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Melbourne Hawks, Melbourne Hawks - Background, Melbourne Hawks - Gutnick and Operation Payback, Melbourne Hawks - Merger proposals, Melbourne Hawks - Negotiations, Melbourne Hawks - Popular Backlash to the Merger Proposal, Melbourne Hawks - The Merger Game, Melbourne Hawks - The Vote, Melbourne Hawks - The case for the Melbourne Hawks
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ARTICLES RELATED TO Melbourne Hawks - The Merger Game | | | |  Melbourne Hawks - The Merger Game: Encyclopedia II - Melbourne Hawks - The Merger GameThe end of the 1996 season saw Melbourne and Hawthorn play each other in the last round of that season. "The Merger Game" as it was called, was a spirited contest, as it was a likely possibility that it would be the last Hawthorn v Melbourne contest and, as the result that Melbourne could not make the finals and Hawthorn needed to win the game by any margin to have any chance to contest the 1996 finals series, many fans saw this gam ...
See also:Melbourne Hawks, Melbourne Hawks - Background, Melbourne Hawks - Merger proposals, Melbourne Hawks - The case for the Melbourne Hawks, Melbourne Hawks - Negotiations, Melbourne Hawks - Gutnick and Operation Payback, Melbourne Hawks - Popular Backlash to the Merger Proposal, Melbourne Hawks - The Merger Game, Melbourne Hawks - The Vote Read more here: » Melbourne Hawks: Encyclopedia II - Melbourne Hawks - The Merger Game |
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| | | | Melbourne Hawks - The Merger Game: Encyclopedia II - Melbourne Hawks - Merger proposals Upon pressure and incentives from the league, and saturation of the dire warnings about the consequences of too many teams based in Melbourne, a number of Melbourne based clubs began investigating and pursuing potential mergers. Some proposals raised in the local media included a possible amalgamation of Footscray and Fitzroy, as well as various combinations of Melbourne, Hawthorn, St Kilda, Footscray, Fitzroy, and North Melbourne.
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See also:Melbourne Hawks, Melbourne Hawks - Background, Melbourne Hawks - Merger proposals, Melbourne Hawks - The case for the Melbourne Hawks, Melbourne Hawks - Negotiations, Melbourne Hawks - Gutnick and Operation Payback, Melbourne Hawks - Popular Backlash to the Merger Proposal, Melbourne Hawks - The Merger Game, Melbourne Hawks - The Vote Read more here: » Melbourne Hawks: Encyclopedia II - Melbourne Hawks - Merger proposals |
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| | | | Melbourne Hawks - The Merger Game: Encyclopedia II - Melbourne Hawks - Background Since the mid 1980s, the formerly all-Victorian VFL competition had undertaken a large expansion program which saw the league expand from being a state-based competition (centred around the inner suburbs of Melbourne) to a national competition. The decision to undertake this expansion was in response to elite national leagues being run by other sporting codes (for example the ARL, the NBL, and the NSL), which threatened to undermine interest in football at both a junior, and elite level. The VFL / AFL expansion included new teams from Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Sydney introduced to the competition, and saw the l ...
See also:Melbourne Hawks, Melbourne Hawks - Background, Melbourne Hawks - Merger proposals, Melbourne Hawks - The case for the Melbourne Hawks, Melbourne Hawks - Negotiations, Melbourne Hawks - Gutnick and Operation Payback, Melbourne Hawks - Popular Backlash to the Merger Proposal, Melbourne Hawks - The Merger Game, Melbourne Hawks - The Vote Read more here: » Melbourne Hawks: Encyclopedia II - Melbourne Hawks - Background |
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| | | | Melbourne Hawks - The Merger Game: Encyclopedia II - Melbourne Hawks - Gutnick and Operation Payback In the wake of the official merger announcement, Don Scott (who is a respected former Hawthorn footballer) launched the Operation Payback campaign. The campaign, which would be backed by other former Hawthorn footballers including Dermott Brereton, was multifaceted and included a number of aims:
To launch a motion officially opposing the merger proposal, and to present the anti-merger case, at the extraordinary general meeting where Hawthorn members would vote upon the merger proposal;
To run a fund raising campa ...
See also:Melbourne Hawks, Melbourne Hawks - Background, Melbourne Hawks - Merger proposals, Melbourne Hawks - The case for the Melbourne Hawks, Melbourne Hawks - Negotiations, Melbourne Hawks - Gutnick and Operation Payback, Melbourne Hawks - Popular Backlash to the Merger Proposal, Melbourne Hawks - The Merger Game, Melbourne Hawks - The Vote Read more here: » Melbourne Hawks: Encyclopedia II - Melbourne Hawks - Gutnick and Operation Payback |
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