Player Sponsorship 2020 Player Sponsor Draft Sign-up Thread (Still spots left)

[Keys]

Who wants to sign up for all the fun and excitement of being a player sponsor for 2020. If this sounds like something for you then register your interest here to be included in the sponsor draft which will commence on Monday, December 9

But first a recap of the rules

1. The final draft order is generated randomly. Being first to sign up doesn't guarantee you a high draft pick when the draft occurs so please bear this in mind.
2. The draft officially kicks off on December 9th
3. Participants are given 24 hours to choose a player from the moment the person before them picks otherwise it rolls over to the next person.
4. People who have missed their chance can still come back at any time and take their pick at any time provided there are still players available
5. Be courteous, once you have taken your pick message the person after you and let them know it's their pick either via a tag or giving them a PM
6. You can only choose a player from what's available, if you miss out on the player you wanted then make the most of what's left and throw your efforts into being the best damn sponsor for the person you can pick.
7. Once you have selected your player you can't change your mind and pick someone else so please choose wisely
8. As always there will be standbys, if it gets to the end of the draft and there are players still available due to missed pick at which point they will go live until all players are picked
9. Once you have selected your player feel free to head over to the nest and start posting in your players thread which should already be there. PM me if it isn't and I will create one for you
10. There are 43 Eagles players currently meaning there are 43 picks to be taken pending finalisation of our list
11. The draft is available to Eagles supporters only
12. Normally the 5 posters adjudged by the people to have done the best job of sponsoring their players will get the top picks the following year but this didn’t happen for 2019 so there’s no priority seeding this year

If we get enough people we will do 2 drafts, but let's worry about getting enough for 1 first.

Eagles players available in 2020 :

1. Brendan Ah Chee (R)
2. Brayden Ainsworth
3. Oscar Allen
4. Tom Barrass
5. Jarrod Brander
6. Hamish Brayshaw (R)
7. Jarrod Cameron
8. Tom Cole
9. Jamie Cripps
10. Jack Darling
11. Liam Duggan
12. Harry Edwards (R)
13. Luke Foley
14. Andrew Gaff
15. Tom Hickey
16. Shannon Hurn
17. Mark Hutchings
18. Callum Jamieson
19. Lewis Jetta
20. Ben Johnson
21. Tim Kelly
22. Josh Kennedy
23. Jeremy McGovern
24. Nic Naitanui
25. Jackson Nelson
26. Mitch O’Neill (R)
27. Xavier O’Neill
28. Jack Petruccelle
29. Jack Redden
30. Willie Rioli
31. Josh Rotham
32. Liam Ryan
33. Will Schofield
34. Dom Sheed
35. Brad Sheppard
36. Luke Shuey
37. Anthony Treacy (R)
38. Nathan Vardy
39. Daniel Venables
40. Jake Waterman
41. Francis Watson
42. Bailey Williams
43. Elliot Yeo
44. Player X (R)

Signed up sponsors for 2020

1. mattyc75
2. Falco
3. JoshWoodenSpoon
4. AsterixTheGaul
5. Eastcoasteagle
6. Monocle
7. flamingEMBERS
8. Dark Sharks
9. Doughboy
10. RookiePick
11. Carbine Chaos
12. FatPizza
13. OMGFridge
14. JordanWCE
15. CM9000
16. avishka5
17. bUCKET__
18. Hap Hapablap
19. LittleGreekGod
20. Turboman1994
21. BeornJ
22. DanWCE
23. flyinghi64
24. squashface
25. TY24
26. Dylan82
27. Sandyjihna
28. Biggie
29. bl4ke
30. Godfather32
31. getgaff
32. bzparkes
33. Breva_
34. KO_KO
35. Pedals23
36. Jimmy_the_Gent
37. Illeagle
38. DJMac
39. ZergMinion
40. jesterwester
41. Reminiscence
42. Barrybran
43. The Stid
44. Farang83150

Standby List

1. MKMatty
2. Shuestar13
3. Arrogant Eagle

Any queries, give me a hoy

 

[avishka5]

Keys when we kicking this off?

 

[DanWCE]

Keys when we kicking this off?

