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Periodically we see some concern over the state of certain attendance figures in Australia's various football codes, and it's time some of these critics…
Its that time of the year when all AFL clubs have lodged annual reports and we can finally get a handle on what they've…
The second AFLW season is less than four weeks away. Here's everything you need to know ahead of the opening round. The teams The…
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point is – it happens – and these were AFL footballers.
Rain and rotten luck can't keep Carlton from securing AFLW win
Presumably someone from the AFL. Official crowd was 4,952.
Rain and rotten luck can't keep Carlton from securing AFLW win
Tasmania is hardly the Rome of the AFL. its more like the Emporer is fiddling while a small town in the south of italy is burning.
Footy in Tassie at crisis point
The AFL doesnt have a responsibility to womens sport. The AFL has a responsibility to Australian Football, and its own grass roots.
If you want to see how girls and women have been inspired then by far the biggest part of AFLW is its impact on grassroots community clubs – 700 new club teams for girls and women in 12 months, and near on 1,000 since AFLW was announced. 76% increase in registered club players alone last year. Those figures dont include Auskick, social footy or school participation either.
Rain and rotten luck can't keep Carlton from securing AFLW win
“forced”. Like the AFL owes other sports any kind of leeway. The AFL isnt responsible for the negligence or incompetence of other codes in promoting their own. Hell, even Netball rebranded and is actively using AFL clubs as a booster for their comp.
Rain and rotten luck can't keep Carlton from securing AFLW win
1991 at the Western Oval, Carlton kicked 1.10 for the game. The only goal scored by Mark arceri late in time on in the last quarter.
Rain and rotten luck can't keep Carlton from securing AFLW win
yeah BBL matches rating a million a session wont have hurt AFLW at all right
Five quick takes from AFLW Round 1
if the mens league went for half the time, it would be entirely possible.
Lions get their revenge in AFLW Grand Final rematch
depends on the household. clearly not yours.
Two big questions that will determine the future of AFLW
With the AFL covering the costs of everything – no tv rights revenue, no gate revenue and who knows how much is covered by sponsors at the moment – its a little hard to tell whether women are being paid fairly or not at this juncture.
Its ridiculous to believe that the attention on womens footy would remain at the tempo set last year when it was brand new launch event (which incidentally is why AFLX is getting coverage at the moment).
Womens season launch was held the week of the competition starting. The same thing happens for the mens H&A series and the finals series. Some club coverage has been below par though – Adelaides coverage has been excellent, Carltons has been good, Brisbanes has been ok. At the other end though, Melbourne and the Dogs have been disappointing, Collingwood has been very scattered in its AFLW coverage.
Two big questions that will determine the future of AFLW
Theres at least 20 years before we get another Sydney or NSW team – and Im not convinced we ever will have another team at that..
WA3 is a non started while the WAFL hold AFL licenses. The AFL wont hand them another, they dont really want the WAFL holding the ones they have.
Where should the AFL expand to next?
AFL Committees have reported at various times since the early 80s that they dont believe a national team is feasible financially in the AF:L
Where should the AFL expand to next?
Clubs and coaches are the reason for the condition that gameplay currently finds itself in, specifically countering flooding tactics, the “rolling maul” and similar things. The AFL is trying to keep the game free flowing and leading to much criticised rule changes designed to keep the game free flowing, but are foiled at every attempt by coaches who want to bog the game down. Its about winning ugly, even as their clubs need people to watch.
The problem with appointing an independent party as keeper of the code is that the AFL will simply ignore it – much like the VFL did with the NFL before the VFL simply took over the NFL in the mid 80s.
Bear in mind that not only does the AFL Commission run the AFL itself, but it directly controls state football in every state and territory except WA and SA, and both those states are reliant on AFL revenues (whether its at their stadiums or their clubs) to survive in the future. Theres simply no one to stand up to the AFL Commission any more.
Am I not pretty enough? The AFL needs to look in the mirror
They didnt act like it either. The AFLs mistake was that they did promote it properly – this was noted on twitter by several current and former Mathildas during the opening Carlton v Collingwood game.
I mean god forbid that a sports organisation with the resources of the AFL would actually use those resources to promote a womens competition,.
League, union or AFL: Which is Canberra's sport of choice?
The AFL have never claimed to do any of these things.
League, union or AFL: Which is Canberra's sport of choice?
Some say Lawson has been bought off. Rubbish. League folks say it. No one else gives a damn.
And its not unheard of for someone who writes a report to be bought on board to implement its recommendations.
Is AFL in Sydney finally seeing sustained growth?
or you can keep believing the league press about afl figures. Because that aint going to be biased at all.
Yes, there was some issues with participation figures reported for AFL Sydney in 2011 & 12 – there was a report issued then and those figures were addressed afterward.
A comparison of AFL growth in non-heartland states
Heres an actual fact. Crowds in Melbourne for the AFL are up 7% over the 1998 figures. Average crowds in Melbourne have risen from 38,014 to 40,851 since 1998.
The total number is down an entire 1%, but theres also 9 less games in Melbourne for 2017 than there in 1998.
Thats facts. And using the same source Nemesis did.
Does anyone care about the summer of football?
You might want to go back and read some of the tweets from current and former Mathildas players at the time, regarding how to properly promote and showcase a womens sport.
2017, the year women's sport in Australia went big
Havent even seen that anywhere from the AFL.
It has been put forward that its ideal to send the code overseas – where many competitions already use rectangular grounds in Europe, Asia, the US and even NZ.
Forget AFLX, the future of Aussie Rules is 12-a-side
lol the SANFL can do whatever they like.
Codewar with the AFLs AFLX? hahahaha give me a break.
Forget AFLX, the future of Aussie Rules is 12-a-side
umpteen rebuilds?
The MCG has been rebuilt in 2 parts – the Great Southern Stand in 1992, and the Northern Stand in 2004. Some refurbishment has been done to the Southern Stand to modernise it.
However the vast amount of this is paid for by the MCC and not the state or federal governments.
The WA and SA Governments have literally spent money replacing stadiums that were built in the 70s. In WAs case, they’ve literally just refurbished a soccer stadium at the cost of 90 odd million, and Hindmarsh was done for soccer after 2000 as well. Not to mention the 2006 build of Aami Park as a rectangular venue in Melbourne that has cost the state more money than it has contributed to any AFL stadiums in Victoria.,
Think no one wants new stadia? Try asking football fans
to be fair, the MCG has been entirely rebuilt since – in two halves. The Great Southern Stand (1992) and the Northern Stand (2004). Although most of the cost was met by the MCC, with little input from Fed/State Gov.
The Roar Podcast: What's the best way to judge a sport's success?
not to mention that the stadiums in Perth and Adelaide are replacing stadiums that were literally built in the 70’s.
Sorry, Mr FitzSimons, I'm not signing your petition
Close. The Swans were sold to private enterprise with the VFL/AFL covering losses and repossessing licenses until 1993 when the license was permanently returned to the AFL, where it remains.
The A-League needs expansion before it's too late