The AFL doesn't govern SA and WA footy, but the VFA handed over to the AFL in about 1995.
So to part answer about the AFL fund for Vic talent, it is their job, they govern the league.
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So to part answer about the AFL fund for Vic talent, it is their job, they govern the league.
If you look at the majority of mature age recruit they tend be Vic Country, WA and SA.
Real footy fans watch the game on TV, not just their own team. Its why Fri night footy is SO important in Melbourne, premium advertising rates.
Yep, and if Sydney decide footy is better than rugby, the market will move.
The Stokes family, 7s largest shareholder, has very strong WA roots (Kerry was a Subi committee man in the WAFL days) - 7 chases ratings/advertising dollars & thats not WA.
Anybody with brain understands that the Northern markets is big and that supporting the Queensland and NSW is a good idea.
Kerry Stokes owned the Perth Wildcats at some point.
The Stokes family, 7s largest shareholder, has very strong WA roots (Kerry was a Subi committee man in the WAFL days) - 7 chases ratings/advertising dollars & thats not WA.
Sadly, the NBl didn’t listen to him about moving to summer and then he sold the team.
If it works, yes.
and in my opinion, if it works, look out struggling Vic clubs, they will be gone in an instance.
If they can capture an audience that is greater than they lose, then they will cull.
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The Stokes family, 7s largest shareholder, has very strong WA roots (Kerry was a Subi committee man in the WAFL days) - 7 chases ratings/advertising dollars & thats not WA.
actually stokes is a Victorian born and bred
You seem to understand how tv rights work, try explaining to your WA mates, 7 are not sticking it up them, they do it for money.With Sydney the most expensive TV market for advertising
Interesting. I'm only aware of him since he & Subi footballer Kevin Merifield got into real estate development* & that was during Legs playing days, the mid 60s. Both were in their 20s.
* Jack Bendat the Perth Wildcats owner (still?)
His first involvement in media was setting up a country TV network in south West WA in the late 60s with Bendat.
Still retains a place in Perth & up at Broome. Flew into Perth on the biz jet from the US during the lockdown causing a double standards argument.
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Thats why I posted.
The FIXturing of Fri night footy is more important in Melbourne (timeslot) because it adds to the value of the TV rights when payday for the AFL comes around.
The problem is what if it works means.
If we look at the numbers in the player pool from day one in the nineties, expanding the player pool is there for all to see.
If we look at the dollars, I wonder if even the AFL know.
I think they would need to turn from casual to more hard core, that will take a very long time
The AFL can cut a cheque to mirror it's investment in other states regardless of who is running the state.
Unless the AFL is using funding as a Trojan Horse to take over control of SA and WA football?
The SANFL and WAFLs domestic comps are about the same size as the VFL, and generates similar revenue from crowds and sponsors. Let's see how good Vic talent would be if the VFL had to run it with their level of revenue.
Seems you have a bee in your bonnet.
The AFL can't do squat in SA and WA, it is up to the governing bodies.
The reason the AFL fund VFL is because the VFA handed them control, otherwise they would have gone under.
IF the SANFL and WAFC want to do the same i am sure the AFL would fund all leagues.
But no, i think you are just another, but #VICBIAS
If the AFL is funding Vic kids over and above what they do on SA and WA, then yes, it's Vic bias.
Like I said, the AFL doesn't need to control SA and WA football to cut a cheque to go towards Jr development.
Some of the TAC cup clubs have better facilities than some of the SANFL and WAFL clubs do.
OMG, the AFL don't have control, have you been hit in the head?
Even if they tried they would be told to piss off.
Both WA & SA have short term funding as a result of the stadium deals that saw Subi replaced with Optus Stadium & Footy Park replaced by an upgraded Adelaide Oval. Neither State can fund footy in their State at current levels in the long term ( maybe 2030, even earlier).
So do you think they will go the same way as the VFA?
Until the WAFC don’t own the license of the two AFL clubs and I think they should never relinquish them, then WA footy funding will be fine.
Yes, its VICBIAS.
Would SA and WA give up control when clearly the AFL has shown themselves only caring about Money and Victoria.
That's to increase market share and its a good business model.
The fact is traditional states should get the same funding and non traditional should get extra.
10 teams in Victoria and 8 teams in other states tells it all.
Tasmania is crying out for a team, yet the AFL PREVIOUS TO THIS YEAR has supported Melbourne, North Melbourne, Footscray and St Kilda instead.
Tasmania a traditional football state having no team is a crime.