Record low sign ups. I think we can safely assume the board is revolting against the opportunity to vote me PSOTY.

 

[ZergMinion]

I was going to skip it this year, but if you're struggling for numbers I'll go again.

 

[avishka5]

Record low sign ups. I think we can safely assume the board is revolting against the opportunity to vote me PSOTY.

Mate if I gave 100% i would have won.

 

[DanWCE]

Mate if I gave 100% i would have won.

Imagine putting in 100% in a year there is no winner.

 

[squashface]

Record low sign ups. I think we can safely assume the board is revolting against the opportunity to vote me PSOTY.

Record low voters in the MVP threads all season, no PSOTY thread and no word on a POTY thread.

Premiership hangover extends to Bigfooty it seems.

 

[Dark Sharks]

No hungrytiger, no Wet Toast board.

 

[BeornJ]

Should we just do it with the numbers we've got. People could sign up for the leftovers latermaybe

 

[Godfather32]

Record low voters in the MVP threads all season, no PSOTY thread and no word on a POTY thread.

Premiership hangover extends to Bigfooty it seems.

I reckon a lot of people have started to realise how corrupt and inept the AFL are and have stopped following the game as closely as they used to.

 

[squashface]

I reckon a lot of people have started to realise how corrupt and inept the AFL are and have stopped following the game as closely as they used to.

Lined up pretty well with us winning a flag

 

[ZergMinion]

I reckon a lot of people have started to realise how corrupt and inept the AFL are and have stopped following the game as closely as they used to.

Good thing this forum is really accessible to new posters and not just a huge collection of in jokes.

 

[jesterwester]

I’m keen if there’s any spots free

 

[Reminiscence]

I've dropped off the wagon recently, but keen to give it another crack.

 

[bUCKET__]

Good thing this forum is really accessible to new posters and not just a huge collection of in jokes.

The criticism of the Eagles board is, it's posters are consumers, more than they are supporters. They create an account, which is really only revenue raising for Chief, post during the changes thread, then go home. Or, they turn on the game on tv, when it's over, they log out. They consume bigfooty as a product, and think that is being a supporter.

Consumers do not do things like, turn up to join the Sponsor Draft, that's something supporters do.

Are bigfooty Eagles board posters consumers or supporters, in your view. What do you see yourself as?

The Sponsor Draft is part of the board. It isn't as important as the POTY thread, but it is part of the board.

A complete lack of interest would certainly imply a culture of bigfooty consumerism masquerading as support.

 

[Godfather32]

The criticism of the Eagles board is, it's posters are consumers, more than they are supporters. They create an account, which is really only revenue raising for Chief, post during the changes thread, then go home. Or, they turn on the game on tv, when it's over, they log out. They consume bigfooty as a product, and think that is being a supporter.

Consumers do not do things like, turn up to join the Sponsor Draft, that's something supporters do.

Are bigfooty Eagles board posters consumers or supporters, in your view. What do you see yourself as?

The Sponsor Draft is part of the board. It isn't as important as the POTY thread, but it is part of the board.

A complete lack of interest would certainly imply a culture of bigfooty consumerism masquerading as support.

I bet you don't even go to Bigfooty training

 

[ZergMinion]

The criticism of the Eagles board is, it's posters are consumers, more than they are supporters. They create an account, which is really only revenue raising for Chief, post during the changes thread, then go home. Or, they turn on the game on tv, when it's over, they log out. They consume bigfooty as a product, and think that is being a supporter.

Consumers do not do things like, turn up to join the Sponsor Draft, that's something supporters do.

Well, that's definitely someones criticism, but I'd stop short of calling it THE criticism.

Are bigfooty Eagles board posters consumers or supporters, in your view.

It would require more effort than I'm willing to put in to care enough about it in order to generate an answer to that question.

What do you see yourself as?

I've followed the team since they started playing in 87, though I didn't care in 86 because I'd never seen a game before. I've been a paid member since 2007, and I'm now a paid member of the womens team too. I really enjoy watching the game when we're winning, and less so when we're losing. I've gone home at half time twice. I've never been to a grand final despite living in Victoria from 2007-2012. I've barely ever posted in the changes thread.

