From The Sunday Age
Reported by Brent Diamond
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AFL Victoria says it will continue to provide funding for stand-alone VFL clubs to help them remain viable, but it fears that there are ''genuine challenges'' for some still to overcome.
Coburg and Williamstown will join Port Melbourne, Bendigo and Frankston as stand-alone models from next season.
Port Melbourne coach Gary Ayres has already questioned the equity of the competition. The Borough has battled to win against two of the three AFL stand-alone clubs - Geelong and Collingwood - over the past two years, and the club fears that financially it is getting tougher to remain competitive.
AFL Victoria has a working party in place with an aim to determine ''what the VFL will look like in 10 years, not in two years' time''.
All current VFL clubs have a licence which expires at the end of 2014.
