The numpty questions thread

[BuntonRules]

Who put up that footy show bit with Mario Fenech & where is it? Gotta show a mate. Thanx.

 

[____]

What was the AFL TV coverage like in 2001 and before?

 

[dlanod]

What was the AFL TV coverage like in 2001 and before?

In Queensland it was pretty shit. I watched a bit of AFL in Cairns in 2000. Lions games, being mainly on Saturday nights, were shown at 10pm or later. Often they started around midnight. I don't think every game was shown live (or close to) until 2002, when Nine and Ten got the AFL rights. I can't speak to the actual quality of the broadcasts much, but I recall Channels Nine and Ten getting the rights seemed like a huge jump ahead - all of a sudden they were developing the broadcasts instead of taking it for granted. It's being getting better ever since, with the exception of some of the commentators (I miss a lot of the Channel 10 commentators).

 

[____]

In Queensland it was pretty shit. I watched a bit of AFL in Cairns in 2000. Lions games, being mainly on Saturday nights, were shown at 10pm or later. Often they started around midnight. I don't think every game was shown live (or close to) until 2002, when Nine and Ten got the AFL rights. I can't speak to the actual quality of the broadcasts much, but I recall Channels Nine and Ten getting the rights seemed like a huge jump ahead - all of a sudden they were developing the broadcasts instead of taking it for granted. It's being getting better ever since, with the exception of some of the commentators (I miss a lot of the Channel 10 commentators).

Ten's coverage before Lachlan Murdoch took over them was the best

Were afternoon games shown live or near live?

 

[ZoBlitz]

What was nice back in the 90s was going to the Gabba on a Saturday night and coming back early enough to watch most of the replay. Had to hope most of the interesting match highlights were not in the first quarter though.

 

[weevil]

I remember when the Bears beat Hawthorn in 91. Got score updates on the radio every 15 min or so and got a 1 min sport story on the 6 o’clock news. Had to buy the papers the next morning to get a couple of paragraphs about the game.

 

[dlanod]

Were afternoon games shown live or near live?

Afternoon games were live, or close enough to it to not make a difference. I was almost a Bulldogs supporter because they were the only team I could reliably see back then - they played plenty of Sunday arvo games.

 

[Voss the boss]

ok i feel pretty stupid on this one but i have tried to work it out for a while now and have NFI.

What does EFA mean?

 

[Toffee Lion]

ok i feel pretty stupid on this one but i have tried to work it out for a while now and have NFI.

What does EFA mean?

"Edited For Accuracy"

 

[Hollow Knight]

ok i feel pretty stupid on this one but i have tried to work it out for a while now and have NFI.

What does EFA mean?

Edited for accuracy.

 

[MacMum]

ok i feel pretty stupid on this one but i have tried to work it out for a while now and have NFI.

What does EFA mean?

Haha, you are not the only one......I had to ask a couple of months ago, I had no idea!!

 

[Hollow Knight]

Haha, you are not the only one......I had to ask a couple of months ago, I had no idea!!

It could also stand for Extremely ****ing Aggravating which describes how it feels when someone EFAs one of your posts.

 

[jackess]

I think this SMS conversation applies here.

 

[Voss the boss]

Thanks heaps guys!

 

[____]

Afternoon games were live, or close enough to it to not make a difference. I was almost a Bulldogs supporter because they were the only team I could reliably see back then - they played plenty of Sunday arvo games.

Oh were Bears/Lions finals shown live?

 

[dlanod]

Oh were Bears/Lions finals shown live?

Can't remember, wasn't that big a follower until I moved to Brisbane in 2000 and got dragged to a few games.

 

[whatboutbob]

It could also stand for Extremely ******* Aggravating which describes how it feels when someone EFAs one of your posts, cos I'm soft.

EFA.

 

[Hollow Knight]

EFA.

Was waiting for someone to take the obvious punch line. Surprised it took so long.

 

[____]

What does TLC stand for?

 

[Hollow Knight]

What does TLC stand for?

The Limbo Club.

 

[Grimreepah]

The Limbo Club.

... or 'tender loving care'.

 

[Baby_Jenks]

Rookie rules :
There's a 4 year rookie rule but does that only apply to one club? i.e. if McKeever (for example) were to be traded to another club does he HAVE to be put on the main list or could he be traded and put on the rookie list for another 4 years?

 

[Grimreepah]

Trading rules recently allowed for rookies to be exchanged, but they have to be placed on a senior list at the new club. If a player were to be delisted, then I think they can restart their rookie eligibility at another club.

 

[Redeye Rambler]

I know it's old news now, but I thinking about how the Lions paid out Fevola's contract early.
WHY???

Did they have to "borrow" from this years salary cap to pay the contract out last year?

I would have thought that it would be beneficial to defer some of last years financial costs to this year.

 

[dlanod]

I know it's old news now, but I thinking about how the Lions paid out Fevola's contract early.
WHY???

Did they have to "borrow" from this years salary cap to pay the contract out last year?

I would have thought that it would be beneficial to defer some of last years financial costs to this year.

They did. Part of the payout went into 2011 and part went into 2012. Next year we'll no longer have that against our salary cap so can afford to go after Tippett.