Alastair Clarkson elaborates on Tassie AFL team bid

"I don't think there's a person philosophically who doesn't think with the federation of Australia, Tasmania as part of that federation shouldn't be in the competition," he told SEN Breakfast.

"So philosophically there's not a person I don't think in the country that doesn't think Tassie should be in it.

"However, there's two things that will stop people voting for it.

"That is, how much money is it going to drain out of the game and where are you going to get your players from.

"I think every president in the competition and the clubs will vote for the team if those two variables can be appeased so that's our big challenge.

"So we need to partner with the AFL to see what that looks like in terms of where do you get your players.

"We saw with GWS and Gold Coast and the inception of the old Brisbane Bears, different models of how get your players.

"But I'd like to think we could develop some sort of academy down in Tasmania, starting as soon as possible and start our own group of players if we're fortunate enough to get the zone down there.

"And not be such an impediment on the forthcoming drafts.

"Most recruiters would say the draft has only just started to get parity in the last couple of years, that's 10 years after Gold Coast and GWS came in.

"If Tasmania is going to be the same, there won't be a club that will vote for the Tasmanian team to come in because everyone will fear they won't get the players in the first round that they need to give themselves a chance to win a flag."

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The Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney received the lion's share of early draft picks when they entered the AFL in 2011 and 2012.

Clarkson spent time researching stadiums in the United States during summer to support Tasmania's bid for an AFL outfit.

But he highlighted there were recent examples in Australia to look at.

"We don't have to look too far on our own shores to see the impact of what (a new stadium) has done particularly for the Fremantle and Port Adelaide Football Clubs when Optus Stadium has been built over in Perth and it's just gone gangbusters," he said.

"And what we've seen that's resurrected football in South Australia with the move from footy park to Adelaide Oval.

"It's a key part of the bid I'm sure, I know the AFL has more or less said if you want a chance of winning a licence in this competition you've got to prove you can house a pretty good event and that's going to require a pretty good stadium.

"And there's an upgrade going on at Launceston that they've already committed money to and the announcement yesterday by the Premier Peter Gutwein that if we were to get the bid, a new stadium would be built on the shores of Hobart."

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