North disappointed to lose Ballarat zone to Bulldogs

[SlimPickens]

A great marketing opportunity if we supported it by playing some VFL games there. We could even rookie list a local Bendigo boy or add a couple of the ex Gold players to the Footscray side.

Number 9 is a pretty good endorsement for the bendigo region. Any chance we could use him to captivate the bendigo market?

[GVGjr]

Number 9 is a pretty good endorsement for the bendigo region. Any chance we could use him to captivate the bendigo market?

The more the merrier

[GVGjr]

Seems like a bit of a waste of time to me unless we are going to play actual games there and have membership packages.

We play a NAB game there. It could start something

[1eyedog]

Surprising that North have Wyndham. I would have thought being so close to Werribee it may have been a Bulldog area although I guess it has a completely new demographic. Still, lots of western suburbs people have bought packages there.

[Sedat]

We play a NAB game there. It could start something

Also, if the Labor govt wins the upcoming state election, they will more than likely pump funds into the development of the ground in Ballarat to make it AFL standard and host some H&A matches there. We need to do something to shift our reliance on the white elephant known as Etihad, especially for the lower drawing matches.

[boydogs]

We need to do something to shift our reliance on the white elephant known as Etihad, especially for the lower drawing matches.

That requires AFL approval as they have a quota of games at Etihad to fill. It's not just up to us. The AFL only seems willing to do that when selling home games into new markets e.g. Tassie & Cairns, not sure whether Ballarat would qualify

[Eastdog]

Also, if the Labor govt wins the upcoming state election, they will more than likely pump funds into the development of the ground in Ballarat to make it AFL standard and host some H&A matches there. We need to do something to shift our reliance on the white elephant known as Etihad, especially for the lower drawing matches.

We need to get a better deal at Etihad once the AFL buys it out. Ballarat could be an option in the future to host AFL games. I also would like us to play 4-5 at the MCG per year but at least we are playing double the amount of games there in 2015 compared to 2014