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I work in the Recreation space of Local Government. Love all sports, particularly Rugby Union. Particularly interested on how sport can better society at both grassroots and elite level.
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True, but if your in Sydney and you want to be a merchant banker in Sydney, you dont go into an industry draft and get shoved to Perth, do you? No, you apply for where you want. Even the lad from Cooper Pedy at least has a choice to apply which Banking firm he wants to go to. I know how the draft works, but do you think its fair to take away the choice of location, only for players to spend the whole time wanting to get home?
How to prevent Tippet and tanking
Thanks for the comment AndyRoo, although it looks like I’m back to the drawing board with my zone draft idea. I suppose it will never really work until all states are producing relatively equal numbers.
How to prevent Tippet and tanking
My point is that the general workforce is not drafted and traded like sportspeople are. Remember, the salary cap and draft are considered restrictions on free trade, its just they are allowed as they are necessary to keep the balance of the competition. Look at Mitch Brown. If he was an average worker living in Perth, and he wanted to come home, and there was someone in St Kilda that wanted his services, he could just go.
How to prevent Tippet and tanking
Thanks Graham. The interstate zoning predraft is a good idea, as you correctly say, there is no other job where you have no say in where you move to. I think the Mitch brown situation is disgraceful. However, I think that the AFL would be very wary of zoning after the VFL, as certain areas produced better footballers. Another way you could do it is if a player is drafted interstate, a club from his home state within, say, three picks, could have the right to use that pick to make him an offer, if the player wants to stay in his home state. However, the player could only accept the offer if it is equal to or better.
Even if this means, like you said, interstate teams have to pay more, they already have more room in the salary cap. Would it be possible to have “Away from Home” free agents, who can leave after 5 or 6 years?
How to prevent Tippet and tanking
Yes the Superclasico. Again the derby also symbolises Rich vs Poor.
Exploring sport's greatest rivalries
They really do. The game I saw between Saints and Bournemouth was intense (there was even a brawl) because they were tlocal rivals. Even though Southampton were at their lowest league and Bournemouth were at their highest!
Exploring sport's greatest rivalries
I think Victory have bigger rivals in Adelaide, and Melbourne Heart.
Exploring sport's greatest rivalries
Thanks Swampy, I should have just said Boston and New York. Boston and LA had a pretty good rivalry when it was Bird vs Johnston. According to wikipedia, the Lakers/Clippers came from when the leagues merged.
Exploring sport's greatest rivalries
Interestingly, Rangers didn’t have a catholic club captain until Amoruso in 1999, and the first high profile catholic player since WWI was Mo Johnston in 1989.
Exploring sport's greatest rivalries
I think that is mostly true, though Rugby and Netball (especially lately) have been pretty intense
Exploring sport's greatest rivalries
Thanks Paul, there are stacks of rivalries in the US. The good thing about college rivalries is they generally cross sports, and are college vs college, which adds that bit of extra incentive.
Exploring sport's greatest rivalries
Thanks kiwiinperth, your dead on about newsworthiness. This comes from sports clubs using media releases. Media releases allow free coverage of a large audience, relative to things such as advertising costs, but a lack of control once it gets into the hands of TV and newspaper journalists means teh message can be lost. So there needs to be a bit of creativity involved. I’m not sure of the mechanics behind each seperate deal, but I think that changing gear to pink for breast cancer is done very well. When Matthew Hayden used a pink bat handle cover in 2006, everyone wanted to know why, because it stood out, and it became a story on its own legs.
Sport needs a social conscience
That’s dead right about self promotion Chris. I think there needs to be a suitable and relevant level of media coverage, obviously to bring exposure to a community cause, but if its over the top or focused only on the sport it may as well just be a media conference. I think the best way is to let the charity, or the work the organisation is doing, to gain coverage on its own.
SafaRugby mentioned North Melbourne and World Vision (and thanks for the comment SafaR). When Brayshaw was shown in the Herald Sun as a Teddy Bear, it was meant to be North announcing the World Vision deal, but it was flipped around into a big fiasco about the image by the media. You just gotta be careful.
Sport needs a social conscience
Thanks for the comment Chris, though it took me a little while to unwind the subtlety of it.
I am sure a large percentage of the population think like that, but I also think that by just relying on success and sponsorship you become a reliant on those things solely for success. For example, your team might win 3 flags in 4 years, hit a bad run, and then get stuck in 10 years because they have done nothing to help their community and have lost relevence when the success dried up. Broader community engagement goes more then one way, it brings in more stakeholders to your club.
Sport needs a social conscience
Thanks Elisha. Your exactly right there- theres a lot more benefits to sponsors assosciating with teams that are viewed as the “good guys” then bad reps. It comes down to the old maxim- think global, act local.
Sport needs a social conscience
Thanks for the comment Grimmace. Having a relatively small community base as Rugby, these community engagement programs become super important to really consildate the loyalty in the grassroots. North Melbourne are probably in the same boat as well, its just that their target is more geographically based. The flipside is that with a smaller community base, actions (such as school visits or charity work) can have a much stronger impact, exactly what you said about O’Conner running the water.
Sport needs a social conscience
I will have to try it Football United, though I think 08 did do a Lions tour as well.
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