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\u201cThey were never the land owner,\u201d he said on AFL360.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were a tenant that didn\u2019t have to pay rent \u2013 they were a tenant that were paid to live there. \u201cThey did an outstanding job down there. They\u2019ve got every right to feel disappointed, but this day was always coming.<\/p>\n
AFL reveal Devils establishment rules | 02:24<\/p>\n
\u201cAs soon as the licence was granted to the Tasmanian team, it is (now saying) \u2018thanks for your 25 years \u2013 you\u2019ve done well out of us\u2019, don\u2019t worry about that.<\/p>\n
\u201cFinancially it\u2019s been a great filler for the Hawthorn Footy Club. They\u2019ve built the game out into the Tasmanian market \u2013 they should be commended.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a no-brainer \u2013 this is Tasmanian! This is a Tasmanian footy team \u2013 not a half-Hawthorn footy team.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve had a great run at it \u2013 we thank them for it \u2013 now get out! And let Tassie get in.\u201d<\/p>\n
AFL360 co-host Gerard Whateley said the decision to kick Hawthorn out of hosting Tasmania games had to be based on \u201cwhat\u2019s best for the code\u201d.<\/p>\n
Hawthorn run out onto UTAS Stadium.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cTasmania had to unite the whole state \u2013 couldn\u2019t be north\/south anymore. Government money, whatever was to be spent from the public purse had to be directed towards its own team, and not to a third party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to give (the Devils) every conceivable chance.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Hawthorn) honoured it well \u2013 always took their premiership cups!<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was hugely profitable and hugely successful as they built a domination down there that served them so well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Statistics show that the Hawks are on a 10-game winning streak in Tasmania, and have won a total 61 of the 87 contests.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo wonder they are disappointed,\u201d Lyon said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey had this magnificent home advantage where no one wanted to go down there and play them.<\/p>\n
Hawthorn have been part of the Tasmania community for 25 years \u2013 Cyril Rioli, Luke Bruest, Shane Savage and Josh Gibson at a Community Camp in Launceston.Source: News Limited<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe the Hawks will be their second favourite team from here on in \u2026 But this is a no brain decision \u2013 you can only have one team for the people of Tasmania.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fox Footy\u2019s Jon Ralph later described Hawthorn as being \u201cbloody angry\u201d over being \u201cbooted out of the Apple Isle\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been an AFL turf war and Tasmania has decisively won it,\u201d he said on Midweek Tackle.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy they are angry? It\u2019s the best deal in footy and it\u2019s just been gutted.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose wins were sometimes the difference (between playing finals and missing out).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe money is $4.5 million officially from the Tassie government \u2013 it\u2019s worth over $5m a year when all the add ons and all the benefits are thrown in as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to replace it.<\/p>\n
Hawks ‘angry’ at losing ‘best deal’ | 03:56<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s as close to an automatic four points as you can get.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt hurts their bottom line, their finals chances \u2013 you can understand why they are upset.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ralph said the Hawks wanted to implement a \u201ctransition arrangement\u201d \u2013 \u201cmaybe two or three games, maybe one game when Devils aren\u2019t playing in the state\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey tried to write to the ADL, speak to the AFL \u2026 radio silence. They got absolutely nothing back from the AFL.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hawthorn has expressed their disappointment at being kicked out of Tasmania, but Melbourne great Garry Lyon says the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,689,55,639,328315,9203,13115,328313,296806,10382,46859,328307,10145,61,2105,9130,328316,328311,328310,7492,681,328308,12152,328312,3530,677,26499,328317,85,328309,60133,2801,328314,3585],"class_list":["post-680776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-brain-decision","tag-catherine-healey","tag-cyril-rioli","tag-establishment-rules","tag-eviction-notice","tag-finals-chances","tag-footy-team","tag-fortress-collapses","tag-garry-lyon","tag-gerard-whateley","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast-suns","tag-government-money","tag-half-hawthorn-footy-team","tag-hawthorn-footy-club","tag-hawthorn-hawks","tag-jon-ralph","tag-josh-gibson","tag-launceston","tag-magnificent-home-advantage","tag-nick-watson","tag-oceania","tag-right-call","tag-shane-savage","tag-sports","tag-state-shift","tag-steve-bell","tag-tasmania","tag-transition-arrangement","tag-winning-streak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}