Anti-AFL thread - post here

[cos789]

Originally posted by Crooked Rain
It was heavily promoted and the Swans were on the periphery of the eight with their previous home game a smashing of the then undefeated Saints.

I'd say the AFL expected a little more considering the amount of money they would have spent on promotion.

Actually that's what all the pundits predicted . Of course you always hope for more .Both teams were OUT of the eight , with Sydney just coming off a loosing sequence by beating (not smashing ) St Kilda . Fair result .The game was well promoted but so was everything else .

Originally posted by Crooked Rain
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The game was an appalling failure on TV in Sydney and wasn't even shown in Brisbane.

The game shown on TV was a tight , tense, close game ; a good advertisement for the game . You would be implying the ratings for the game weren't so flash .You've got a better case for an argument there . The game wasn't shown in Brisbane unfortunately due to a contractual arrangement . So no inuendo there .

 

[Spiteful Beetle]

Originally posted by Sid
When the union bastards asked us to re-schedule our game, we did it. This is what we get in return. Andrew johns....do u league ppl really thing hes the best? I know hes good but i dont think he is one of the best.

Jeez...how hard is it to get through your thick skulls to some grey matter. The RU Test match between England and Australia was scheduled as part of the English tour to Australia and New Zealand.

Do you really think that the ARU are going to say to England "Sorry guys, even though you've just played 2 games against NZ and the logical step would be to play Australia the following weekend...you'll have to wait a bit because we've got a huge game on between a team coming close to last and a team just outside the top 8?"

You guys have to realise that the world doesn't revolve around the AFL and that other countries play other codes.

 

[Sid]

Originally posted by Spiteful Beetle
Jeez...how hard is it to get through your thick skulls to some grey matter. The RU Test match between England and Australia was scheduled as part of the English tour to Australia and New Zealand.

Do you really think that the ARU are going to say to England "Sorry guys, even though you've just played 2 games against NZ and the logical step would be to play Australia the following weekend...you'll have to wait a bit because we've got a huge game on between a team coming close to last and a team just outside the top 8?"

You guys have to realise that the world doesn't revolve around the AFL and that other countries play other codes.

Haha, can u get any more one sided?

 

[Spiteful Beetle]

One sided???

I'm a Lions season ticket holder. I'm not one-sided at all.

Its funny to think that the AFL thinks that the ARU did this on purpose. The English team told the NZRFU and the ARU that they would be touring for 3 weeks in June and would play NZ twice first. I think it would be pretty rude to tell them to wait in NZ for another week because there was a club game on.

Grand Final, yes I'd expect the ARU to reschedule...but not a lousy home and away match between one struggling side and one team thats doing okay.

 

[Sid]

so they decided sat night out of the blue? I'm guessing thats the only appropriate time that union is played?

And yes, it was a game between 2 average sides, but thats besides the point. The fact is that it was an important game.

 

[LebaneseForces]

Get Over IT! The AFL needs tro get over it! The AFL would be losing fans in Sydney over all this bitching about the ARU and that game! It was in another city FFS!!!

 

[Spiteful Beetle]

Originally posted by Sid
so they decided sat night out of the blue? I'm guessing thats the only appropriate time that union is played?

And yes, it was a game between 2 average sides, but thats besides the point. The fact is that it was an important game.

Errrr...no they didn't decide to play the game on Saturday night out of the blue. They play the majority of Tests on a Saturday night. They played Scotland on Saturday night the weekend before...and *NEWSFLASH* they'll play New Zealand and South Africa in the upcoming Tri-Nations Series all on Saturday nights as well. I hope the AFL know that!

How was it an important game? Was it a Final? Was it someone's last game.

It was only a home and away game and it was in another city, for crying out loud.

 

[Sid]

I see your point now on the first argument and admit loss. But in terms of how important the game was.... It was publicised for a long time and although it was between two average teams, it was a game played at Telstra stadium to promote the game.

A lot of cash was spent, more people turned up than usual.

 

[Spiteful Beetle]

I think where the game lost out was in Brisbane. It wasn't shown at all on Channel 10 and instead a movie was shown. Pretty poor on C10's behalf as they have an obligation to provide AFL fans with games.

As a fan of both codes, I was looking forward to taping the Pies-Swans game and watching it (albeit through bleary drunken eyes) when I got home from the party I was at. Mind you, after the result of the Test Match and the amount of alcohol I inbibed, I doubt I'd have been able to register anything.

 

[Sid]

I just wanna say, i thought this was the longest thread ive ever seen but it compares nothing to the thread about ryan fitzgerald is in its 80s.

 

[LebaneseForces]

Originally posted by Sid
I just wanna say, i thought this was the longest thread ive ever seen but it compares nothing to the thread about ryan fitzgerald is in its 80s.

Well let's get close to it

 

[dr nick]

Originally posted by Sid
I just wanna say, i thought this was the longest thread ive ever seen but it compares nothing to the thread about ryan fitzgerald is in its 80s.

erm.. the "attempt to get a thread with 1000 posts" is on something like 200+ pages.

 

[LebaneseForces]

AFL averaged less then 100,000 against the 3 time premiers in Sydney... I think all the AFL fans in Sydney were at the game !

 

[russ13]

Originally posted by littleduck
Pretty simple answer to that. Scrums are necessary to remove the forwards from the backline, otherwise it would be a radical change to having a fully set backline on a restart.

It has been for years..

Decreasing?

The trend in recent years is upward mate - crowds, participation, ratings... all trending upwards in recent years.... which no doubt would be a negative in your mind..

