AFL fans should get rewarded before players
There was a time when players played football for the love of the game. It would appear those days are long gone. There was…
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Yeah i understand the feeling a draw brings. But players react like it’s the worst possible outcome, rather than being at least somewhat satisfied that despite not winning and all their hard work they still get points out of the game.
Obviously finals and a grand final is different because a winner is required. That’s not what my article is about. It’s about during the regular season. You play to earn points to get yourself in the finals. If you get two points, that’s a gain, and that could be the difference between playing finals and not. You can use that logic if a team misses out on finals by 2 points, but then you need to go through everygame as well and say, well if only we had won that game, or this game…. There’s teams sitting on zero points, it seems ridiculous to think players are disgusted with getting 2 points for drawing. A draw is a draw, don’t treat it like a loss is all i’m saying.
AFL: A draw is not a loss
“If you lose you say “fair enough the other side was better” for whatever reason.
If you draw you think “If I’d done this or he did that” we would of won. You feel deflated, normally more so than in a loss.”
GrantS are you implying it’s better to lose by a point than to draw? If you lose a close game, any game really, do you not ask those same questions? ‘if i had kicked that goal, if i hadn’t played on, if i had marked that kick’…’maybe we would have won’. You ask those questions in a drawn game too, the difference is you still walk away with 2 points. Players seem to react as if a draw is the worst result possible when in reality, they should take a draw for what it is. An equal contest where both are deserving of points.
AFL: A draw is not a loss
My point is the AFL is successful and got a $1.25 billion deal because of the supporters not the players, but the players are claiming the deal should be credited to them. The players aren’t arguing they are underpaid, but because the AFL has got more money, they want more money. Yes they deserve to be paid well, which they are. But if the game is in good shape then it’s because of the fans and they should be rewarded.TV fans are big winners in this deal, but the AFL needs to reward all supporters otherwise there is more incentive to stay home and watch games.
In the AFL mid-year report it showed television ratings are up, including 23 per cent for Foxtel. While attendances are down on last year. The AFL is encouraging people to watch on TV, but what are they doing to keep people going to games?
AFL fans should get rewarded before players