If “us lot” will have folded that would be the end of WCE & Freo.
Seriously, WA is what Siberia is to Russia - extremely remote. There are no mosques anywhere near where I live. Yes, there are plenty of foreigners who have made Melbourne home and helped transform this city into a great cosmopolitan metropolis and one of the undisputed foodie destinations (not my words but those of the great, late Anthony Bourdain). Not sure about concrete gardens, but I dare say there are more green parks surrounding Melbourne's CBD than parks surrounding Perth. Oh, and let's not forget WCE and Freo voluntarily chose to join the revamped VFL. I rest my case
We just have Aboriginal gangs and sweet destinations like Elizabeth Quay. Didn’t hear one Muslim prayer song in my 18 years in Melbourne. Typical narrow minded Westaustralian. Feel free to get out of WA, travel the world and experience some different cultures. There’s more to life than watching MMA at the local pub and smashing down Emu Export whilst yelling at the ‘missus’.
Yeah, but atleast my posts were related to football, not some city v city tripe....says the poster who's contributed to this thread 74 times (over double the nearest contributor)
Yeah... the VFL clubs kept the WAFL clubs afloat with 6 figure transfer fees for every WA player who crossed the Nullabor to play in the best comp
I miss those days....watching SOO football and picking out the next interstaters to be lured to Victoria
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It doesn't matter, your clubs to poor, your about to take on a loan that'll cripple you...there wont be a long term for your lot.
LOL...No
It's a myth. It's just bollocks that gets repeated ad nauseum on Big Footy which has no basis in fact.
) It's a total exaggeration.
It's a myth. It's just bollocks that gets repeated ad nauseum on Big Footy which has no basis in fact.
VFL clubs were heavily in debt and spending more than they could afford because that's how everyone operated in the 1980's. People & businesses lived beyond their means. Think of the rise of Bondy and Skase.
Back then, VFL clubs weren't run properly as businesses anyway. They were sporting clubs; they weren't incorporated. They operated with impunity outside of the normal regulations... Cowboys who wanted to win the flag at any cost (or keep up in the "arms race") and didn't think laws and financial constraints applied to them. They continued to trade while heavily in debt... because they could... Any normal buisness would've been in receivership. They could've been reined in, if the VFL commission had wanted them to.
WA didn't "save" football with their $4 million license fee (LOL
What "saved" footy was the move towards live matches on TV and the massive financial boost from the broadcast rights. The national comp accelerated that because from 1987, Victorian fans could watch at least 2 games live (or on 30 min delay) every weekend. Channel 7 wouldn't accept the VFL's demands, so they had a one year separation in '97. Channel 7's ratings nose-dived, but they came back to the party in 1988 with HUGE dollars.
It would've come about anyway, even without matched played outside of Victoria. But everyone was still very conservative about protecting their attendances & gate takings. Eventually they would've been lured by the TV money, with or without the non-Vic clubs
It's garbage. It's like newspaper articles saying Hawthorn came close to merging in 1996. Which they weren't, of course.. Merger talks happened, but when people got wind of it, there was uproar. It went to a vote and the members told the AFL (and Melbourne) to go and get f**ked. So it was never gonna happen...
It's a myth. It's just bollocks that gets repeated ad nauseum on Big Footy which has no basis in fact.
VFL clubs were heavily in debt and spending more than they could afford because that's how everyone operated in the 1980's. People & businesses lived beyond their means. Think of the rise of Bondy and Skase.
Back then, VFL clubs weren't run properly as businesses anyway. They were sporting clubs; they weren't incorporated. They operated with impunity outside of the normal regulations... Cowboys who wanted to win the flag at any cost (or keep up in the "arms race") and didn't think laws and financial constraints applied to them. They continued to trade while heavily in debt... because they could... Any normal business would've been in receivership.
They could've been reined in, if the VFL commission had wanted them to. But aside from the salary cap, it never really came to that.
WA didn't "save" football with their $4 million license fee (LOL
What "saved" footy was the move towards live matches on TV and the massive financial boost from the broadcast rights. The national comp accelerated that because from 1987, Victorian fans could watch at least 2 games live (or on 30 min delay) every weekend. Channel 7 wouldn't accept the VFL's demands, so they had a one year separation. Channel 7's ratings nose-dived, but they came back to the party in 1988 with HUGE dollars.
It would've come about anyway, even without matches played outside of Victoria. But everyone was still very conservative about protecting their attendances & gate takings. Eventually they would've been lured by the TV money, with or without the non-Vic clubs
so yeah, kinda was a big deal.
That’s perhaps why I miss those days. Geelong did very well out of WA - Roy West, Polly Farmer, Denis Marshall, Bryan Cousin, Brian Peake and I’m sure there are plenty more examples
Lol I don't think the Bulldogs are calling any shots other than asking for handouts.
Well, the Bulldogs re-purposing a handout that was given to them for redevelopment suddenly becoming 'profit' speaks volumes.
Yes, they were.
