State League Player Permit Trial from 2014

[mountainsofpain]

Volunteers at the club have been stretched since the Sydney AFL introduced its current and ridiculous structure. IMO, and I know many on here don't agree, the Sydney AFL have tried to satisfy the few rather than the many by turning it into a team competition rather than a club competition. On any given weekend we can have all of our sides playing at different venues. There is not one club in Sydney at the moment who wouldn't agree that volunteers are stretched. BUT, we are very fortunate to have some great people at the club including Chatova who give plenty to the club. However I digress.

Yes, you do.

[unconfuseme]

I think it is quite clear that the current model has failed, as expected.

With ZERO interest in NEAFL from any Sydney club outside of Hills and SU, and very little interest from within those clubs, to now try and force a sham permit system on the SAFL clubs will only serves to further insult and disenfranchise them from the concept.

Swans have actually pushed for two academy style teams, Giants and Swans aligned, but for primarily u/23's and feeding from their SAFL clubs.

Would effectively add two senior Sydney Representative teams to the comp, strengthening it and creating a genuine alternate pathway for the players that slip through the under age systems for what ever reason. Not aligned to any SAFL club, but to ALL SAFL clubs in their zone. Might even generate some interest from the grass roots clubs!

Makes perfect sense, the SAFL should have been left alone, and this should have been the model from day one, with the two AFL clubs and the AFL funding them.

Not too late to do it and replace the 2 current licences that have done little for development and even less for egos I would suspect.

This latest proposal for them to try and cherry pick players to prop them up as competitive teams, under the pretense that they are "helping develop players" won't fly, it's already creating more of a rift.

Aside from the fact that the NEAFL has proven to be a dead end rather than a pathway to the AFL , the reason that the best players in Sydney do not play NEAFL, is due to their loyalty to their clubs.

[Mug Punter]

I think it is quite clear that the current model has failed, as expected.

With ZERO interest in NEAFL from any Sydney club outside of Hills and SU, and very little interest from within those clubs, to now try and force a sham permit system on the SAFL clubs will only serves to further insult and disenfranchise them from the concept.

Swans have actually pushed for two academy style teams, Giants and Swans aligned, but for primarily u/23's and feeding from their SAFL clubs.

Would effectively add two senior Sydney Representative teams to the comp, strengthening it and creating a genuine alternate pathway for the players that slip through the under age systems for what ever reason. Not aligned to any SAFL club, but to ALL SAFL clubs in their zone. Might even generate some interest from the grass roots clubs!

Makes perfect sense, the SAFL should have been left alone, and this should have been the model from day one, with the two AFL clubs and the AFL funding them.

Not too late to do it and replace the 2 current licences that have done little for development and even less for egos I would suspect.

This latest proposal for them to try and cherry pick players to prop them up as competitive teams, under the pretense that they are "helping develop players" won't fly, it's already creating more of a rift.

Aside from the fact that the NEAFL has proven to be a dead end rather than a pathway to the AFL , the reason that the best players in Sydney do not play NEAFL, is due to their loyalty to their clubs.

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The NEAFL is a dead-set dumb idea.

It is an artificially constructed comp that costs a lot of money ,that could be better deployed elsewhere, into getting the NSW/QLD AFL teams a decent game of footy.

In the meantime they have demeaned and lowered two comps (SFL and QAFL, though the QAFL is infinitely better equipped to deal with the NEAFL due to its greater strength) and created two little monsters in Sydney Uni and Baulko who now think that all the other clubs in Sydney are beneath them.

Not sure about the academy concept though. I would imagine the academy kids come out of the system at about 16 or 17 and that they are co-aligned with their Sydney AFL clubs. By far the best system would be for the Swans and GWS to play in the SANFL or VFL and to have 6-8 locally contracted players in the SANFL club rosters. These players would either step up and become potential rookie draftees or would slip back into the SFL as far better players having been in the Swans/GWS systems. Realistically there are only 5-10 potential Rampes in Sydney football so this would provide all the pathway necessary.

The amount of money that is being wasted on Sydney Uni and Baulko making up the numbers in this comp would be much better spent making the whole SFL pie bigger rather than just the Sydney Uni and Baulko pies.

We have a two tier system in Sydney football now, the haves and the have nots and it is not healthy for the game.

You cannot blame Sydney Uni and Baulko for looking after themselves but this is just another example of how the AFL just does not get this market