Totally agree with those mentioning women's footy. Very happy that girls have far more opportunity to play it socially on the weekends, but the coverage of the new league and that game the other week is laughable. It's a inferior product, there should be no tiptoeing around that. The media and many people in general were talking about how great it will be, and how great the game the other week was.
People aren't going to watch an inferior footy league unless they support a team in that league, or are watching for future stars (VFL, TAC Cup etc). The league existing doesn't bother me, but they might want to ease up a bit and stop carrying on like it's going to be a widely successful league. There isn't a whole lot of evidence to suggest that. It will end up like women's cricket and you'll random find it on TV one day, watch it for a bit and get bored pretty soon.
They struggle to sell tickets for the worst AFL teams, and they still provide much better value. The pay argument they were making too was ludicrous. Demanding more money, and a whole lot of outrage from members of the public, actually implying that they should be earning good coin because they're going to be bringing people to the gates/TV like the men do.
Happy to be proven wrong, and it wouldn't annoy me if the league is a success, but for the meantime, I wish they'd stop trying to tell us how great the league will be.