2016 Non Crows AFL Discussion thread Part 2

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Thetrader15

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That's because the AFL are just inventing the rules on the fly.

Last year on trade radio they spent ages going through the official rules of trade week as defined by the AFL

Last year after Geelong traded their 2015 and 2016 first rounders they clarfied on Trade Radio that Geelong will now can only trade first round picks provided that have at least two 1st round picks banked.

Yet now the AFL had done a 180 and allowed Geelong to trade their 2017 pick on the basis that it has to have two first round picks by the end of 2018. Considering that Geelong now only have 1 first round pick banked (2018), what is going to happen if Geelong are unable to source a trade in 17 or 18 for an additional first round pick ?

Hawthorn is another where the rule have changed the rules on the fly rather than stick to their original ruling on the rules.
Can geelong just trade their 2019 first with someone else's 2018 1st?
 

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You don't know until you try :thumbsu:

I'm sure you guys will have a crack at us with your 20/20 hindsight if it doesn't go anywhere, other clubs have tried and failed before, but at worst we get a few people to the game, the AFL comp over there gets a bit of exposure, and we might score a few members thanks to the streams of students coming from that part of the world. At best............. who knows, but there's a lot of money and a lot of people in that region, I'm not sure how taking a free-hit at them is a bad thing.
It's not a bad thing I just imagine it'd be a bit distracting midway through a season. Who knows. You may be the last ones laughing.
 

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Jeez the bulldogs supporters are so arrogant now, anyone that doesn't tip them for top four in the 2017 ladder predictions they have a cry about. I know winning a premiership is awesome but never gives you the means to be arrogant

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Jeez the bulldogs supporters are so arrogant now, anyone that doesn't tip them for top four in the 2017 ladder predictions they have a cry about. I know winning a premiership is awesome but never gives you the means to be arrogant

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They won the flag. As it stands, they were the best team in 2016. If any team gets to be arrogant right now, it's them.

I wish we could be arrogant...
 

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Port posters excited about playing a game in China, thanks for the lols. Priceless.

FYI Port, Im almost definite that our Club has actually played an AFL match outside of Australia well before your Club did.

I think its an awful decision to be playing a game during the H&A season with the travel factor being massive both before and after. I expect this to be a disruptive event in their season.
Yep I was at the dubai game. .
 

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They won the flag. As it stands, they were the best team in 2016. If any team gets to be arrogant right now, it's them.

I wish we could be arrogant...
Nah the way they carry on you'd think they have won three in a row. If we won the premiership I wouldn't be arrogant. I mean everyone is on even terms the year after no matter how many premierships you've won. Might just be me though, not the biggest fan of arrogance haha

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Pretty sure our china venture is being funded in the most part by a Chinese billionaire. But ok
Not clear from this article

While the commission has ticked off for the game to go ahead, negotiations will now begin as to who pays for what.

The game will be played at Jiangwan Stadium, which is where Melbourne hosted an exhibition game against Brisbane in 2010.

Given the heightened expense of playing a game overseas rather than interstate, Fairfax Media understands the AFL is reluctant to foot the entire bill.

Expenses will include flying two teams and its officials, umpires and AFL administrators; who need to make sure the ground is approved well before the game is played.

Grass, lines, goal posts and other equipment will need to be installed and approved by league officials before the game goes ahead; all of which will come at significant expense.

The game's broadcasters will also have to be flown to China, which is a separate expense given television networks have their own crews in states across Australia for normal fixtures.

Port Adelaide is working with the local government, which owns Jiangwan Stadium, in the hope that a lucrative deal will be established to help pay for some of the game.

It had been hoped that the match would be played at the newer Shanghai stadium, which hosts local soccer games.

But after the AFL found out it would have to fly over its own grass several weeks before the game, it was decided that Jiangwan Stadium was a more appropriate venue, and far more feasible.

Not one mention of Gui.
 

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Pretty sure our china venture is being funded in the most part by a Chinese billionaire. But ok
Ahh yeah you're right, silly me. He's the guy who watched a quarter of football and fell in love with the game. It had absolutely nothing to do with the fact he was an interested party bidding on one of our important future food bowls. Sell out much?
 

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The O'Meara deal doesn't bothered me at all; the Hawks had traded in a 2017 second rounder so were able to trade out their own 2017 second rebounder.

Geelong being able to trade another first rounder is the rort; no one thought that was an option and it seems pretty clear Reid was banking on the Blues being unable to land a first rounder from the Cats for Tuohy.
 

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Good on Port for having a go in China, but maybe Port should wait for the outcome before trumpeting their own horn so loudly.

You do not get a participation award for "having a go". I could have "had a go" at investing in Blockbuster in 2009. Butwould have come off looking like an idiot.

The AFL have struggle to break into NSW and QLD, let alone foreign markets. It is just arrogance to think China is going to be easier and is some sport-less country desperate to be colonised by Aussie rules.

To me this is more about the hollow man (koch) and his need for attention, than real substance.
 

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The O'Meara deal doesn't bothered me at all; the Hawks had traded in a 2017 second rounder so were able to trade out their own 2017 second rebounder.

Geelong being able to trade another first rounder is the rort; no one thought that was an option and it seems pretty clear Reid was banking on the Blues being unable to land a first rounder from the Cats for Tuohy.
Someone has to ask the AFL what are the penalties if Geelong don't use 2 first Rd picks in the next 2 years. This needs to be upfront and not after the event.
 
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