Topkent
Confirmed ITK Drafting King
The megastadiums that colleges/high schools have are a result of the huge corparatisation of US sport. It isn't Bobby and Peggy Sue selling snags at Walmart and tin rattling and the school fete that built them. Rich alumni/rich local companies build them, name the stadium after themselves, sponsor them so they can give top talent 'scholarships'.
It's not what I'd consider a great example of grass roots kinda club building.
I do see your point re MFC though. The smaller stadium would be pretty cool. Kinda sad how quick the initial AFL killed off the suburban grounds. They needed some updates but it did take away from the culture of Vic clubs.
I wasn't talking about the stadium in that regard though, I ment more that the school is the lifeblood of the whole community. School kids are more passionate than the NFL players and brings together the whole community. That whole town/city whatever you call it stops for the game. There's nothing similar in Victoria anymore.
Just think about this, there is no team that anyone cares about that is Victoria's team. The closest would be the storm and 90% of people don't give a * about League.
AFL could do wonders bringing back the suburban grounds, financially it isn't worth it but imagine of every club say split half their games at a local ground and the G or something similar. I couldn't be more certain the AFL is gonna look back sometime soon and realise they killed the intangible passion and identity of footy in Victoria and left 9 organisations with different colours.