AFL 'has no plan' here beyond 2016

AFL Tasmania chief executive Scott Wade said he was not confident that the sport's governing body had a contingency plan for AFL being played in the state.

"My question is that if the Tasmanian government, TT-Line and Hobart City Council weren't paying AFL clubs to play in Tasmania, we would have no AFL football in Tasmania?

"I would like the AFL to have a plan for football to continue in Tasmania whether the government were paying for it or not.

"When I started in this role we had no AFL being played in Tasmania, and next year we are expecting seven games to be played in Tasmania.

"I think all Tasmanian football fans share the view that we want to retain AFL footy in Tasmania."

Mr Wade has openly said that his preferred model for Tasmania is for an AFL club to play eight games a season in the state.

Tasmania first sponsored Hawthorn in 2006 and under the most recent deal that runs to 2016, Hawthorn is paid $3 million to play four games a season at Aurora Stadium.

A new two-year contract, funded by the Hobart City Council and TT-Line, for North Melbourne to play three games a season from 2015 was struck in August.

"The leader of the AFL, Gillon McLachlan, is well aware of what Tasmania thinks about where the future of AFL football in Tasmania should go." he said.

"However, one of the positives aspects of the governance restructure is that it's no longer AFL Tasmania's issue."