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If this is going to be as good as Wheelchair Rugby - aka Murder Ball - then I will be watching.






http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...a/news-story/38724cf69fa31d90aa91c00c9b7ffa15
FIVE AFL clubs will this year launch a new wheelchair football league open to those with a physical disability, mobility issues and able-bodied people interested in competing.

Collingwood, Essendon, Hawthorn, Richmond and St Kilda will compete in the league, named the Robert Rose Foundation Victorian Wheelchair Football League (VWFL), with 10 rounds to be played from May to August. The grand final will be played during the AFL’s pre-finals bye.

The statewide league will be the first opportunity for those with a physical disability to play AFL in a regular competition. The league’s mission, in conjunction with Disability Sport and Recreation (DSR), will focus on promoting social inclusion and give more Victorians the opportunity to play sport.

The matches will be played on a basketball court with five players allowed on the court from each team at one time, while matches can also be played featuring three per side as a minimum. There will be no restriction on the number of players allowed on the bench. Matches will feature four 10-minute quarters with no time-on, with a size five synthetic Sherrin to be used as the official ball. Players will be assigned to set positions — forward, centre and defence — during games. There is no kicking in the VWFL, with a handball the equivalent of a kick, and players are permitted to throw the ball using a single-handed underarm pass.........
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...a/news-story/38724cf69fa31d90aa91c00c9b7ffa15
 

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If this is going to be as good as Wheelchair Rugby - aka Murder Ball - then I will be watching.






http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...a/news-story/38724cf69fa31d90aa91c00c9b7ffa15
FIVE AFL clubs will this year launch a new wheelchair football league open to those with a physical disability, mobility issues and able-bodied people interested in competing.

Collingwood, Essendon, Hawthorn, Richmond and St Kilda will compete in the league, named the Robert Rose Foundation Victorian Wheelchair Football League (VWFL), with 10 rounds to be played from May to August. The grand final will be played during the AFL’s pre-finals bye.

The statewide league will be the first opportunity for those with a physical disability to play AFL in a regular competition. The league’s mission, in conjunction with Disability Sport and Recreation (DSR), will focus on promoting social inclusion and give more Victorians the opportunity to play sport.

The matches will be played on a basketball court with five players allowed on the court from each team at one time, while matches can also be played featuring three per side as a minimum. There will be no restriction on the number of players allowed on the bench. Matches will feature four 10-minute quarters with no time-on, with a size five synthetic Sherrin to be used as the official ball. Players will be assigned to set positions — forward, centre and defence — during games. There is no kicking in the VWFL, with a handball the equivalent of a kick, and players are permitted to throw the ball using a single-handed underarm pass.........
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...a/news-story/38724cf69fa31d90aa91c00c9b7ffa15
So isn’t this just European handball with behind posts?

I’m all for inclusion, but at some point you have to have realistic limits, don’t you? I feel like people without functioning legs playing football is beyond those limits.
 

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So isn’t this just European handball with behind posts?

I’m all for inclusion, but at some point you have to have realistic limits, don’t you? I feel like people without functioning legs playing football is beyond those limits.
Yeah, wheelchair Rugby works because kicking is not a fundamental part of Rugby.
 
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So isn’t this just European handball with behind posts?

I’m all for inclusion, but at some point you have to have realistic limits, don’t you? I feel like people without functioning legs playing football is beyond those limits.
Do they handball in Euro handball? Did you really expect someone in a wheelchair to kick the ball?. If it gives people who ended up in a wheelchair an alternative activity then I can't see the problem. If clubs given them a bit of support then that's another positive.

I watched a lot of Murder Ball at the 2000 Parlympics. Great fun to watch and if by linking up with AFL clubs produces an almost identical game, which produces more players, who can cross over and get to the Paralympics, then to me, that's a good thing.
 

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To my fellow Bigfooty members, I would NOT watch tonight’s ‘mockbuster’ match between the Bullflogs & Carltank, lets send a message to the VFL to say we’re not interested in watching two strugglers on the Friday night stage that don’t deserve to be there.
 

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To my fellow Bigfooty members, I would NOT watch tonight’s ‘mockbuster’ match between the Bullflogs & Carltank, lets send a message to the VFL to say we’re not interested in watching two strugglers on the Friday night stage that don’t deserve to be there.
Yeah, I'll be playing Playstation. It's hardly a blockbuster, and I'm at the stage where if Port weren't in the AFL I wouldn't follow footy at all.
 

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To my fellow Bigfooty members, I would NOT watch tonight’s ‘mockbuster’ match between the Bullflogs & Carltank, lets send a message to the VFL to say we’re not interested in watching two strugglers on the Friday night stage that don’t deserve to be there.
I'm hopelessly compelled to Ultimate Football at all times.

I can't not see Carcass Bontempelli immolate my hopes and dreams.
 

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To my fellow Bigfooty members, I would NOT watch tonight’s ‘mockbuster’ match between the Bullflogs & Carltank, lets send a message to the VFL to say we’re not interested in watching two strugglers on the Friday night stage that don’t deserve to be there.

Seeing as they don’t know whether you are watching football or pornhub it won’t matter.

They will just guess whether you are watching football or Masterchef and assume you watch pornhub during work hours and mark it as a win for ratings.
 

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In our last 6 games against Carlton, we have received 74 free kicks, yet conceded 117.

In the 3 games we lost by a combined 7 points, the free kick count was 34-67.
And that doesn't include our best player getting KO'd by their best player for not so much as a free kick.

He copped 2 weeks from the MRP afterward though, which really helped on the day.
 

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And that doesn't include our best player getting KO'd by their best player for not so much as a free kick.

He copped 2 weeks from the MRP afterward though, which really helped on the day.
I have long thought that the club the suspendable offence is committed against should have the say as to whether the suspension is served immediately (i.e. next round regardless of opponent), or in the next head to head between the clubs (or both if the suspension is more than one week).
 

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To my fellow Bigfooty members, I would NOT watch tonight’s ‘mockbuster’ match between the Bullflogs & Carltank, lets send a message to the VFL to say we’re not interested in watching two strugglers on the Friday night stage that don’t deserve to be there.

I thought that having an Ultimate Footy team might have kept me interested in games not involving Ports, but it's mainly the commentators that shit me more than the crap games themselves, so I just keep pressing the refresh button on the Ultimate Footy site and follow the games from there. My UF opponent this week has 9 Port players in their side (plus Aaron Young!) whereas I've only got DBJ - and Ben Brown - so I'm rather conflicted this week :sick:
 

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I thought that having an Ultimate Footy team might have kept me interested in games not involving Ports, but it's mainly the commentators that shit me more than the crap games themselves, so I just keep pressing the refresh button on the Ultimate Footy site and follow the games from there. My UF opponent this week has 9 Port players in their side (plus Aaron Young!) whereas I've only got DBJ - and Ben Brown - so I'm rather conflicted this week :sick:
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