Behind the scenes at Tasmania's new AFL/AFLW club the Devils, nervous insiders confess they worried about how many would pursue memberships, considering there are no matches nor players yet — but a day after the team launch, they are beaming.
The Tasmania Devils AFL/AFLW club launched its name, logo and colours at simultaneous events around the state on Monday, with insiders saying they were happily surprised at the level of public interest.
Tasmanian footballers wearing the first concept guernsey for the new Tasmania AFL club, at the club's official launch on March 18."A bit of a culmination of the decades of the state wanting to have it's rightful place within the AFL and AFLW and for everyone in Tassie that thought it couldn't happen.
"No, I didn't, to be honest. It's a big number but if I really think about it it doesn't surprise me too much given the fact that Tasmania is such a footy heartland and we're all in in for each other and it's one big community.""Just to feel the energy in the room it's probably something that we haven't really felt around Tassie footy for a long time; I haven't really felt it at all, to be honest.
"Early days in negotiating through the AFL with Warner Brothers were a bit tricky, but when it got to the point of them understanding the Tasmanian Devil was a real animal, things freed up.Mr O'Brien said they didn't have to pay any money and there was with no commercial arrangement in place."It was done in good spirit and the legal process as we know takes a bit of time and this was no different; we were sweating a bit, but we got there.
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