Rumour Beams coming on heavy, hot and strong (Beams & picks 41 & 44 for 18, 56, COL's 2019 1st rd)

[briztoon]

Isn’t Chris Johnson’s son in the Essendon NGA?
How the son of a triple premiership player,living in Melbourne can be included in an NGA is beyond me.

For real?? If that is the case, that is absolutely disgraceful.

Would it upset you to know we have a couple father son brothers in Gold Coasts academy?


North have lost father son prospect Nick Blakey to Sydney, because he is in their academy. Bailey Scott, another North father son prospect is in the Gold Coast academy, but opted for North over Gold Coast.

Wonder if we can keep Hodgey on as an assistant coach for the next 12 years to get his boys through our academy.

 

[BuntonRules]

Would it upset you to know we have a couple father son brothers in Gold Coasts academy?


North have lost father son prospect Nick Blakey to Sydney, because he is in their academy. Bailey Scott, another North father son prospect is in the Gold Coast academy, but opted for North over Gold Coast.

Wonder if we can keep Hodgey on as an assistant coach for the next 12 years to get his boys through our academy.

Entirely different thing, and you know it.

 

[briztoon]

Entirely different thing, and you know it.

No disrespect, but I don't get where you're coming from.

Is it just because Chris Johnsons kids are of indigenous heritage, and that's the only reason they are in Essendon's academy.

How is it different that one clubs father son kids are in another academy because of location compared to ancestry. The fact is they're in another teams academy.

One of our 2019 academy kids quite the Lions academy and is playing for his local team up the Sunshine coast. He'll still be eligible for the draft next year. Don't tell me Chris Johnsons kids don't have that option to them, to quit Essendon's academy and play for their local TAC cup team, or which ever local team.

Same with Will Ashcroft down the Coast. There's any number of QAWFL or NEAFL clubs he could be playing for, rather than in the Suns academy.

 

[MSB ROYS]

Chris Johnson's children can always nominate the Lions after being in the NGA.

 

[Tom14]

The bigger issues with the NGA system is whether it is actually increasing development/investment in those from multi-cultural/indigenous backgrounds. Based on Michael Gleeson's story earlier this year, it seems like it is currently mainly leading to victorian clubs examining family trees of TAC cup players - which is very different from the real investment being made by GC, Brisbane, Syd and GWS (particularly now that the riverina zone has been phased out).

 

[luthor]

Surely both the Thread title and the "Rumour" tag are well past their Use By dates

 

[Milux]

Surely both the Thread title and the "Rumour" tag are well past their Use By dates

To be fair we should lock this thread.

 

[BangyBangy]

To be fair we should lock this thread.

Why? I don't understand why we need to do that. Once nobody has anything else to say about the matter it will just revert to irrelevance.

 

[Saucery]

To be fair we should lock this thread.

 

[Saucery]

 

[BuntonRules]

The bigger issues with the NGA system is whether it is actually increasing development/investment in those from multi-cultural/indigenous backgrounds. Based on Michael Gleeson's story earlier this year, it seems like it is currently mainly leading to victorian clubs examining family trees of TAC cup players - which is very different from the real investment being made by GC, Brisbane, Syd and GWS (particularly now that the riverina zone has been phased out).

This is what I alluded too in my reply to briztoon. The NGA academies were supposed to identify ethnic/indigenous background kids that were not involved with aussie rules. not cherry pick talent because of 1 parents heritage. The f/s eligable kids in northern academies are ther because that is where they grew up. Totally different.

 

[Milux]

Why? I don't understand why we need to do that. Once nobody has anything else to say about the matter it will just revert to irrelevance.

More to move forward then anything.

 

[Sherrinator]

This is what I alluded too in my reply to briztoon. The NGA academies were supposed to identify ethnic/indigenous background kids that were not involved with aussie rules. not cherry pick talent because of 1 parents heritage. The f/s eligable kids in northern academies are ther because that is where they grew up. Totally different.

Which is why GWS having sole access to the Riverina was questionable. This is an area where the best footy juniors get scholarships to Melbourne private schools.

The NGA shouldn’t be applicable to metropolitan indigenous or European players as these people are in all likelihood entrenched in footy culture anyway.

 

[Scubaveg]

Who cares anymore ...


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[Football Pope]

Who cares anymore ...

This bloke...AFL football operations manager, Steve Hocking

 

[Scubaveg]

This bloke...AFL football operations manager, Steve Hocking

Steve cares, about what though we aren’t too sure...

 

[luthor]

I'm going to cynically exploit this thread as an opportunity to boost my Posts total

 

[luthor]

11,749

 

[luthor]

11,750

 

[luthor]

Last warning.....

11.751

 

[luthor]

11, 752


Are all the mods asleep or what?

 

[briztoon]

They

Just

Don't

Care

 

[luthor]

They

Just

Don't

Care

Well they should.

I knew someone who reckoned that this Thread should keep on going forever

Poor bastard got hit by a bus the other day

I don't have a bus licence any more

 

[ImAFreeMan]

Well they should.

I knew someone who reckoned that this Thread should keep on going forever

Poor bastard got hit by a bus the other day

I don't have a bus licence any more

Best call of the day, albeit only 26 minutes in (Victorian boy)


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[Bjorn Again]

11, 752
Are all the mods asleep or what?

Keep going ... only a couple more hundred to catch GWS
Average home crowd for GWS in 2018 = 11913
Suns a bit more 13547
You're dreaming if you think you will ever catch us - we are going exponential ...