While fledgling AFL club the Tasmania Devils still face an existential crisis over whether or not a new AFL stadium will be built in Hobart, how a new AFL team would be built has become much clearer with the AFL signing off on a massive list of concessions for the club's entry to the national league.

Key concessions include:

Number one draft pick in 2027

Signing up to 18 out-of-contract AFL players, with a maximum of one player per club.

Signing bonus pool of $5,000,000 in addition to the salary cap to help lure players from interstate.

The head of list management and strategy for the Tasmania Devils Football Club (TDFC), Todd Patterson, said he was delighted with the outcome.

"We've gotta sit down now, take our time, digest all this and strategise it,"

he said.

"We're really happy

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