Opinion Will Brisbane’s win finally spell the end of the Academies?

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

No, well not until the same coin is invested in the grassroots that the traditional states get. The GF gets shared around.
Maybe we could have a media that isn’t all about VFL.
That’s before we get to the 3rd party aponsorships

But yeah once all the advantages Victorians receive are looked at we can look at academies in the northern states.

It’s the old WNBA joke from Bill Burr

“Huh why are we not getting more money”
“Because you don’t sell any ****ing tickets”

 

[The Gulden Child]

I was in Brisbane a for a few weeks recently. Jason Cloke

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's son is looking like a superstar. The family love it over there (76 games for the Pies). Tied to the Suns Academy.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Come on Colonial. All that you’ve suggested is a flimsy defense at best.

All that matters is on field performance, which is a direct relation to access to talent.

But the reality is the cat is out of the bag now and there’s no going bag.

But I expect the AFL will act relatively quickly now.

Acting quickly would mean Annable would be in the open draft…

 

[Colonial]

It’s the old WNBA joke from Bill Burr

“Huh why are we not getting more money”
“Because you don’t sell any ****ing tickets”

Bit different. Invest in the grassroots and it grows from there.

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[Coolangatta]

No, but if we win again next year I’m sure the crying VFL maggots will do another “enquiry” into the state of the game in Victoria.

 

[Philhawk]

Bit different. Invest in the grassroots and it grows from there.

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Queensland is about to surpass WA as the second-highest footy state behind Victoria… what’s left to invest in? Can we stop subsidizing Qld now and just focus on NSW?

 

[Colonial]

Come on Colonial. All that you’ve suggested is a flimsy defense at best.

Not at all.

All that matters is on field performance, which is a direct relation to access to talent.

But would say travel would also affect that. Plus beig able to stay at home.
And being able to easily access the GF without being a millionaire would also be good.

But the reality is the cat is out of the bag now and there’s no going bag.

There is. If the northern states get the funding in the grassroots then the numbers change

But I expect the AFL will act relatively quickly now.

We shall see.
Vic clubs won multiple back to backs and we didn’t see changes in anything.
Brisbane get a b2b and the grabbing of the pearls happens.

 

[Colonial]

Queensland is about to surpass WA as the second-highest footy state behind Victoria… what’s left to invest in? Can we stop subsidizing Qld now and just focus on NSW?

It’s a ratio issue compared to population.

 

[Cactus_]

Give half of Brisbane’s players to Tasmania

Problem solved

 

[The Jack]

System, and AFL is broken.

 

[Philhawk]

It’s a ratio issue compared to population.

To achieve this would ask for doubling the current participation numbers, which would be 1.5x the raw WA participation numbers.

That’s an obscene leg up to the Qld clubs, particularly when the data shows the quality of youth is exceptional.

 

[brutus76]

 

[Lach72]

They will change the F/S rules so teams have to give up 2 mid/late first rd picks or something similar to get a top 3/5 selection, but that wont effect Brisbane for years as they already have their Ashcroft brothers. AFL has created a monster that will take years before any onfield change is seen

Yep. The advantage is baked in for the next 15 years. Just wait until we have Gold Coast get all theirs in this year.

Can’t wait until we can’t even pick Finn Mundy and Jack Pavlich as they make the cost so onerous

 

[MF]

And Gallop.

Nearly 15% of their starting best 22 isn’t insignificant.

Yeah a small discount on 15% of their side for all the time money and effort into the hundreds of players in their academy is what did it. There's far, far bigger issues with free agents and players under contract all wanting to go to the same 3 Vic clubs

 

[RightWingRoo]

Kill all northern and NGA academies. Put the state bodies back in charge of junior development in the Northern states and make the draft national again.

 

[Philhawk]

Yeah a small discount on 15% of their side for all the time money and effort into the hundreds of players in their academy is what did it. There's far, far bigger issues with free agents and players under contract all wanting to go to the same 3 Vic clubs

What?

The money to fund the academies is from the larger distribution allocated by the AFL.

Please let’s not pretend it’s from anywhere else.

 

[Vindicater]

So how much will Annable cost them?

They can't afford him with their draft hand as is.

They should get some picks from Ah Chee trade. They were probably hoping they could get some points from Starcevich as well but that could be an issue now.

 

[Bestbird]

The DVI was so out of whack for so many years yet the AFL chose to ignore it.

Gold Coast will more than likely be the next powerhouse

 

[Bostonian]

No, but if we win again next year I’m sure the crying VFL maggots will do another “enquiry” into the state of the game in Victoria.

Well the competition doesn't need QLD to survive, it needs Victoria though.

 

[btdg]

No, but if we win again next year I’m sure the crying VFL maggots will do another “enquiry” into the state of the game in Victoria.

In all seriousness, the five Docklands based teams in Melbourne have not registered a top 4 finish OR a 14 win season between them since the league expanded to 18 teams.

That's 15 years where a third of the league has been effectively shut out of being competitive.

There is a cause for an inquiry into this - it seems to be a pretty glaring disadvantage

 

[Coolangatta]

Hahahaha blah blah blah VFL this VFL that. QLD footy looking strong, well worth the investment.

 

[Handsuper47]

It's got less to do with the academies, and more to do with the father-son rule.. the exact same rule that Geelong greatly benefited from in the 2000's.

 

[Philhawk]

The DVI was so out of whack for so many years yet the AFL chose to ignore it.

Gold Coast will more than likely be the next powerhouse

Oh don’t worry, they also get pick 1 in the draft this year through the academy.

 

[KickLongTackleHard]

Has there been an overreaction to the “go home 5” - Yeo, Polec, Docherty, Longer, Karnesis?

 

[Outtatym]

Hahahaha blah blah blah VFL this VFL that. QLD footy looking strong, well worth the investment.

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Agreed. With how strong QLD footy is it's time to fix WA. Especially with NRL now having a team.

That's what it's all about right?