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why dont u do something about it fatsoWith the poor performance of the BFL last weekend and there relegation to Pool C , is anyone going to put there hand up and claim responsibility for the embarrasing performance........like a board member. Lets be honest, the reason why this comp is quickly dying is because fat cat board members do nothing to promote the comp or try to even up teams.
Lets try this ....introduce a points for player system like the EDFL and other comps are doing next year....that will even the comp up, make players play for less and help the clubs that financially struggle. Then games will be closer and crowds will come back and watch, that means money for the clubs. Then the lazy BFL board members with clubs that are finally being competitive, can promote an exciting league, an even league, and bring some interest back into the comp
The Board of the BFL have to take responsibility for where Bendigo footy is and thats a 3rd rate comp by VCFL rankings, there lack of action, inability to make tough decisions, and complete lack of professionalism is why this once great leage is the laughing stock of country footy. Get of your arse the BFL board and do something positive.
You obviously do not know much about rep footy & how country footy works. Firstly, the players who went had a real go but just got beaten by better sides and secondly none of the board members played so i don't how it can be their fault. The reality is that that our comp does not have the same depth of players as the teams we were playing because we do not pay the same. Every year we lose players to comps who are more financial. Your suggestion of making players play for less is laughable as this will see the more quality players leave the league and therefore drop the standard. The top players in our league already play for less than they can get elsewhere. As for the points system reducing match payments, Balranald has been on the points system! If the standard is to lift to very high level it starts at club level not Board Level. My suggestion is that if you don't understand something, don't be so criticalWith the poor performance of the BFL last weekend and there relegation to Pool C , is anyone going to put there hand up and claim responsibility for the embarrasing performance........like a board member. Lets be honest, the reason why this comp is quickly dying is because fat cat board members do nothing to promote the comp or try to even up teams.
Lets try this ....introduce a points for player system like the EDFL and other comps are doing next year....that will even the comp up, make players play for less and help the clubs that financially struggle. Then games will be closer and crowds will come back and watch, that means money for the clubs. Then the lazy BFL board members with clubs that are finally being competitive, can promote an exciting league, an even league, and bring some interest back into the comp
The Board of the BFL have to take responsibility for where Bendigo footy is and thats a 3rd rate comp by VCFL rankings, there lack of action, inability to make tough decisions, and complete lack of professionalism is why this once great leage is the laughing stock of country footy. Get of your arse the BFL board and do something positive.
I'd just love to see Interleague footy return to the old format, loved watching it as a kid and still do.
Does it have the support of the players though?
And does it have a future?
Thoughts
With the poor performance of the BFL last weekend and there relegation to Pool C , is anyone going to put there hand up and claim responsibility for the embarrasing performance........like a board member. Lets be honest, the reason why this comp is quickly dying is because fat cat board members do nothing to promote the comp or try to even up teams.
Lets try this ....introduce a points for player system like the EDFL and other comps are doing next year....that will even the comp up, make players play for less and help the clubs that financially struggle. Then games will be closer and crowds will come back and watch, that means money for the clubs. Then the lazy BFL board members with clubs that are finally being competitive, can promote an exciting league, an even league, and bring some interest back into the comp
The Board of the BFL have to take responsibility for where Bendigo footy is and thats a 3rd rate comp by VCFL rankings, there lack of action, inability to make tough decisions, and complete lack of professionalism is why this once great leage is the laughing stock of country footy. Get of your arse the BFL board and do something positive.
You obviously do not know much about rep footy & how country footy works. Firstly, the players who went had a real go but just got beaten by better sides and secondly none of the board members played so i don't how it can be their fault. The reality is that that our comp does not have the same depth of players as the teams we were playing because we do not pay the same. Every year we lose players to comps who are more financial. Your suggestion of making players play for less is laughable as this will see the more quality players leave the league and therefore drop the standard. The top players in our league already play for less than they can get elsewhere. As for the points system reducing match payments, Balranald has been on the points system! If the standard is to lift to very high level it starts at club level not Board Level. My suggestion is that if you don't understand something, don't be so critical
Totally agree with your comment about $.
The Bendigo Bombers (while providing an opportunity for local players to make up the numbers in the VFL reserves) take out about $75K+p.a. in sponsorship dollars.
If (or is it a matter of when) they leave, it will give BFL clubs more opportunity to attract more dollars to obtain some ex-AFL / VFL players to lift the competition standard.
I think there are still plenty of sponsorship dollars to be made by Bendigo clubs. The problem is generally speaking the people that run the clubs are too busy with their own jobs and their own lives to spend considerable amounts of time in chasing up and developing sponsorship packages to the businesses.
Perhaps clubs need to exploit the Marketing students of LaTrobe university and offer minumum pay and experiance to help them get their foot in the door.
I know Golden Square successfully did this a few years back and were able to get two marketing students to dramatically increase their sponsorship. No payment was made to these two individuals and they both managed to land good jobs as a direct relation to the experiance they gained..
Kyneton will open their account in more ways than one this week, first win for the year, first win on the QEO this century (I think), Cookies first win as coach etc. etc. Where has Jeff Bruce gone after a good debut last round. Good to see Page and Ellis lining up. Go Tigers.
who do we rekon will finish up in 5th possie
maryboro looked good from all reports and the flat wasnt disgraced after bouncing back to almost steel it in the last quartr
and dont forget the maine theyll be right in it
dont rekon the dragons can make it .... they r a fair way off the pace of the other 3
Tony,
Hows the string? Any pain in it still? Kicking? Running 100%? What about your mate D Walsh? See he is back in action too..
What's the news from Gisborne? They had a couple of weeks off and it did them no favours, that's for sure.