Quote Originally Posted by Premy View Post
I'm not going to mention names but they had a open meeting a few weeks back and they passed a vote to apply for New FM after Northern approached them. My Understanding is that there are a few things they need to sort out before filing the application but a overwhelming majority of the committee are all for it.

Edit: It's the worst kept secret in that part of town.
I asked one of the Secretary's at that NewFM meeting outright. His interpretation of what the meeting discussed was that:

- the current clubs agreed that Northern should investigate the possibility of expanding the number of clubs in NewFm
- that Northern advised the "criteria" would not be compromised for any applicant. The only considerations would be if a club could provide written evidence ground improvements etc were to occur prior to March 2014 then they would accept them as being in place for the purpose of their expression of interest.
- at NO point was it spoken of or discussed any current NewFm side being demoted/regulated or not playing in NewFM in 2015
- and that Northern would consider promoting only a single team if their was only a single suitable expression of interest at this stage.

Expressions of Interest only closed last Friday actually but clubs are hoping any announcement about changes will be made either before or immediately after the Grand Finals so clubs can move forward asap.