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Related point, I hate watching games in WA. I don't mind the clubs, but the commentary is atrocious. Biased commentary and the constant reminders of any visiting players links to WA ( "Fred Blog's 2nd cousin lives in Albany, and when Joe Smith visited as a 3 year old kid, he saw a football in...

The 3 gather rounds would be 2*6 matches, 1*7 matches. ( 3 gather 'rounds' = 2 games + a bye for each team, so 19 games) Hold them all in Tas (and it would surely only be a 6 match round) and you have an attendance for the round lucky to get much over 125K. The AFL loves it's money/PR too much...

Are you sure you haven't got cause and effect backwards?

License officially granted, or granted provisionally on the bid meeting certain criteria (stadium, etc)?

They all get the bye. Just for 10 clubs it's not particularly meaningful.

Technically 3...(post rnd 23/pre-finals)

and both off a short (5/6 day) break.

So, your argument is your tinfoil hat?

On what basis do you say that?

Sure. BTW. I've got a bridge to sell you. Prime position, right on Sydney Harbor.

Drafting is often a probability equation. In the Buddy draft...Buddy was a wildcard. Everyone knew he could be something special, but there was also a significant chance he'd flame out....so he dropped to 5. Deledio on the other hand was a 'sure thing' (95%+) to be a good (top 10 in the club)...

Tigers bottom 4

Richard Lounder. Pick 1 in 1987 (2nd draft ever). 203cm 116Kg FF from SA, kicked 4 goals on debut, but then other clubs worked him out and he ended up playing a total of 4 games and kicked 5 goals. What did they work out about him? Well, he was described as being "built like a brick...

Thorp also puts the Tambling over Buddy 'disaster' in perspective. If Buddy (and Roughhead) were such obvious champions from the get go, why did Hawthorn spend their first pick 2 years later on a key forward? Clearly even after 2 years Hawthorn had doubts about how things were going to play...

Or that the game style McRae introduced to Collingwood is a lot like what Hardwick brought in at Richmond?

Because the justice system is seriously messed up. Currently looks like it'll be 9 months between when charges were laid and facing court. That's why we have to treat people as innocent until proven guilty...punishing them while they wait for the court system to get to them is unfair. It's...

St Kilda had to pay a (secret but apparently substantial) sum to Lovett as settlement for his unfair dismissal case. I imagine North are trying to avoid that.

Their they're

Not my problem. I'm not saying it'll work, but giving him an avenue to return can't hurt.

Tas is supposed to get a VFL team next year. He can join that and if he keeps his nose clean, can be one of their inaugural AFL players.

It's not fair, but people on high incomes like Thomas have a lot more access to lawyers. Also payouts for unfair dismissal tend to be far higher. It's understandable that North (presumably with the AFL's support) wanted to make sure all the i's were dotted and the t's crossed before taking...

They'll win them by so much they'll be given 5 points for each win.

With west coast, the problems grew behind the scenes until nobody (club/media/AFL) could deny it any more. Partly due to that, there is a lot more monitoring these days (AFL drug code), so the Melbourne problem is still probably a year or two less developed than where WCE was at when their case...

The other relevant factor for the 'early days' is where the VFA teams were, particularly the bigger ones, and where the train/tram lines went. The VFL might have taken most of the bigger teams, but a lot of people would have still supported their local (VFA) side, not least because they could...

I'll defer to your obvious experience there.

I'm assuming he knows others who have similar views, and that they might be considered 'good'.

I'd also say this map is a bit generous to North.

I can.

Not Collingwood specifically, but I dare say the media rights go for more because the AFL agrees to fixture with one of their goals being to maximise viewers. (presumably there is an agreement to 'consult' the broadcaster on such things, and some KPIs involved). I'd also add that the AFL (not...

After their win in the match simulation, Richmond are clearly premiership contenders. Melbourne on the other hand are going to struggle this year.