The spectre of an AFL reserves competition to take all AFL listed players out of traditional second tier competitions within three years is again looming over the WAFL.
West Coast chief executive Trevor Nisbett told WAFL club presidents on Tuesday that a national reserves competition or joining an expanded VFL was an option for West Coast if they did not believe they were getting the right conditions to develop young players in their stand alone WAFL team.
Nisbett was fronting the WAFL presidents to justify list concessions his club was unilaterally granted by the WAFC after a winless season and their third wooden spoon in a row.
He flagged the possibility the Eagles could follow South Australian counterparts Adelaide and Port Adelaide in looking to an expanded VFL and potentially an AFL reserves competition to develop young players in.
West Coast leaving the competition would cost the…
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