What unpopular AFL opinions do you have? (Part 1 - cont in Part 2)
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As many have said its only $39 a month and many others have said that is still a lot of money to a lot of people. My thoughts are thatmoney is taking precedence over all else.In WA the AFL have made sure they have bled/screwed us slowly to try and minimise the outcry.First they took away the NAB cup [ whatever you want to call it] now we are down to six direct Eagles games a year.Next year it will be none.How much more can Gil and his overpaid cronies screw out of us? Twilight GF? yay more money.Why dont we just give Gil the arse and give the game to Foxtel god knows they run it now.The Peoples Game?? Pigs arse!!
What is a “fake franchise”? I know you’re trying to get a rise out of people but I don’t understand that term
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Netflix and the WWE network are two examples... but that's per month and not week.
This is about to become a huge issue after the awful cricket television rights were just announced.
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In my opinion, Tom Boyd's performance hasn't justified his fat pay check.
That opinion is very unpopular among some Dogs fans.
That opinion is very unpopular among some Dogs fans.
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Won em a grand final. I'd pay 10 million for that.
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Singlehandedly. OK.
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Did I say single handedly? He was easily BoG and was a huge part in the win.
The AFL contains two diametrically opposed sets: real clubs and fake franchises.
I think they're misunderstanding the argument.
Clearly his output hitherto has not justified his exorbitant contract. However, that doesn't mean he didn't play an important role in the 2016 premiership. These two are not mutually exclusive.
Another question is could another player have given the same output for a much lower % of salary cap? The answer is a pretty obvious yes.
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Liam Picken was their best player in the finals series. He should have got seven figures too.
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Would you change the result in 2015 - if it meant that you had a young player on huge coin that delivered a tremendous match winning performance during the GF, but didn't play again after?
No Boyd and the Doggies don't win, it comes down to that at the end of the day.
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To start with, the legend of Tom Boyd's GF performance is becoming slightly overblown. He was definitely among their best. But people carry on like he won the game off his own boot.
He was very good that day, no question. But that one performance doesn't mean his performance overall has justified seven figures a year for however long. You can't justify a $7 million contract with one game. That's ridiculous.
Johannisen was also pretty good that day. Should he be on seven figures too?
Same goes for Johannisen. Maybe Picken and Hamling too over the course of the finals series. So they have been on seven figures?
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Rubbish. Not one dogs fan would say his performances justify the money.
They fact he was central to our flag, means we don't care. We'd do the same again.
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Are you sure about that?
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Absolutely, barring obvious trolls. No one can or would be able to argue that his performances (plural) justify his wage.
There is though, a substantial argument to suggest the outcome does.
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I think you might be surprised, champion.
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You're missing the point.
What JJ and Picken and everyone else on the day was great and their performances aren't being underplayed or questioned. No one is saying Boyd single handedly won the game for them either.
But without Boyd playing the way he did they don't win that match. That's what counts and that's why he's worth every dollar.
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Doubt it.
So how would you justify him getting seven figures a year for several years after the GF when he's not even playing seniors?
You could say that about JJ or Hamling or Picken. So they should have been on seven figures too?
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Ahhh one of those.. carry on.
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Tom Boyd's contract (well a contract over and above what his performances warranted) was necessary to secure his services.
His performance in the 2016 GF and performances before and since don't justify being a $1m a year player, but then neither do/did Tom Scully's.
The Dogs arguably don't win the 2016 GF without his efforts, but in a parallel universe who knows who takes his place and how the game unfolds.
The only things that really matter are that the decision to recruit Tom Boyd is already done and I have not met or come across on here a single Dogs fan who would go back to 2014 and undo signing Tom Boyd if it meant not winning the 2016 GF - which is all hypothetical banter.
His performance in the 2016 GF and performances before and since don't justify being a $1m a year player, but then neither do/did Tom Scully's.
The Dogs arguably don't win the 2016 GF without his efforts, but in a parallel universe who knows who takes his place and how the game unfolds.
The only things that really matter are that the decision to recruit Tom Boyd is already done and I have not met or come across on here a single Dogs fan who would go back to 2014 and undo signing Tom Boyd if it meant not winning the 2016 GF - which is all hypothetical banter.
I love my football but does any1 else think that some of the games, so far this season, are the equivalent of World Championship Wrestling.?
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I'd like a better explanation too. Feels like it's just a term for the old VFL fanbase to throw shade at the successfully built interstate AFL clubs, to justify their pettiness on and off the field, year in year out.
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