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What rules have magically produced the rebirth of the full forward, big scores and whopping margins? The new stand rule and capped interchanges? Amazing if so.
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What rules have magically produced the rebirth of the full forward, big scores and whopping margins? The new stand rule and capped interchanges? Amazing if so.
The stand rule kind of means that when you have the ball in that situation, it's 18 vs 17; person on the mark can't do jack squat to you. That's pretty significant. Or, you retreat 5m - let's call it 10, because you don't want to concede 50m, play on the safe side - you allow the team with the ball to just run 15 then kick 50+; for a sport that's increasingly about metres gained and field position, that's worth an incredible amount. And the interchange thing is contributing, if only at the tail end of games.What rules have magically produced the rebirth of the full forward, big scores and whopping margins? The new stand rule and capped interchanges? Amazing if so.
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I think REM had a song about it.What rules have magically produced the rebirth of the full forward, big scores and whopping margins? The new stand rule and capped interchanges? Amazing if so.
I really don't. In general, Sydney uses their academy to get kids who wouldn't be otherwise playing footy. They run clinics in schools, pick up elite athletes or kids with elite attributes, and they put them in an academy as a substitute for growing up in - say - Victoria, immersed in and surrounded by a football society. To call Victoria a theocracy with Aussie Rules as the religion of choice is only just an exaggeration.I do still believe though that the AFL Academy system is unfair and somewhat corrupt)[/SIZE
Never want to see any player out injured for that long. Injuries suck.
Never want to see any player out injured for that long. Injuries suck.
I really don't. In general, Sydney uses their academy to get kids who wouldn't be otherwise playing footy. They run clinics in schools, pick up elite athletes or kids with elite attributes, and they put them in an academy as a substitute for growing up in - say - Victoria, immersed in and surrounded by a football society. To call Victoria a theocracy with Aussie Rules as the religion of choice is only just an exaggeration.
If you ever want to achieve the situation in QLD that AFL has their own level of support that can ensure the survival of the clubs up there without a COLA, you need the academies to do their work. It's got a passive level of support over the course of 20+ years in Sydney; a similar level and type of support that you see from Melbourne supporters, people who will pay attention when things are good. Give it another 20, and who knows?
If you agree with the notion that the AFL should be a national competition, then the academies are an understandable level of draft interference.
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Means * will kick more goals because there'll be fewer turnovers.
Hmmm...Agree, but the 20% discount is a rort. First dibs absolutely they should get
I’d be happy for F&S to be exactly the same
Queensland and NSW the only places allowed to have “Academies”, NGA is just a ridiculous replacement for old school zones that we’ve somehow managed to get a “zone” as fruitful as Melbourne and St.Kildas in the past
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agree wholeheartedlyAgree, but the 20% discount is a rort. First dibs absolutely they should get
I’d be happy for F&S to be exactly the same
Queensland and NSW the only places allowed to have “Academies”, NGA is just a ridiculous replacement for old school zones that we’ve somehow managed to get a “zone” as fruitful as Melbourne and St.Kildas in the past
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Hmmm...
I suppose I agree a bit, but you do need for there to be incentive for clubs to open academies. Say, Carlton started actively started going to South Africa and started developing from 9-10 years old; that's a rather hefty expenditure for a tiny return once in a blue moon.
Sydney's academy is only considered a rort because a) they've been up there for a long time now, and people are impatient; ie, 'why isn't Sydney AFL heartland already?', and b) because they've had a run of exceptional luck in the last 10 years, picking up 2 top 5 picks from their academy alongside the role players they usually get from it as well.
Instead of trying to beat them down to our level - something which is simply not going to happen, the AFL has a vested interest in keeping Sydney decent - why don't we join them and use the system to our advantage?
Absolutely 100%. Victorians who have only lived in Victoria have no understanding that AFL receives bugger all attention Interstate.I really don't. In general, Sydney uses their academy to get kids who wouldn't be otherwise playing footy. They run clinics in schools, pick up elite athletes or kids with elite attributes, and they put them in an academy as a substitute for growing up in - say - Victoria, immersed in and surrounded by a football society. To call Victoria a theocracy with Aussie Rules as the religion of choice is only just an exaggeration.
If you ever want to achieve the situation in QLD that AFL has their own level of support that can ensure the survival of the clubs up there without a COLA, you need the academies to do their work. It's got a passive level of support over the course of 20+ years in Sydney; a similar level and type of support that you see from Melbourne supporters, people who will pay attention when things are good. Give it another 20, and who knows?
If you agree with the notion that the AFL should be a national competition, then the academies are an understandable level of draft interference.
It’s actually a bigger advantage than 20%, when you’re able to cobble together multiple later picks to pick up a genuine junior gun the advantage is just too big.
I get the system is imperfect with points attached to picks but I can’t see how that system can be better, it’s actually well thought out but pretty easy to scam.
Everyone pays full quid in the knowledge the system is not perfect and can be gamed to get an advantage, not 20% discount then an additional advantage on top
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