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  1. Beutbrute

    Play Nice Which club has the biggest supporter base? Collingwood, Richmond or West Coast?

    So you're saying they invented plastic and suddenly Richmond came along?
  2. Beutbrute

    West Coast sets new AFL/VFL record & 80K members

    There's a lot a Freo supporters out there who jumped ship from the Eagles last time the 'new team' started. How many of them will join the 'new team' again. Fremantle has more to loose than the Eagles if there were to be a third WA team.
  3. Beutbrute

    New teams for fast growing Melbourne: Stars and Dragons

    Considering India is North of Melbourne, they could relocate and keep their name. Not many Kangaroos in Mumbai, but you can't have it all. India's population has already overtaken Melbourne AND Sydney http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/india-population/
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    MCG to host GF through to 2057

    That may be the case if you live in Victoria, but this decision means there is next to no chance an interstate fan can watch a grand final for anywhere near that kind of money. According to 2017 Roy Morgan research 62% of AFL fans don't live in Victoria. Thats the AFL turning their noses up a a...
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    How much is Champion Data worth?

    Bags starting a stats company marketing to the NRL if that ever happens
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    The Great Injustice - The Grand Final Contract thread

    I agree with this. I'm trying to say that if we can grow the game in NSW/QLD and achieve higher ratings throughout the season in these audiences THEN the next TV rights deal will be much more lucrative. It is with this long term goal in mind that the AFL should be prepared to accept short term...
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    The Great Injustice - The Grand Final Contract thread

    You still don't get it? The AFL would accept less revenue from a single game, so they can generate more revenue with TV rights deals etc.
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    The Great Injustice - The Grand Final Contract thread

    I'm not saying the WA govt needs to spend tens of millions of dollars. The size of the stadium will be fine as it is, the WA government would contribute a sum of money to the AFL to bring a GF to Perth, as it would for most large events, but the AFL would also need to be prepared to generate a...
  9. Beutbrute

    The Great Injustice - The Grand Final Contract thread

    No this is about growing the game in non AFL states and the integrity of the competition. The AFL's last TV rights deal was $2.5B, and that is with a very limited following in 2 of the 3 largest states in Australia. The benefits of growing the game in these areas outweighs the drop in revenue...
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    The Great Injustice - The Grand Final Contract thread

    I'm happy with the capacity of the stadium, but I think its important for the growth of the game as a national sport for the grand final to be shared around, even if its not every year. In the big picture the growth of the game is of greater benefit to the AFL than the loss of revenue an...
  11. Beutbrute

    AFL allocates Zones to Victorian Teams

    Pretty sure the highest draft numbers per capita in WA is the Midwest zone. It's a shame that the Pilbarra zone doesn't include children who were, or who's parents were born overseas like all the other zones.
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    AFL allocates Zones to Victorian Teams

    My bad, I read that as his mum is overseas & is from here, not there. Would depend on where the mum is born as yyou where saying
  13. Beutbrute

    AFL allocates Zones to Victorian Teams

    By the looks of things he would be eligible to join the academy, as all kids will be, but wouldn't be eligible for drafting concessions.
  14. Beutbrute

    AFL allocates Zones to Victorian Teams

    Was about to answer your question, but then I saw your signature... Crisis averted phew
  15. Beutbrute

    AFL allocates Zones to Victorian Teams

    Does anyone have a link to a map of the actual zones? ie. what is the split of 10% and 90% in the southwest his parents weren't born in Asia or Africa so it have to be a case by case ruling in his circumstances Edit: removed a quote that didn't need to be there
  16. Beutbrute

    AFL allocates Zones to Victorian Teams

    The only current players that I can think of who would have been eligible under the WA metro zones would be Jason Johannisen and Tendai Mzungu, both in Fremantle zone. Heritier Lumumba (also in the Fremantle zone) is messy one as his biological father was born in Africa, but Lumumba didn't grow...
  17. Beutbrute

    The Grand Final should be hosted at a neutral venue

    I don't think a neutral venue would have helped the Eagles yesterday, however I do think the Grand final week should not belong to one stadium/state in a national competition. Why would the AFL expect the expansion into the northern states to work when they won't even let a grand final be held...
  18. Beutbrute

    AFL can't compete with the game of globalisation

    Lucky Footy has one of those video games too
  19. Beutbrute

    Expansion Why AFL fails miserably in Queensland

    82,500 I think
  20. Beutbrute

    Expansion Why AFL fails miserably in Queensland

    My argument isn't so much about the home ground advantage, but more the ability for marginal supporters to attend the GF (in the non-traditional AFL states). It's these marginal supporters who we want to attend games, tell their friends/family how great a time they had and bring their...
  21. Beutbrute

    Expansion Why AFL fails miserably in Queensland

    I thought he had some good points, but saying that it is more important to have Carlton and Essendon up and running before the new TV rights deal than having football flourishing in the Northern states shows a pretty insular view.
  22. Beutbrute

    Expansion Why AFL fails miserably in Queensland

    I understand the thought that a reduced capacity for a GF is not popular... Every state that has an AFL team has a stadium with a capacity of at least 40k. Lets say there was a GF at the GABBA with 42k people. Yes that is a lot less than you would fit in the MCG, but there would be a LOT more...
  23. Beutbrute

    Expansion Why AFL fails miserably in Queensland

    Foxtel did a pretty interesting presidents round table discussion last night, with the Sydney, Port, Collingwood and Bulldogs presidents. One of the quotes was 52% of Australia's population is in NSW and Qld, and there was the suggestion from some of the presidents that the growth of the game in...
  24. Beutbrute

    Will having to play a grand final at the MCG potentially cost Fremantle a flag?

    The Fremantle fans, who live in WA, are at a huge disadvantage compared to fans from St Kilda or Footscray if they want to watch their team play a grand final
  25. Beutbrute

    Will having to play a grand final at the MCG potentially cost Fremantle a flag?

    There would be a good deal MORE atmosphere in Perth if the grand final was to be played in Perth rather than the MCG, only less atmosphere in Melbourne. Along those lines I wonder if Brisbane would have got more of a foothold in the Qld market if they got to play the 02 grand final in Brisbane...
  26. Beutbrute

    Extra Home Game For WA Teams

    I'd be happy to play the grand final at the home teams ground anywhere, but if we are worrying about stadium capacity and that's what it takes to get some (partially) more equity I'd take it
  27. Beutbrute

    Extra Home Game For WA Teams

    Ha, the other club that could relocatences is Port Adelaide but I don't think they would get many fans over this way Victoria is struggling to support all of their teams as it is, SA is struggling to support 2 teams, so I'd hardly be thinking 5 more teams in the national competition would be...
  28. Beutbrute

    Extra Home Game For WA Teams

    I think the new Perth stadium and Adelaide oval would be perfectly fine for grand finals. With two teams based at these grounds every AFL team should get at least 1 game there every year
  29. Beutbrute

    Extra Home Game For WA Teams

    You wouldn't want to bring extra teams into the AFL though, it would have to be a relocation from Victoria. Potential clubs could be: Western Bulldogs - already has West in the name so the way has been paved - colours Blue, Red and White encompass both traditional Fremantle teams so they could...
  30. Beutbrute

    Extra Home Game For WA Teams

    12 of those 24 have been since West Coast joined the competition, which isn't all that far short of the 17 the Eagles have had

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