Will the Dockers break their duck?

[Blues_Brat]

Re: Re: Will the Dockers break their duck?

Originally posted by Mr Ripper




Yeah, OK, so they'd already broken their drought. Who cares?! I tipped this!

Woooo!! You're a legend Ripper!!

I had a strange feeling we'd get this one. Beware a team that has nothing to lose.

Excuse me while I hand out donuts to the WCE supporters.

 

[mianfei]

Fremantle have a big chance of finish up with a big donut in the wins column.

The AFL put in the draft and salary cap in the hope it would stop teams from getting to far in front of the compeitition, and to stop sides from falling to far behind the competition.

In 2000-2001, we have had Essendon who are widely regarded as having the best team of all time. And in 2001, we have Fremantle, who are looking like being the first team since 1964 to go through a season winless.

Isn't it funny how an orginazation will create a system to achieve a purpose. But invariably, in all systems, the end result can often be the exact oppositie of what the purpose can be.

The rookie system and Damien Peverill is another example of someone who has defeated the purpose of a system.

Eleven years on and having read perspectives (like the Austrian School) that I never knew of in 2001 makes me think you have very good insight. The VFL/AFL's draft and revenue sharing, along with its consistent control over ticket prices and until recent times zoning systems that have at least once been gerrymandered, have provided no incentive for good management or excluding demonstrably unviable clubs. They have allowed clubs to do much less to attract patrons or large supporter bases than would have been necessary with free-to-vary ticket prices, and have stalled mergers and relocations that would have reduced competition for players.

Then, when the AFL realizes it needs TV revenue above all else, it does something that my recent studies suggest is likely to make the competition more uneven and make previously impossible 22-and-0 or 0-and-22 seasons possible or even common: a stadium with a roof, which is much better for TV but cuts into the talent pool by excluding shorter players. Though we saw nothing close to 0-and-22 between 2002 and 2011 (Richmond in 2007 being closest at 0-10-1 and 1-16-1) the case of Gold Coast this year suggests 0-and-22 may happen soon after all. What people have to learn is that sensible management could avoid the possibility I hope at least.