In the quest for Tasmania’s bid for an AFL team, this week’s meeting between the league and club presidents was the best of times and the worst of times. | ANALYSIS by Caroline Wilson AFL
It was a tale of two meetings when the AFL met club bosses over consecutive days in Melbourne this week. And in the quest for Tasmania’s bid for its own football team, it was, to continue the analogy, the best of times and the worst of times.to have been handed the ultimate veto for a 19th AFL licenceAFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan. The time for a decision for a 19th AFL team in Tasmania is looming.
Typically, much of the presidential negativity rested in club bosses worried about their own patch, and how much a new licence would impact upon their clubs and drain not only the player talent pool but their bank balances.
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