"So we are all in agreeable that we want a league with ALL our current teams and a Second New Zealand team, Bullets, Cannons (maybe under an AIS type scheme), the Falcons, Supercats, Tassie Devils and South Dragons.
But any desires to bring back Slingers, Rollers/Blaze or Razorbacks should be knocked on the head as being too hard."
Dear Siltiveni,
Please admit you were being facetious.
A Brisbane team down the track, and maybe, just maybe, a second Melbourne team, might just work.
Sadly, though, Newcastle, Canberra (a supporter here from 1979) and GC have had more than one chance, and no more needs to be noted. They are never likely to float again.
A second Sydney team needs the Kings to have years of consolidation before such a proposal should ever be considered, and the Cats, as I understand it, do not have the appropriate infrastructure, nor are likely to do so.
Stability, and limited (cautious) expansion way down the line should be the limit.
The comments about the possibility of a Wellington (NZ) team sound intriguing, and definitely far more realistic than those suggested in the the short term for a rebooted Brisbane Bullets.
Let's not revisit a period not too long ago. Bigger ain't always better.