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But it literally does have the money. Pre-COVID profits have been consistently above $10m pa since the introduction of the expansion teams, and over $25m pa in the last few. This is despite the ongoing investment into the expansion clubs. And how many of those teams would be competing with...

I mean, the Brisbane AFL game outdrew the Brisbane NRL games (combined). Both Gold Coast AFL games outdrew the single NRL game, hard to compare neutral AFL games to a double-header which also featured the local team. Even then, both were more than half the double-headers crowd, implying they...

I mean, you have an ongoing global pandemic undergoing a local resurgence, with the second biggest sporting event in the world having just begun (probably the biggest from an Australian perspective), competing against what are mostly neutral games. Wouldn't really expect stellar crowds. Both...

Gold Coast: AFL: Sydney vs Fremantle (Sun A) - 2,875 Essendon vs GWS - (Sun N) 2,681 NRL: Parramatta vs Canberra (Thu N) - 2,566 St George vs Gold Coast (Sun A) - 4,424 DOUBLE HEADER Canterbury-Bankstown vs Cronulla (Sun T) - 4,424 DOUBLE HEADER Brisbane: AFL: Brisbane vs Gold Coast (Sat A)...

I'd also suggest a startup team based in Western Sydney is unlikely to be too concerned about their presence in Hobart either, not to mention the fact that all the games in Hobart this year have struggled to draw strong crowds.

Probably not in Ballart or on the Gold Coast at a guess?

Why don't we actually take 5 minutes to look at the impact to the MLB compared to what the impact to the AFL would have been... On first glance - the Soccer World Cup shared one city - Chicago - with MLB during the event. Including greater metro areas, LA, SF Bay Area, Dallas, Chicago and NY...

Weird comment. You're clearly just salty that the AFL had the grand final at the Gabba - otherwise this comment would be directed at Port: - Finished Top 4 - No double ups against the other top 4 teams - Play both the grand finalists at home - Their double ups are St Kilda, Bulldogs...

You'd think of all teams, Lions supporters, particularly from the Fitzroy side of the family, would be empathetic towards this notion...

Think this sums it up pretty well. Right now our list has the benefit of being a) top-4 quality, b) young, c) without any glaring holes for the next few years and d) suitable depth (Note: this does not mean having A graders sitting in the ressies, this means having players with experience who...

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COL trade future 2nd, 62 and 69 for 41 and 42 Looking to trade up with their first rounders to get ahead of McInnes while still having the points possibly

They have a top 3 touted father-son in next years draft in Nick Daicos, so the pick will get absorbed anyway - hence wanting to trade it out.

Literally no-one was saying this. Every single person on here was saying that we back our team in to pay him what we deem worth, and not to throw extra money at him just to trigger higher compensation. I would be amazed if anyone has changed that tune. I certainly haven't. Irrespective...

I mean, pick 23 or later makes up 12 of our best 22 (13 if Birchall retires). All of our All-Australian team selections since 2015 have been from players drafted later than pick 23: Zorko (2017) - QLD Zone Selection (traded with 47 for 34 leaving it at pick 54 in points value) Andrews (2019...

Would be an awesome get in the same mould as a Zac Williams, but thought he was pretty keen on getting back to Melbourne

Makes so much more sense for our playstyle than a player like Ben Brown. I dread seeing how unimpactful Ben Brown would be if we couldn't adjust our style to opening up the forward line and targeting leading key forwards. Dixon is basically a direct upgrade on McStay - very similar playstyle...

Depends where you base a team and what you consider their "catchment". Basing a theoretical team in Albury-Wodonga for instance, and trying to look at it like-for-like with Tasmania (that being, only considering the population within the same drive as Launceston-Hobart), you're looking at a...

Still no link? I wouldn't think they'd be hard to find, after all, it was you who mentioned the sheer volume of tickets they give out makes it easy to get them for free. As anybody who pays to go see them is "dumb", I assume you can at least give me a link highlighting easily accessible...

The Suns have had crowds their past two games... They only played one game on the Gold Coast without a crowd...

Weak response. Where's the link mate. You've had a year to post it. I thought you always backed up your FACTS with links?

Still waiting for those free Gold Coast Suns tickets that you claimed were so readily available. I was keen for those. If only you actually posted links, I could've gotten to see some free footy. Shame I've literally moved states in the time I've been waiting for that one...

Slow down buddy, take a deep breath, and re-read what you quoted. In particular the start of the third paragraph:

I don't think anyone is suggesting it wasn't a great year for the Lions, but the forward 50 entries in the last quarter of that final were pretty stupid, likely due to the pressure of the occasion and the inexperience of the side. A player/person can make a stupid decision - that doesn't make...

Fair comment, and as I mentioned, an AFL team is a completely different beast to an NFL team.

It is worth mentioning though that, much like Launceston would feed into the active supporter base of a Tasmanian based AFL team, the same argument is had for the Packers. Milwaukee is less than two hours away with a population of approx 2m and Madison which is approx 2.5hrs away with a...

I'll take it from your reversion to insults that you still haven't found a source for independent crowd figures. I'll also assume from that response that you didn't actually look at the list at all. If you just linked your unbiased, independently sourced crowd figures, then we would have...

1st site doesn't quote crowd numbers. 2nd doesn't have an AFL section. 3rd doesn't have an AFL section. 4th doesn't have an AFL section. 5th isn't even live anymore. 6th doesn't have an AFL section. 7th doesn't have an AFL section. 8th doesn't have an AFL section. 9th doesn't do match...

That still isn't an independent crowd figure source.