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Probably around the same as Tassie if they are s**t.
Well
Well people want to question a Tasmania’s teams ability to draw crowds as a reason not to get a licence but then sit back and say it’s perfectly fine for gws to continue to draw tiny unstable crowds at least the suns have an exscuse for there poor crowds the giants have none!
How do you come up with this conclusion ? considering we’re getting similar crowds to you now watching neutral fifo clubs with no connection to Tasmania I also imagine a lot more visiting Victorian supporters would be more likely to travel to Tasmania then they would western Sydney!
How many north and hawthorn supporters do you think there is in Tasmania over 50 percent of the fifo crowds are neutral supporters I’ve been to a number of fifo games just to watch afl games we’re a football state no offence but you don’t have this in nsw with neutral interest so you honesty believe a local team will get worse crowds then we’re currently getting for the fifo games ?
Ridiculous comment So only people from Hobart and Launceston will be attending games? You do realise there are a lot of people living outside these areas did you take into account that afl football currently has pretty much zero competition from other codes in Tasmania how many nrl and a league union clubs are based in nsw massive competition for support over there and the growth thing is massively over stated when you look at the limited crowds the nrl clubs get to games nsw just don’t support sports in general as much as the other states do I don’t think the growth is there as much as people think it is
The NBL crowd of 67,206 (for 9 games) broke a record that has existed since 1995.
As it appears certain Tasmania will get its own NBL team soon, male GR AF in Tasmania can be expected to continue to deteriorate if it is continually denied having its own elite AF team in the AFL.
NO, but they have tens of thousands of supporters of all the traditional VFL/AFL clubs that will ensure that every Tas v Vic match will sell out. If Hawthorn v Freo can draw 13K, then Tas v Hawthorn would easily double that (capacity aside).
Possible.
Not according to the general giant the states been following afl football for a 100 years and are currently getting crowds the same as gws to watch fifo clubs but apparently the crowds won’t improve and will go backwards for a local team I’m not sure the logic in that
Not according to the general giant the states been following afl football for a 100 years and are currently getting crowds the same as gws to watch fifo clubs but apparently the crowds won’t improve and will go backwards for a local team I’m not sure the logic in that
How many flights are there a day between tas and melb say thursday and friday each week? Just wondering about passenger capacity etc
University Of Melbourne Dr A Fuller 8.4.19
This website examines a range of issues pertaining to the interaction of AF & culture- there is much of interest.
Dr Fuller writes
"The success of the AFL is founded on the decline of the SANFL, WAFL, TFL (my emphasis) and VFA. The AFL is increasingly distancing itself from the grassroots' fans who have formed the foundation of the current elite versions of the game".
(WA & SA were able to protect AF in their states, as they had their own AFL teams, proper elite Academies & pathways etc. Tasmania does not have this defense)
"The game, its images, its iconography is part of our shared history, mythology and memories...we use this expression to express ourselves, shape our identities, and, of course, to have fun with families...".
By denying Tasmanians their own AFL team, & the many disadvantages (personal, & for the growth & prosperity of Tasmanian AF) emanating from this exclusion, the AFL has rightly attracted much opprobrium & disgust. This will increase considerably if the Bid is rejected (I am assuming the Bid shows the Tas. team is financially sustainable)
The Disneyfication of the AFL
Australian Rules football is a grassroots sport, but a University of Melbourne expert says the AFL's corporatisation is distancing itself from the fans.pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
There’s always been strong support for the traditional afl clubs down here that won’t change the main problem is though our state league was run in to the ground buy the Robert auld led afl tas wouldn’t be much better then the neafl now there’s been no money or resources put into development for years as the afl have had tunnel vision less quality players then ever have been getting drafted over the last decade not having a tac side hurt massively also basketball is growing massively in juniors down which is only going to increase with the new nbl team afl need to do something soon if they even care !
