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Eddie and Equalisation

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I can't figure out if Eddie is a moron and this only just occurred to him... Or if he is purposely making our case for us to get better equalisation measures based on fixturing.

Surely Eddie isn't a moron, but why would be make our case to us?

It works against Collingwood's best interests.

 

That's exactly right. Eddie is the best headline grabber in Australia, but this has nothing to do with equalisation. This is because Collingwood got hit by a bad drawing fixture time. Rarely happens, so he's sooking. Well cry me a river.

Collingwood only got 50K to their final against Port last year from memory. We would have had more. I think they should be compensated for that too.... in the name of equalisation, of course.

Collingwood also only got 28k to a home game vs Bulldogs a fortnight ago and Essendon only 32k to a home game against the Bulldogs earlier in the year. We got 24k yesterday and 37k earlier in the year. Where are the 50,000 other Collingwood members and 30k other Essendon members for those games? Oh but of course crowds (and hence money) has nothing to do with who, where or when you play does it?

"You want to be entrepreneurs, you carry the downside."

Eddie clearly trolling on these socialist clowns. Good on him.

The AFL cannot have it both ways.

They can't dip into the pockets of the rich - then give them Sunday night games.

Even my 5 year old son knows that late Sunday games only work in the West.

The AFL stuffed up the schedule, well.. Cough up lads, it's called accountability.

You want to run the league like a business, well it's time to toe the line.

Actually we'd be in far worse shape if Collingwood didn't give us the Queens Birthday gate for the past decade.

Three quarters of supporters weren't there to watch the red and blue either.

As a Dees supporter, Collingwood will be the last club I pot.

Oh, yes, we must bow to our betters that give us oh so much...

If we had a fair draw and regular home games against other Melbourne sides we would make money and we wouldn't have to be in a position to be 'given' a game by The Benevolent One.

The NFL is the most equal game in the league - it is the best run, it makes the most money - and it is a bastion of Socialist Sports Inc.

A beautiful mix of Communism and Capitalism that would be a inspiration to modern day China...

If we are headed down the same path - and I hope we all fight for that - then running over idiots like Eddie on that path is something we are going to have to do.

Equalisation isn't 'stealing from the rich' - it's not a Robin Hood allegory - its the realisation that there would be no league without the beggars at the bottom and the aspirants in the middle.

If Coll, Ess, WCE, Freo, Adel, and Haw want to start their own league go and do it - my money will be on the AFL they leave behind.

Edited by rpfc

 

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