The club had a July 31 deadline to submit their case for a licence to replace the Western Storm.

“We’ve gone into detail in the plan about what we think could happen or should happen and now I suppose the ball is in their court,” president Victor Marshall said.

“It included how much it will cost us to run the club and how much sponsorship we would have to gather up and bits and pieces. We can only put across what we have put on the table and at the end of the day it is their call.”

Former AFL Tas boss Scott Wade wanted the Prospect Hawks to replace the Storm and gave the club until 2018 to field a senior team.

Marshall said the question of how the club would attract players was not part of their business case and would be something they would need to address down the track if their licence application was successful.

“We would probably have to pay a coach for 12 months without even having a team and employ a football manager and Development League coach,” he said.

“We’ve been fed a s--- sandwich really and it’s how do we deal with it and as far as I’m concerned it was probably set up a bit wrong to start off with.’’

The Prospect Hawks were forced to forfeit their round 17 and 18 Development League matches due to a player shortage because of injuries and interstate football commitments but Marshall said he was unsure whether that would affect their application.

“We could have fielded 17 players but AFL Tas decided not to get down the path and we didn’t want to top up with 15 year olds when there are 30-year olds playing even though it’s supposed to be a development league not a reserves comp.

“AFL Tas said it wouldn’t affect our case when we talked to them about having the two weeks off.

“We want to know asap so we know where we’re at with the licence and everyone else knows where they are at and you haven’t got people hanging in limbo.”