Recent content by RUNVS

The AFL never needed to sign the deal. I think there is a reason they kept even the negotiations secret until the deal was done.

Hardly cherry picking. It is the last 17 years, and also when the AFL stopped helping Brisbane.

It can be fixed, the AFL just does not want to fix it. Most sporting competitions in the world don't make the Grand Final in the same venue every year, especially when that venue clearly advantages some clubs over others.

Yes, it is a satirical news site.

I am going to admit something that may damage my street cred. I don't think I could recognise any of Port young star players in Butters, Rozee and, hell I forget who the other one is.

So why do Victorian fans think Victorian clubs have won 15 of the last 17 flags? Surely they don't think it is just a coincidence?

The academy has been in place close to 12 years now. I am yet to see evidence that "academy flags" are going to come.

Think about how much Victorian fans would be screaming if non-Victorian teams just won 15 of the last 17 premierships. If anything non-Victorian fans have not been vocal enough.

Not actively, but I don't watch many Fremantle, West Coast, Port, North, Hawthorn or St Kilda games. A combination of teams that are not very good or not very interesting.

Really? I must have imagined all those priority picks Melbourne got, or the fact the AFL paid to bring in a coach for Melbourne to fix up the mess you guys made of your own list. Also must have forgotten about the fact you guys play your home games at the venue of the Grand Final. I also must...

I am really just using Danger as an example. Maybe it wouldn't have changed his mind, but I bet the extra 10% would convince some players not to go home.

Also not so much a thing to even up the disparity between Victorian and non-Victorian clubs but I would love to see salaries of each player made public. The reason for this is lets say player A is in a top team. He is on $450,000 a year, less than he is worth but he took a smaller contract to...

Would they be willing to take an even larger pay cut though. I am just making up numbers here but say Adelaide offered Dangerfield $900,000 per season to stay with them, and Geelong at the time could only offer him $750,000 per season. Now $150,000 is a fair amount, but I could understand...

So each Geelong player would be perfectly happy at Geelong if you lobbed 10% off their contracts? Would none of them consider leaving for more money?

Or make it easier for clubs to retain players they have drafted from other states.