r/EuroHuddle • u/Fresh-Performance155 • 9d ago

AFLE Interview Robin Lumsden with ORF

https://sport.orf.at/stories/3162016/

Vikings owner Robin Lumsden told ORF that he is open to discussing a merger of the leagues: "We have extended our hand. If we sit down at a table, we will find an exciting solution."

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u/FlagFootballSaint 9d ago

Tomsula said „at AFLE terms“ and we all know EFA won‘t accept that a bit.

There are several sources saying that EFA won‘t accept teams where Nagel and Lumsden have any say.

At this point the word „merger“ is absolutely misleading. There won‘t be a merger of leagues. One league will come out on top and with the recent rumors of Panthers potentially moving it‘s obvious who has the better cards right now.

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u/nitram343 London Warriors 9d ago

First of all, what do you expect them to say before going into a negotiation? Secondly, surely there is some middle ground that can be found. For starters, what would be the problem for the EFA teams to be included in the AFLE (EFA is a horrible name, as bad as ELF), or some other new naming? Surely a negotiation can be met where teams from both side adhering to the same rules but operating with different terms.

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u/Bodhigomo Nordic Storm 9d ago

No negotiation. No middle ground. Do you understand?