Would you want relegation in AFL?

Question

Relegation is when there is two leagues, and the bottom three teams of the AFL at the end of the season go to the second league and then the top 3 teams of the second league go to AFL!

This way teams will get the priority pick but will avoid tanking because they would want to play in the AFL not the second team.

Which means noone tanks and ya it will all be perfect all we need is another 10 teams or so.

Answer 1

It wouldn't work fr reasons stated above. As for your comment on england getting so many clubs. Look at the population, we currently have 21million england in 2006 had 61million. also all those european countries are so close together so you can import/export talent easily.

Answer 2

yes it would stop teams Tanking

Answer 3

WE ALL FARTED

Answer 4

They wont have this in any league or sport in Australia because our population base is too small for the amount of professional leagues we already have (AFL,NRL, Super 14, A-League etc etc). Who is going to financially keep a club viable thats playing in "League 2." Unfortunately this isn't like England where there are up to 24 leagues a team can get relegated down to and still have massive fan support. It's like that because they only really support soccer over there unlike Australia which is split between too many sports

Answer 5

Well said Lozz (Though I don't know what the heck you're on about with the Juventus thing...)

I only have issue with what you say about "many traditional clubs" ??? All clubs in the afl have tradition, some just have a longer tradition than others. (And I am sure the second league teams would have tradition as well!!).

Answer 6

NO WAY

Stop trying to copy FOOTBALL (soccer)

Answer 7

I don't believe relagation is suitable for AFL, because the AFL is never dominated by big clubs like soccer, due to the transfer system in the AFL. Every team in the AFL can get good young players, and become better. But in soccer, big teams will always stay in the top league, because they have the money to sign players, while small teams' goal is to stay in the legaue. Also, the AFL is too small to have a relagation system, compare to the europe soccer leagues. A good way to avoid tanking is the lottery system, where the worse team gets 16 chance, 2nd worse team gets 15, 3rd worse gets 14...best team gets 1 chance

Answer 8

No way, afl is what makes our country what it is and to split teams up like that would be like splitting up australia. Its not afl traditional, and while it may be traditional for other sports, it is not afl like.

Answer 9

There wouldn't be enough money and support for clubs who reside in the 2nd division, Australia's sporting base just isnt large enough. Clubs in England that get relegated take a large financial hit when getting relegated through reduced gate receipts and all that. Finding another ten teams means you will have to at least find another 400 quality players capable of playing acceptable levels of football. It could be detrimental in the long run to clubs should they get stuck in this second league and could even see clubs fold without direct financial investment.

Answer 10

Sorry Sodz, I don't like the idea!

I follow Juventus in Italian soccer, and it was devastating when they were demoted to Serie B (I know it was for cheating, but still!).

If the AFL introduce relegation, many traditional clubs, with loyal supporters will be demoted to leagues where games aren't played at proper grounds!

Can you imagine what would happen if Collingwood or Essendon ended up in an inferior league - The AFL wouldn't get any support!

The only way to stop tanking is to alter the priority picks system mate.

EDIT: Sorry about the misunderstanding Sue, by traditional, I mean the current clubs in the AFL, who have large fan bases :)

Answer 11

no thats a terrible idea. just change how they do priority picks

Answer 12

I'd be concerned about the idea that a club having a down couple of years could be treated as second class. The AFL is power crazy enough!

One might cite Geelong - a club who for at least fifteen years until recently were regarded as useless parasites on the face of the AFL. And now they are unbeatable almost.

If we have relegation, what happens to the bottom clubs in the second division? Does Handy Andy dictate that they amalgamate or move to western Sydney?

If clubs had equitable treatment from the AFL, there would be no clubs who needed relegation because of this year's performance being low.