So essentially a phenoix club makes sense has that happened in footy before it’s happened in soccer with bury and Wimbledon but I don’t think it’s happened in footy before
In spirit yes, but the VFL club would have to be dissolved in a legal capacity. Any legal merger could lead to the resulting club being stuck with Preston's debts.
Would liquidation mean Preston can't return to the VFL in 2027 or 2028 as they'd hoped? I am guessing it does mean that but am not sure how that sort of thing works. Very, very sad regardless that things have come to this and that the AFL is letting it happen. [Edited to add: having read more on this elsewhere I gather that is what liquidation means. The AFL as not-for-profit "custodians of the game" could have so easily prevented this.]
So essentially a phenoix club makes sense has that happened in footy before it’s happened in soccer with bury and Wimbledon but I don’t think it’s happened in footy before
In spirit yes, but the VFL club would have to be dissolved in a legal capacity. Any legal merger could lead to the resulting club being stuck with Preston's debts.
Would liquidation mean Preston can't return to the VFL in 2027 or 2028 as they'd hoped? I am guessing it does mean that but am not sure how that sort of thing works. Very, very sad regardless that things have come to this and that the AFL is letting it happen. [Edited to add: having read more on this elsewhere I gather that is what liquidation means. The AFL as not-for-profit "custodians of the game" could have so easily prevented this.]
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