Can the AFL get any bigger in status?

Some interesting thoughts Big Kev , but what does it cost to run a Club and field a team in the 22 rounds etc . Footy is NOT in NT or Ty because they "don't" have the corporate $ for sponsorship support . When you come to the answer of what it takes to run a club $ wise, X the figure by 10 for Victoria by 2 WA & SA and 1 Qld & NSW. The $ drain on Victoria is mive ...and my question is how long can our piddly little state cope with that. You might understand why Collingwood , will never play Essendon or anyone for that matter, in Ty or the NT . You are so right about the rules , the AFL has buggered the game, and as I have said before there were more womens league's in Victoria this year than at any other time in history, because the AFL rules are such to allow it,... "Keeping's off". With the women playing it also means many players are turning up for games with handbag's, coincidentally in the same year GEELONG won its first flag in 40 years