassie must wait: AFL
December 12th 2008 05:50
THE Gold Coast and western Sydney remain the AFL's priorities for expansion despite Tasmania making a first-class bid in a meeting with the league in Melbourne on Friday.
Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett told the league that his state already had 60 per cent of corporate sponsorship required for an AFL club, would easily meet the required target of 25,000 members and projected stadium revenues would put them in the top four performing stadia in the league.
But AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said that while he was incredibly impressed by the level of detail in the submission the league's expansion focus at this stage is on the northern markets.
However, Demetriou didn't rule out Tasmania altogether, saying he will raise the state's submission at February's meeting of the AFL Commission.
“Our priorities … are the Gold Coast and western Sydney,” Demetriou said
"But that doesn’t rule out the possibility of Tasmania at some point in the future.
“Now when that might be, who knows? Things change, the world changes and based on the presentation we saw today what I would say is that the Tasmanian Government is more than capable and is ready if in the event that an opportunity arose.
“That’s not to say an opportunity won’t arise because you just never know what may happen.”
Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett told the league that his state already had 60 per cent of corporate sponsorship required for an AFL club, would easily meet the required target of 25,000 members and projected stadium revenues would put them in the top four performing stadia in the league.
But AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said that while he was incredibly impressed by the level of detail in the submission the league's expansion focus at this stage is on the northern markets.
However, Demetriou didn't rule out Tasmania altogether, saying he will raise the state's submission at February's meeting of the AFL Commission.
“Our priorities … are the Gold Coast and western Sydney,” Demetriou said
"But that doesn’t rule out the possibility of Tasmania at some point in the future.
“Now when that might be, who knows? Things change, the world changes and based on the presentation we saw today what I would say is that the Tasmanian Government is more than capable and is ready if in the event that an opportunity arose.
“That’s not to say an opportunity won’t arise because you just never know what may happen.”
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