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Nowhere near blue collar enough for Qlders who like the 'biff' & body crashing that is still a part of rugby league, despite the best efforts to tone it down.

The thing with this is it wasn't necessarily the clubs spending the most money on players that were winning the premierships, it was the club's recruiting wisely that were winning premierships. You need look no further than the money Melbourne threw at the likes of Tilbrook & Ditterich in the...

Still in limbo, with no guarantees of Govt funding. I guess the May Federal Budget will be the make or break of the redevelopment.

It was actually the Rudd Govt which promised funding for the upgrade however the Abbott Govt has yet to state their position on the funding. The Rudd Govt commitment was to be $10m.

In the best interests of the Carlton Football Club, it is not an option at all. It is the AFL's problem & one they can overcome if they use a bit of smarts & invest a bit of money.

Surely you don't want us training & playing intra-club & practice matches on #1 oval throughout the pre-season, leading right up to Round 1. There is a reason why the club wanted the Carlton Cricket Club off the ground. At a time when most AFL clubs are upgrading their training venues (as we...

You just have to nod your head & hope they eventually work it out, but I must admit I was amused by the poster suggesting the AFL take less for the next broadcast agreement so the game is only available on FTA TV. Let's not grow the game anymore, let's keep it free.:eek:

Why? There is some good discussion taking place & some sensible moderation. Like all threads on BF, you can avoid this one if it is not to your liking.

The unavailability of the MCG will hurt. The AFL generally likes to schedule a couple of MCG blockbusters in Round 1 e.g. Carlton v Richmond, Hawthorn v Collingwood, but with the desire to start the season earlier, the payoff is no access to the MCG. I also believe the split round may hurt...

Organisations do not elect Chief Executive Officers, they are appointed by the relevant board/commission. Members get to vote for the board members of the respective AFL clubs (that's those clubs whose constitution allows this).

You do realise this is the first broadcast agreement that has included live coverage of all AFL games? You also realise that without Foxtel bidding for the broadcast rights the total value of this broadcast agreement would have been much, much less than what it is, with both Channel 9 & Channel...

This is the biggest hurdle to overcome before the AFL GF could ever be the biggest event on the Australian sporting calendar & its not a hurdle which will be overcome by anything the AFL do. The same people in NSW & Qld who don't like Aussie Rules & for some, don't like anything to do with...

I think it is nigh on impossible for AFL Grand Final Day to "capture the whole nation like the Melbourne Cup", nor can it expect to have the same feel as Superbowl. The Melbourne Cup appeals to Australians from all states. There is no code rivalry to challenge its status (I can't see harness...

He had to post something to back up his story, with the accent being on the word 'story'.

It's interesting during this discussion that there is a tendency to sheet the blame for anything bad which occurred during AD's tenure directly to AD, whilst any positives apparently happened in spite of AD's presence at the helm of the good ship AFL. As for the ill-fated attempt to relocate...

A number of factors. The game was plodding along with little pizazz/innovation at a time when Cricket was marketing itself quite boldly & riding high on the back of the popularity of ODIs. Stadiums were rundown & not attractive to families who wanted a day at the footy in relative comfort...

The AFLPA are the major obstacle to that happening.

Just an example of how poorly the game was travelling in the '80s, I went to a Carlton/Collingwood game at the MCG in 1987 at which the attendance was 47k. Of course Collingwood were quite ordinary in 1987, in contrast to Carlton being at the top of their game, but not even the VFL's oldest...

What was happening in the '80s then, when all except 4 VFL clubs & a number of SANFL & WAFL clubs were financially cactus? There must have been a lot of poor salesmenn running around back then.

So what you are saying is the improved TV coverage of AFL in Qld & NSW can only be attributed to the advent of the internet & cable TV. The ability of the Demetriou led AFL to negotiate better coverage with FTA & Pay TV broadcasters had nothing to do with it? How come, when we had Pay TV back...

Actually it is significantly better now than it was in the '80s & '90s when you were getting, at best, 2 games a week on TV in Qld & NSW & it was almost impossible to find out the results of games played on Friday nights.

A 2 division comp, with promotion & relegation would not have survived. The broadcast dollars around in the '80s (prior to the sell off to Broadcom/Powerplay) were miniscule & there would have been little incentive to provide coverage of games played in 2nd Division , which ultimately would...

Globalisation of sport will continue to be irrelevant to the success of the AFL in much the same way it will continue to be irrelevant to the success of the NFL in the US. Unless the FFA can manage to kick Aussie Rules out of school programs in Vic, SA & WA, along with developing country...

But these talented Aussie kids predominantly will not come from an Aussie Rules stream. These will be kids who most likely have only ever played competitive soccer &, as you stated in a subsequent post, have been dropping out of the game. This is why I don't see this latest development having...

I don't agree that the AFL throwing money & resources into western Sydney is a waste of time & effort however much like soccer in Australia generally, the AFL's presence in western Sydney will never overtake the passion for soccer or rugby league in western Sydney (I must admit in the 12 months...

I know what you're saying, but I really believe, & this is directed towards the OP as well, that you do not have many 13-14 year old Australian kids who are equally talented in both Australian Rules & Soccer & end up having to make a choice between the two. You are looking at two different...

It makes you wonder why there are 800+ players on AFL lists. All of them must be mad. FWIW, I've never heard of James Meredith. Such a shame I can't go along to a game in Melbourne & watch him play so I could see how good he is.

What you did reference in the OP was the benefits for youngsters of having a direct path from an A-League club into the EPL. I would suggest this is far outweighed by the number of opportunities for youngsters to get onto an AFL list. With there being 18 AFL clubs with playing lists numbering...

It does seem a touch unusual this thread has been allowed to stay open given that any thread which contains discussion about the merits or otherwise of rugby league is quickly shutdown. Last time I looked this is the AFL board not the "some rich Arab sheik throws a bit of money at Melbourne...

I can still remember the hoo-haa after Australia made the soccer World Cup in 1974. We were being told by the soccer crew this was the start of the road to soccer's future domination of Australian sport. 40 years & a number of National competition incarnations later the soccer crew are still...