Port Adelaide Power chief executive Keith Thomas says the Magpies are an important part of the furniture in the SANFL. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: The Advertiser
PORT Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas says any expectation the Magpies are destined to become a Power reserves side is misguided, saying his club was "a long way from that position".
The reserves issue has been placed on the backburner as the debate over the future of SA's two AFL club licences takes precedence but there is growing speculation the Power and Crows will want reserves teams by 2014.
Many SANFL clubs have begun preparing for the departure of their AFL-listed players in 12 months' time, with some considering whether to pass on their selections in this year's mini draft.
Thomas has gone on the record to argue the case for a Power reserves side but said there was "no appetite" at Alberton to have one come at the cost of the Magpies.
"It assumes that we would select a Port Adelaide reserves side over the Magpies and I'm not at all sure we would do that," Thomas said. "There's certainly no appetite from this end to have that happen at all."
Thomas' statement suggests that if the SANFL stands its ground on not allowing Crows or Power reserves teams in its league competition and prevents the Power from placing all its excess players with the Magpies, a Power reserves side may be unachievable in the short term.
Port is not expected to be able to afford to finance both a reserves team and the Magpies and if it's forced to choose will have to weigh the perceived benefits of having a development side against the loss of its SANFL side.
"We want to protect the Magpies," Thomas said.
"The Magpies are an important part of the furniture in the SANFL. We're not rushing into any of these sort of solutions without having a really significant discussion about it. The Magpies are very, very important to us."
Thomas said he expects the conversation to play out through 2013 and called for a round table discussion on the issue down the track.
"We need some big picture thinking here and we have not been involved in those discussions at a meaningful level because of the licence debate," he said.
"John Olsen made it really clear he wasn't going to talk about that issue (AFL reserves) until the licence issue was done first."
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