SANFL Port Adelaide have agreed to terms and will play on in the SANFL Comp The key points of the agreement between the SANFL and the Port Adelaide Football Club are: » From 2014, all of Port Adelaide’s AFL-listed players will play for the club’s SANFL League team when not selected to play for the Power » The SANFL League team will be supported by a pool of 15 contracted SANFL-only players » Port Adelaide will operate an Academy team in the SANFL Reserves competition with a list of players aged 18-22. » All Port Adelaide teams participating in the SANFL will continue to use the Magpies nickname and wear the club’s traditional black and white guernsey » Port Adelaide is required to operate a conventional junior structure in 2014 including teams in the U18, U16 and talent squad competitions » Port Adelaide must disband its conventional junior structure and recruiting zones from 2015 » Port Adelaide is permitted to attract sponsors for its SANFL team, providing these are not competing partners of the SANFL competition » Port Adelaide SANFL memberships are permitted to be sold independently and in conjunction with Port Adelaide AFL memberships » Port Adelaide will continue to play home matches at its traditional home ground Alberton Oval » All Port Adelaide players are eligible to win the Magarey Medal » Contracted pool of SANFL-only players are eligible to represent the state; AFL-listed players are ineligible to represent the state. » Port Adelaide commits to ‘playing the line’ including: - Not resting players and taking up elective surgery options - SANFL doctor to provide second opinion on surgeries prior to end of season. Port Adelaide Football Club – Football structure 2014, and 2015 onwards Port Adelaide AFL » Plays as the Power and wears current ‘V’ guernsey Port Adelaide SANFL League » Plays as the Magpies and wears traditional black and white guernsey » Team composition permitted to include: - Any AFL-listed players not selected to play for the Power - Any members of a contracted list of 15 SANFL players Port Adelaide SANFL Academy » Plays as the Magpies and wears traditional black and white guernsey in the SANFL Reserves competition » Team composition permitted to include: - Any members of contracted list of 15 SANFL players not selected to play for the SANFL League team - List of players aged between 18-22 years old Port Adelaide U18 program » As per current arrangements » Ceases at the conclusion of the 2014 season Port Adelaide U16 program » As per current arrangements » Ceases at the conclusion of the 2014 season Port Adelaide talent squad programs » As per current arrangements » Ceases at the conclusion of the 2014 season Port Adelaide junior development pathway programs » A series of junior football programs that may include the following: » A metropolitan academy - A country academy - An Aboriginal player academy - An international player academy - A father/son academy
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:23:02 +0000
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