This would involve southern clubs through the AFL Commission agreeing to commit about 5 million a year to the development of the northern states . Something the other states have never been willing to do during previous failed eras of northern development policy such as the scholarship scheme which mostly got Taylor Walker to Adelaide because , fundamentally , the lack of players from NSW and Qld has never affected them . It may end up happening , but it ' s a pretty big diversion of AFL resources away from other priorities just to prevent Sydney getting a talented rugby convert out of ladder order but at something approximating market rates . After GWS lose the Murray and border areas , and get more scrutiny on who they actually put resources into , all the angst will die down enough to not justify that sort of expenditure .