BringBackTorps
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- Jan 5, 2017
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Further clarification from the AFL on reasons/strategy for development of AFLX:-
. AFL wants to "significantly push" into China, where there are very few ovals; & India, which will in 2024 be the world's largest country, & has the fastest growing economy.
(Both have very large, & growing, affluent middle classes).
. AFLX "...primary audience is kids & families ...reason for the high scoring...active play... short format of 2 x 10 min. halves".
. interestingly, "AFLX, playing on rugby & soccer grounds, will give the AFL more scope to push the game into NSW & Qld".
(The SCG, Spotless & Gabba are unavailable for AF matches over summer -so, to further promote AF, play AFLX there in rectangular stadia).
. Mentions AFLX will have 10 a side -inc. Reserves?
The AFL (which already has a General Manager For China, D. Stevenson -"AFL has its sights firmly set on taking AFLX to Asia") has a very clear strategy to grow into new markets -& will utilise the plethora of rectangular stadia!
The AFL should be congratulated on its ambitious plans. How much will AFLX cost, how many years should the trial period be, & will AFLX succeed in significantly promoting AF?
www.afl.com.au/news/2018-01-02/x-marks-the-spot-for-asian-expansion
To give AFLX an important & VERY exciting Point of Difference with standard AF, I would like a rule that allowed any torpedo goal kicked outside 50 mtrs to automatically be worth 2 goals; or allow another torpedo-only shot at goal from the 50 mtr line (& scrap the apparent rule that would allow any goal kicked outside 40 mtrs to be worth 10 points).
Some of the BIGGEST crowd roars ever heard in the VFL/AFL have been when monster torp goals were kicked eg Blight, Rocca, Fletcher, D.Bradshaw (at SCG) etc. Commentators & historians noted similar crowd roars in earlier eras, when these big torp goals were often attempted.
The game is much poorer as a spectacle without big torp goals:the AFL has abandoned a very powerful "evangelising" feature.
. AFL wants to "significantly push" into China, where there are very few ovals; & India, which will in 2024 be the world's largest country, & has the fastest growing economy.
(Both have very large, & growing, affluent middle classes).
. AFLX "...primary audience is kids & families ...reason for the high scoring...active play... short format of 2 x 10 min. halves".
. interestingly, "AFLX, playing on rugby & soccer grounds, will give the AFL more scope to push the game into NSW & Qld".
(The SCG, Spotless & Gabba are unavailable for AF matches over summer -so, to further promote AF, play AFLX there in rectangular stadia).
. Mentions AFLX will have 10 a side -inc. Reserves?
The AFL (which already has a General Manager For China, D. Stevenson -"AFL has its sights firmly set on taking AFLX to Asia") has a very clear strategy to grow into new markets -& will utilise the plethora of rectangular stadia!
The AFL should be congratulated on its ambitious plans. How much will AFLX cost, how many years should the trial period be, & will AFLX succeed in significantly promoting AF?
www.afl.com.au/news/2018-01-02/x-marks-the-spot-for-asian-expansion
To give AFLX an important & VERY exciting Point of Difference with standard AF, I would like a rule that allowed any torpedo goal kicked outside 50 mtrs to automatically be worth 2 goals; or allow another torpedo-only shot at goal from the 50 mtr line (& scrap the apparent rule that would allow any goal kicked outside 40 mtrs to be worth 10 points).
Some of the BIGGEST crowd roars ever heard in the VFL/AFL have been when monster torp goals were kicked eg Blight, Rocca, Fletcher, D.Bradshaw (at SCG) etc. Commentators & historians noted similar crowd roars in earlier eras, when these big torp goals were often attempted.
The game is much poorer as a spectacle without big torp goals:the AFL has abandoned a very powerful "evangelising" feature.
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