The league has the backing of AFL Goulburn Murray in furthering its discussions with participating teams and other clubs looking to join the competition.
If received favorably, it could lead to a new 10-team competition, to run alongside the competition already in place.
With Nagambie and Avenel featuring in the 15-team competition, the Seymour Telegraph reached out to the clubs to gauge their thoughts on the potential expansion.
Nagambie vice president Jackson Hutton said while his club had participated in league discussions about the expansion, decisions about next year’s league were still relatively unknown to the club.
‘‘We don’t know how likely it is to go ahead,’’ Hutton said.
‘‘We are not one way or another about it at the moment.
‘‘We’ll wait to hear what the league’s final decision is.’’
Avenel president Bruce Rowley agreed with Hutton, saying it was up in the air at the moment, but did think it could be a great opportunity for some clubs to grow.
However, Rowley’s one concern was the viability across the junior leagues, with the KDL looking to strengthen its junior pathways with the inclusion of an under-14 football competition and 11-and-under netball.
‘‘Unfortunately, down the southern end — so Nagambie, Avenel, Broadford, along with Seymour (in the GVL) — we are all trying to vie for the juniors in the area,” Rowley said.
‘‘Under-10, 12 and 14, we could probably do, but we would struggle after that.’’
But Rowley did praise the league’s process in keeping all clubs informed of its movements.
‘‘All clubs have been kept up to date,’’ Rowley said.
‘‘We are on the same page.
‘‘There is no hidden agenda, it’s all very transparent.’’
A neighbouring football club has already flagged its interest in joining the potential restructured competition with Broadford signalling its interest in jumping on board.
Broadford — situated less than 30 minutes south of Seymour — is in the Riddell District league, which competes against clubs on the outskirts of Melbourne.
Club president Bonnie Cavanagh told Shepparton News last week that Broadford had notified the KDL of its interest and had organised a special general meeting about the club’s future.
‘‘The KDL know of our interests, I don’t know their movements, but we have flagged our interests,’’ Cavanagh said.
Broadford’s main interest in joining the league was to help boost its junior pathways.
Broadford’s junior footballers are playing in Seymour District Junior Football League and are undefeated in the under-16s, while sitting fourth in the under-14s.
‘‘We want to make sure that we create strong and sustainable pathways for our juniors,” Cavanagh said.
‘‘At the moment, we don’t have an under-19s side and we are losing our under-16 footballers that play in the Seymour District junior league.’’
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