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Sunday, May 11, 2008 --- 74 days ago http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20080402194945795
| The AFL’s ability to remain Australia’s numero uno football code has been the issue of much debate recently. Each of Australia’s four major football leagues, AFL (Australian football), A-League (soccer), NRL (Rugby League) and Super 14 (Rugby Union) have outlined their expansion plans for the near future. The AFL came good on plans to introduce a Gold Coast club (following the Kangaroos rejection of an offer to move north). Joining them will be a new Western Sydney club. These development plans were unanimously supported by the existing 16 clubs, with the Queenslanders expected to join the league in 2011, followed by the New South Welshmen in 2012 (though a simultaneous launch is possible). Following the AFL’s call, the FFA offered two new A-League licenses for the 2008-09 seasons, which were eventually awarded to the Gold Coast and Townsville. The FFA has since postponed the expansion due to doubts about financing the new clubs (however a more recent update suggests that when the A-League does expand it may add four new licenses, fast-tracking the second Sydney and Melbourne clubs). The NRL announced they were discussing the feasibility of expansion into the Central Coast, Sunshine Coast, Wellington, west of Brisbane and Australian football-stronghold, Perth. The Super 14 could also become the Super 15, with SANZAR considering a new Japan-based club comprised predominantly of local and Argentinean players. Whilst some of the exp ... |
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