Chief Executive Steven Trigg says he’s “respectful” of the SANFL clubs’ preference that Adelaide not be branded as the “Crows” or wear its traditional home guernsey if the AFL club is permitted to enter a reserves team in the local league next season.

On Tuesday night, the South Australian Football Commission endorsed Adelaide’s proposal to field a team in the SANFL in 2014. The proposal will now be voted on by SANFL clubs, with a decision expected next Friday.

One of the current stipulations is that the Crows adopt a different nickname and playing guernsey. Trigg said the reserve team’s prospective name and jumper would be given more consideration if and when the SANFL clubs voted in favour of Adelaide joining their competition.

“What we found when we spoke to the SANFL clubs was that, by and large, there’s a view that it would be better for us not to be playing in the Crows jumper. Our proposition at the moment, therefore, is not to do that,” Trigg said on Wednesday.

“Despite what’s been talked about and published, we don’t have a view on what our jumper or name would be yet. It’s a point of detail as to what the strip and name might be. It comes next – if there is a next – in terms of our entry into the competition.

“If we’re saying we wish to respect the SANFL competition and the wishes of its clubs … what they don’t want is a massive Crows presence on an SANFL match day … that could dominate the landscape on an SANFL day.

“We don’t want to do that. It’s not our intention to do that. Our intention is to have our players play together for the benefits of retention, of development and ultimately our success as a football club. We want to work with the SANFL clubs to build their memberships and attendances, and to make it a vibrant competition that so many of us grew up in.

“We think we can add to it, not be a threat to it.

The Crows will continue to liaise with the SANFL clubs in the coming week, with Trigg wanting a majority vote for the plan to proceed. He revealed the Club’s back-up option was to join the South Australian Amateur Football League.

“We’ve got some clubs at the moment that are concerned and we understand why they would be concerned because they’ve only really got good information in the last few days,” Trigg said.

“Our view is that we need to give them the best information we can to pass onto their boards and their members, so they can make an informed decision and we can get a unanimous vote and buy in. It’s really critical that we do that.

“It needs to be unanimous for it to be healthy.”