For those not resident in Queensland & NSW it is impossible to discribe how big RL is in these states. There are over 400,000 touch players in Australia & New Zealand. This game with its 6 touches & distinctive play-the-ball is one of the biggest participation sports in Australiasia. Foe adults it probbly is.

Anyway here is some recent news from the ARL Foundation.


http://www.arlfoundation.com.au/index.cgi?det=1&intArticleID=1497&sID=11

ASC Increases Funding For Rugby League
ASC Increases Funding For Rugby League
Wednesday, 4th August 2004
The Australian Sports Commission has acknowledged the Australian Rugby League's boom in junior participation with a $646,000 funding package for the next twelve months.

The funding will help drive the ARL Development's Kids To Kangaroos programs, which expose all children to the game as well as the elite development pathways, which include the successful AIS Program.

"Rugby League has enjoyed incredible growth in participation numbers over the last twelve months", ARL Chief Executive Mr Geoff Carr said. "At a time when governments are looking for ways to keep children active, Rugby League is enjoying the success of programs that it has been building over many years.

The ASC funding allows us to introduce sporting activity to over 250,000 participants each year. It also assists in programs through ARL Development that expose 460,000 more students to organised sporting activity, often for the first time.

Rugby Leagues development programs have been at the forefront of Australian Sport for many years and the support of the ASC in creating a better future for young Australians is invaluable."

For further information please contact Paul Walker Australian Rugby League Foundation Communications Manager 0413656367 or 02 92370759.
Home

 

[cos789]

Originally posted by russ13
For those not resident in Queensland & NSW it is impossible to discribe how big RL is in these states. There are over 400,000 touch players in Australia & New Zealand. This game with its 6 touches & distinctive play-the-ball is one of the biggest participation sports in Australiasia. Foe adults it probbly is.

Equating the game of Touch to the staus of RL is the longest bow of ever seen . Touch is popular throughout Oz and is popular in many sports as a fitness exercise . But it means almost next to nothing in motivating people to watch , join or play RL .

Having lived in NSW it is possible to say how popular is in Sydney .
RL is as popular as any other No. 1 sport in any other city , with one major distinction ; in Sydney it's not generally cool to mention RL in mixed social circles .

 

[littleduck]

Originally posted by cos789
Having lived in NSW it is possible to say how popular is in Sydney. RL is as popular as any other No. 1 sport in any other city , with one major distinction ; in Sydney it's not generally cool to mention RL in mixed social circles .

Yeah true, unless you support the Roosters or St George!

It's always cool to mention Rugby Union and the Wallabies.

Same goes for wealthy Victorians when they move to Sydney bcoz of their job and they mingle with the Sydney high society. It's cool to say I support the Swans, but not cool to actually talk about the game itself, probably because nobody actually has any idea about the game to hold a conversation.

 

[littleduck]

Originally posted by cos789
Equating the game of Touch to the staus of RL is the longest bow of ever seen . Touch is popular throughout Oz and is popular in many sports as a fitness exercise . But it means almost next to nothing in motivating people to watch , join or play RL .

Touch football was designed by Rugby League as a shortended version of the game (minus the tackling) that all ages can play. The touching of somebody is equivalent to a tackle.

 

[Hicham]

Originally posted by littleduck
Touch football was designed by Rugby League as a shortended version of the game (minus the tackling) that all ages can play. The touching of somebody is equivalent to a tackle.

Exactly.

Touch Football was invented and used by first grade Rugby League teams as a training exercise. It was used to condition players for actual game speed during training and to minimise 'bumps and bruises' from regular contact sessions.

However, Touch Footy caught on and has now become a sport in its own right.

Hicham.

 

[cos789]

Originally posted by littleduck
Touch football was designed by Rugby League as a shortended version of the game (minus the tackling) that all ages can play. The touching of somebody is equivalent to a tackle.

Look everybody knows what touch is about . They don't need the promo . As usual you've gone off at a tangent hoping people will be drawn away from the intent of the comment which is , touch football has almost zero incentive to motivate people to play traditional RL .

 

[Hicham]

Originally posted by cos789
Look everybody knows what touch is about . They don't need the promo . As usual you've gone off at a tangent hoping people will be drawn away from the intent of the comment which is , touch football has almost zero incentive to motivate people to play traditional RL .

Oh please

It's actually the other way around, as i'm sure you know, as you say you 'spent time' in NSW.

Obviously, not everyone can play Rugby League due to the frequency of contact. People are encouraged to play Touch Football, OzTag or Touch League as an alternative, especially in the school system. Hell, Touch is even what the kids play at lunch (or thats what they're 'allowed' to play).

The sport was invented by Rugby League teams, is still used in training, and has basically all the same rules, and you're trying to tell us that there is no incentive, beit from Touch to RL or the other way around?

That would obvioulsy explain how Benji Marshall went from one of the best Touch Footy players going around to being a talented rookie in the NRL

I'm not trying to link Touch Football to League in the same way as say Auskick is to the Aussie Rules at the moment, Touch has come along way since it first started out and is a sport in its own right, but for you to basically come out and say that these two sports have pretty much nothing to do with each other and have no type of link just shows ignorance on your part.

Cheers.

 

[Sid]

Touch seems like such a different sport to RL at the pro level. I reckon more complicated.

 

[Roonaldo!]

What is the point of this forum?

This is an AFL Message Board, go to an NRL one to post.

 

[year of the roo]

Re: What is the point of this forum?

You post on the soccer board frequently you ********ing hypocritical moron!

 

[dr nick]

Re: What is the point of this forum?

This is an AFL Message Board, go to an NRL one to post.

get ****ed

 

[Destructive]

Re: What is the point of this forum?

This is an AFL Message Board, go to an NRL one to post.

Troll.