Clearly I'm not obsessed, just a fan. I'll let you decide whether you think I'm a consumer or a supporter, largely because I'm not a fan of binaries.

The Sponsor Draft is part of the board. It isn't as important as the POTY thread, but it is part of the board.

I've sponsored the last few years. I was going to let someone else take my spot this year because the sponsorship spots usually are all gone in 3 days and I haven't done that great a job for a couple of years now. This year is really unusual.

A complete lack of interest would certainly imply a culture of bigfooty consumerism masquerading as support.

Only if the same number of people (or more) are making the same number (or more) of posts as last year. Otherwise it's definitely not that.

My pet theory is that the world political climate is polarizing online conversation to the point where only people with thick hides can be bothered discussing something as trivial as footy anymore. It might just be me, but I feel the jerks have become bigger jerks lately. Almost like something is emboldening them.

I look forward to checking peoples supporter credentials at the door unlocking a new surge of activity here though. That sounds sure fire to me

 

[Barrybran]

What are the player sponsors for? I'm happy to throw my hat in the ring to make up numbers.

 

[Dark Sharks]

Basically, you just pick a spud and then talk them up all year at every opportunity.

 

[Godfather32]

Well, that's definitely someones criticism, but I'd stop short of calling it THE criticism.



It would require more effort than I'm willing to put in to care enough about it in order to generate an answer to that question.



I've followed the team since they started playing in 87, though I didn't care in 86 because I'd never seen a game before. I've been a paid member since 2007, and I'm now a paid member of the womens team too. I really enjoy watching the game when we're winning, and less so when we're losing. I've gone home at half time twice. I've never been to a grand final despite living in Victoria from 2007-2012. I've barely ever posted in the changes thread.

Clearly I'm not obsessed, just a fan. I'll let you decide whether you think I'm a consumer or a supporter, largely because I'm not a fan of binaries.



I've sponsored the last few years. I was going to let someone else take my spot this year because the sponsorship spots usually are all gone in 3 days and I haven't done that great a job for a couple of years now. This year is really unusual.



Only if the same number of people (or more) are making the same number (or more) of posts as last year. Otherwise it's definitely not that.

My pet theory is that the world political climate is polarizing online conversation to the point where only people with thick hides can be bothered discussing something as trivial as footy anymore. It might just be me, but I feel the jerks have become bigger jerks lately. Almost like something is emboldening them.

I look forward to checking peoples supporter credentials at the door unlocking a new surge of activity here though. That sounds sure fire to me

The problem is people with a different opinion get jumped on until they leave. Sure guys like HT might be annoying but they make the board a lot more interesting and they promote conversation. There's no discussion anymore because no one can handle the fact that people might possibly think differently to them.

 

[The Stid]

I’m in, for the first time.

 

[squashface]

The problem is people with a different opinion get jumped on until they leave. Sure guys like HT might be annoying but they make the board a lot more interesting and they promote conversation. There's no discussion anymore because no one can handle the fact that people might possibly think differently to them.

You mean ruthlessly robbing anyone who doesn’t get a board meme is a bad idea?

No thanks, chief.

 

[Godfather32]

You mean ruthlessly robbing anyone who doesn’t get a board meme is a bad idea?

No thanks, chief.

What do you mean, we're extremely welcoming to newcomers as long as they think exactly the same things as the majority of the board.

 

[squashface]

What do you mean, we're extremely welcoming to newcomers as long as they think exactly the same things as the majority of the board.

Bring back HT, Fig09 and Smotie.

 

[Godfather32]

Bring back HT, Fig09 and Smotie.

Well, the board was a lot more entertaining with them around.
I dunno, just feels like you can't have a decent robust discussion around here anymore or make a bit of a joke without someone getting offended.

 

[ZergMinion]

The problem is people with a different opinion get jumped on until they leave. Sure guys like HT might be annoying but they make the board a lot more interesting and they promote conversation. There's no discussion anymore because no one can handle the fact that people might possibly think differently to them.

It was my understanding that no amount of jumping on HT would make him leave. Bad example?

Also getting this board to agree on anything is like herding cats.