International AFL?

[tiger trooper]

Would you like the AFL to be an international sport?

Yes?
No?


please post ur answer aswel... get a conversation happeneing

 

[ari18]

NO
Us Aussies don't have many original ideas and i would hate it if AFL left Australia. Keep it Aussie IMO

 

[Rob]

'The AFL' isn't a sport.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Hard to try to get other countrys playing games when its known as "AUSTRALIAN Football"

hell, would you play a game with the word american in it?

 

[FootyJunkie]

Would you like the AFL to be an international sport?

Yes?
No?


please post ur answer aswel... get a conversation happeneing

It's not even a national sport. NSW and QLD still need some peer pressure applied to them.

 

[A Living God]

Hard to try to get other countrys playing games when its known as "AUSTRALIAN Football"

hell, would you play a game with the word american in it?

Yes, if it was a good game.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

As Rob pointed out, you are asking two very different questions here.
The poll and title ask about an international competition, and the opening question of the thread asks about an international sport (well, half does, as the AFL - and this was Rob's point - is a league and not a sport despite selling itself as such).

To answer the league question, not for a long time yet. Not until there is somewhere capable, or nearly capable, of supproting a side. That may be never, or it may be 20 years away. Its unlikely to be any sooner than that.

As for the sport, yes, absolutely. In a rather small way it has already happened. The priority must be to grow the sport at amateur and so-called "grass roots" levels. And to regain ground in lost support in countries such as PNG. All reports are positive in South Africa, and there is growth in many other countries. Albeit slow growth and coming off virtually a zero base - both inevitable with what is, in global terms and money, a very minor sport without the profile free kick given to American sports through Hollywood.

 

[A Living God]

I don't want it become an international sport but I have no objections to it becoming one.

 

[i_love_the_hoff]

NO

 

[tiger trooper]

NO

TO CLEAR ALL CONFUSION.........


WOULD U LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES TO HAVE AUSSIE RULES TEAMS?--- EVENTUALLY?

 

[goodie23]

I'd be curious as to see other nations attempt to play, maybe one day having a world cup of sorts.

I'm not sure I see that happening, but it'd be interesting

 

[}>-DEMON-<{]

It would be amazing to have our finest team assembled for world cup type events where we would proceed to slaughter everyone much like the cricket

Apart from that it doesn't interest me much

 

[erical]

I would like to see it become a bit International somewhat like the super 14's of Rugby .
There would be some damn good footy trips to South Africa ,NZ and Asia?

 

[tsf]

You have to be kidding if you believe that anyone overseas will ever care about Aussie rules.

 

[blues4flag]

I'd love for the sport to be played competitively overseas - so long as there were draft restrictions to keep talent at home, though I'm sure how plausible that would be. Would be a pipe dream, but to see Australia compete against other, competitive countries would be an amazing spectacle.

 

[Valleys FC 4Ever]

TO CLEAR ALL CONFUSION.........


WOULD U LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES TO HAVE AUSSIE RULES TEAMS?--- EVENTUALLY?

Yes, I think Tasmania deserves an AFL team.

 

[wally funk]

i'd love to see another professional aussie rules league elsewhere in the world, but i wouldnt like to see the AFL involving overseas teams like the NBL or A-league

 

[TigerGlory]

No. Why? Simple answer.

We have already seen what certain players do for money, Chris Judd is one who has packed his bags and moved to Carlton for $6 Million over 5 years.

Now lets talk international, if AFL were to spread to Europe and America, and it took off, they would probably pay our players at least 3x what we pay them.

Then before you know it, footy in Australia is like A-League compared to European Soccer, simply not in the same quality, because our best players are overseas.

Screw this international crap the AFL is attempting, they should be putting their heads on right and improving Aussie Rules in AUSTRALIA before sending it off half way across the world.

 

[wally funk]

they would only be able to pay players huge money if the popularity and advertising dollars over there was enormous, which it wouldn't for this sport, not any time soon anyway

 

[serbkoolie]

YES i think they should. It would be exciting.