Tasmanian footy is losing out through a scheduling overload, says Clarence coach Jeromey Webberley.
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Another jam-packed weekend will feature a full round of TSL, a Tasmania Devils home game and Saturday's SATIS grand final between Scotch Oakburn College and Guilford Young College.
Already stretched through the unavailability of Devils players, several TSL clubs have managed with 20-plus absentees of a weekend with star teens lining up for their schools.
Webberley said all three competitions were key to the state's footy landscape, but could be better spread across the calendar.
"School footy's great and it's something we need to have," Webberley said.
"I think it's a real positive for footy in Tasmania and a great opportunity for all kids to go and represent their school - it creates that real community feel for schools.
"But I think where it's situated throughout the year, it's detracting from school footy but it's also making it hard for TSL programs and Devils programs to all work together as one.
"I think moving forward we need to all sit down as a collective - TSL management, education department and TSL clubs - and come up with the best possible situation for all three teams and competitions."
Already hit with a number of high-profile senior unavailabilities, the Roos will miss a number of Devils and Guilford Young players for Saturday's top-four clashes with Launceston.
"Launceston had 25 or 26 players out last week due to the Devils program and school football and we're exactly the same this week," Webberley said.
"I would have loved to have seen the best under-18s teams in Clarence and Launceston and the best development teams and 1 v 4 in the seniors with full strength and everyone up and going, but we're not going to get that which is disappointing.
"The schools aren't going to get the best bang for their buck either because a large portion of those players are playing Devils footy or senior footy at TSL clubs, so I think the three organisations can run it better and get more bang for their buck."
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