What is it about the proposed Macquarie Point stadium that makes it so divisive?
We don’t hear much, if any, opposition to the proposal to have a Tassie team in the AFL. After all, Tasmania has arguably been ‘a footy state’ for many years.
Long before Daryl Baldock captained St Kilda to their first and only premiership, before Ian Stewart won three Brownlow medals and before other Tasmanian champions like Peter Hudson, Alistair Lynch and Matthew Richardson were even born, we have been ardently following teams across the strait.
So of course we rusted-on Aussie rules fans would love to have a Tassie team in the national mix.
Then, why all the fuss about a new stadium?