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The AFL has launched an investigation into the recent failure of non-Victorian clubs to win a grand final.
It has been fourteen years since an AFL investigation into a six-year Victorian-based club drought was launched, with the ensuing years resulting in 12 premierships shared amongst five Victorian clubs. This trend is likely to continue with Victorian clubs filling the top 3 positions on the 2021 AFL ladder currently.
Only Sydney (2012) and West Coast (2018) have won flags over this time, with non-Victorian clubs also making the Grand Final on 6 other occasions.
Departing AFL football operations manager Steven Hocking told ABC TV's Offsiders program the League wanted to know why.
"We are a little bit concerned in the recent decade and a half the Victorian clubs have definitely had a greater success," he said.
"We're interested to look at the structure between the Victorian clubs and Victorian competition underneath the AFL to see if there's any structural advantages related to that.
"In recent years we've clearly seen non-Victorian clubs as a whole under-perform in comparison with the Victorian clubs.
"And it may be a cyclical issue but what we're looking at is are there any structural issues that might explain that, or perhaps the end result of the work we do is that there aren't."
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If you've read this far, then you'll understand that this is a parody of an ABC article from May 2007.
The Prediction tag is predicting that such an investigation would never happen.
Edit: Vic team vs non-Vic team GF's over this 14 year period (higher placed H&A team in bold)
2019 Rich d GWS
2018 WC d Coll
2017 Rich d Adel
2016 WB d Syd
2015 Haw d WC
2014 Haw d Syd
2013 Haw d Frem
2012 Syd d Haw
2007 Geel d PA
It has been fourteen years since an AFL investigation into a six-year Victorian-based club drought was launched, with the ensuing years resulting in 12 premierships shared amongst five Victorian clubs. This trend is likely to continue with Victorian clubs filling the top 3 positions on the 2021 AFL ladder currently.
Only Sydney (2012) and West Coast (2018) have won flags over this time, with non-Victorian clubs also making the Grand Final on 6 other occasions.
Departing AFL football operations manager Steven Hocking told ABC TV's Offsiders program the League wanted to know why.
"We are a little bit concerned in the recent decade and a half the Victorian clubs have definitely had a greater success," he said.
"We're interested to look at the structure between the Victorian clubs and Victorian competition underneath the AFL to see if there's any structural advantages related to that.
"In recent years we've clearly seen non-Victorian clubs as a whole under-perform in comparison with the Victorian clubs.
"And it may be a cyclical issue but what we're looking at is are there any structural issues that might explain that, or perhaps the end result of the work we do is that there aren't."
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If you've read this far, then you'll understand that this is a parody of an ABC article from May 2007.
The Prediction tag is predicting that such an investigation would never happen.
Edit: Vic team vs non-Vic team GF's over this 14 year period (higher placed H&A team in bold)
2019 Rich d GWS
2018 WC d Coll
2017 Rich d Adel
2016 WB d Syd
2015 Haw d WC
2014 Haw d Syd
2013 Haw d Frem
2012 Syd d Haw
2007 Geel d PA
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