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Slightly different as the Essendon players didn't know what was injected into them.
The longer this goes without a money figure suggests to me its not the mega deal some people think it is.
Plan B for China game - moving it to Cairns?
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The longer this goes without a money figure suggests to me its not the mega deal some people think it is.
AFL set to move Shanghai game over coronavirus, but to Cairns not Melbourne: report
AFL set to move Shanghai game over coronavirus, but not to Melbourne: report
www.foxsports.com.au
Really struggle to see how that's an enticing proposition for Qld gov to pay $700k for this game to be in Cairns; game would get 5k paying fans at most, still haven't heard of AFL up in North QLD, hardly an enticing game for local casuals either. Seems like AFL is desperate for someone/anyone to stump up the $700K St Kilda are banking on.
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So it looks like that the AFL were prepared to sacrifice players welfare for bucks until this offer came along
AFL set to move Shanghai game over coronavirus, but to Cairns not Melbourne: report
AFL set to move Shanghai game over coronavirus, but not to Melbourne: report
Really struggle to see how that's an enticing proposition for Qld gov to pay $700k for this game to be in Cairns; game would get 5k paying fans at most, still haven't heard of AFL up in North QLD, hardly an enticing game for local casuals either. Seems like AFL is desperate for someone/anyone to stump up the $700K St Kilda are banking on.
And you display your ignorance thus of the strength of Australian Football in Cairns and surrounding areas, and the crowds that have attended AFL games.AFL set to move Shanghai game over coronavirus, but to Cairns not Melbourne: report
AFL set to move Shanghai game over coronavirus, but not to Melbourne: report
Really struggle to see how that's an enticing proposition for Qld gov to pay $700k for this game to be in Cairns; game would get 5k paying fans at most, still haven't heard of AFL up in North QLD, ...
First - AFL Cairns own outright the multi-million dollar Cazaly Stadium, which is the premier sports stadium in Cairns following a $11 million upgrade completed in 2015.
Second - crowds for AFL games involving the Suns have exceeded 10,000 on 3 occasions (over 11,000 once) with some other games just a few hundred short of the 10k mark. So much for "... still haven't heard of AFL up in North QLD,... "
Third - The North Qld/Cairns area has produced a number of AFL players including -
- Colin Judd (Hawthorn)
- Craig Brittain (North Melbourne)
- Troy Clarke(Brisbane Bears)
- Mark West (Western Bulldogs)
- Charlie Dixon (Port Adelaide) (Cairns Saints)
- Rex Liddy (Gold Coast) (North Cairns)
- Che Cockatoo-Collins
- Donald Cockatoo-Collins
- David Cockatoo-Collins
- Jason Roe (Cairns City Cobras)
- Courtenay Dempsey (Essendon) (Manunda Hawks)
- Jarrod Harbrow (Gold Coast) (South Cairns)
- Sam Michael (Essendon) (Manunda Hawks)
- Jack Bowes (Manunda Hawks)
- Charlie Cameron (Brisbane Lions) (Mornington Island)
Yes - the AFL wanted to send the players to Shangai to catch the coronavirus and weren't looking for any alternatives. Clearly.
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so your exile will last a little while yet...
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are you Chinese or are you a historian of the asian descent.. or else are you working the Australian scene in terms of allowing the rough nature ofYes - the AFL wanted to send the players to Shangai to catch the coronavirus and weren't looking for any alternatives. Clearly.
the high and low of the hysteria... come at me...
... or maybe I was just taking the piss ...
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love taking the piss.. or taking the wine.. call me shot gun sally..
Probably not much different to early years GC. Its not like poeple would have managed to attract a huge attachment to the Suns in their opening years.
But I still don't understand why the game isn't in Melbourne if it is to be moved (which does seem probable). I certainly don't understand why the Qld govt would cough up money for the game.
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The article said the saints stand to loss 700k from the canceled match in Shanghai so moving it to Marvel likely on a Monday night isn’t going to help repay their losses. The Caines match could be a likely winfall for them if the Qld government cough up the cash!
That would presumably be $700k compared to the amount they were bribed to play in China, not necessarily a $700k loss on hosting the game at Docklands. Though with the costs associated with that ground, even after the AFL taking it over, the actual loss might approach that.
Crowd discussion aside i down see how it makes financial sense for Qld taxpayers to pay for this game, AFL don't pay tax btw, they can give St Kilda $700K if they want. If the Qld government pay for this after the years long fight to get way less than this for our new training base then it'll be a bit a joke.
If my state govt pays for this i will be ropable
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To give it some balance, only 3722 turned up to watch Gold Coast Suns play North Melbourne in 2018.
And to give it some context, that particular game was played in cyclonic conditions and was thus an outlier amongst all the other near or above 10k crowds -
IT TOOK some of the heaviest rain at an AFL game in years but the Gold Coast Suns’ Cairns hoodoo has finally been snapped. ... And, to make the 3722 drenched fans in attendance even happier, it was local lad Jack Bowes who kicked the game clinching goal. ...
The heaviest showers of the day hit in the half-hour before the ball was bounced as Cazalys Stadium looked like a puddle for most of the opening term...
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If memory serves that game was arguably affected by the weather. As in, "* me, they're actually going to play in this without the use of small boats?" being a legitimate question.
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The afl are not going to let port have a extra game in Adelaide
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As long as we get our 700k I don't care where they play it. Thanks Gil.
They can pay the owners of RSEA Park $700k to play it there.
Guaranteed crowd of 10k exactly.
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Not a bad ploy by the QLD government, many families (mine included) are shelving planned winter holidays to South East Asia and will now take their winter break at home in QLD, if this can encourage 10 000 extra tourists to pack out the resorts it will pay the $700k back in a heart beat.
