‘No renegotiation’: Collingwood president’s blunt response to Tasmanian team talk

Collingwood president Jeff Browne has reiterated that a purpose-built stadium in Tasmania is required for the mooted AFL state in the state to become a reality.

As Tasmania prepares to head to the polls later this month, there’s been talk that both sides of government would look to re-negotiate terms on the $715m project.

Fresh from a presidents meeting ahead of the 2024 beginning in Sydney on Thursday night, Browne had a blunt message for any politician hoping to renege on the original deal for the AFL’s 19th license.

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“They’ll be no renegotiation on terms (for the Tasmania stadium),” he told Sam McClure and Matthew Richardson on Wide World of Sports.

“That stadium has to be delivered for a team to play in the AFL and that’s fact. No stadium, no deal.”

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