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The club has been spending the past few years trying to grow it's membership base by targeting the Chinese market through free tickets to international students for select games, sponsorship deals with China Southern and Greenwood Capital. While these efforts should be acknowledged, the news out that Port have got a deal signed for 2 games to be televised into China shows that we may have missed the boat with another opportunity.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-04-03/port-games-to-be-screened-on-chinese-tv-

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The Chinese market is massive. There's room for more than one.

 

Ultimately, it'll be the team that drafts and plays a Chinese/Taiwanese/Hong Kong-born player that wins the region.

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Dear oh me.  I wish I could stand on a mountain top and scream this out for all to hear.

In countries other than Australia, no-one cares about Australian Rules Football.  They never have and they never will.  To most, the game looks stupid.  They don't get it.

I don't blame them either.  Any sport that has a rule changes committee sets itself up for ridicule.  Because, generally speaking a sport is a sport where the rules don't change.

Think about gaelic football or hurling (ie sports associated with one country - Ireland.)  Do the chinese give a [censored] about these sports? Of course not.  Does any other country other than Ireland give a [censored]?  Absolutely not. 

Then there is the hybrid gaelic football/aussie rules annual 'thing'.  I think this is the funniest and most cringeful and embarrassing organised event of all time (having said that I have never watched it and wouldn't really know, but I never will, because I will never care.  It just highlights the fact that two countries with two unique games misguidedly crave international attention and status.

Don't get me wrong I love Aussie rules.  Because I grew up with it.  But people in other countries don't care and they never will.  Ever.  

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Don't get me wrong I love Aussie rules Basketball.  Because I grew up with it.  But people in other countries don't care and they never will.  Ever.  

Don't get me wrong I love Aussie rules Grid Iron.  Because I grew up with it.  But people in other countries don't care and they never will.  Ever.  

Don't get me wrong I love Aussie rules Soccer.  Because I grew up with it.  But people in other countries don't care and they never will.  Ever.  

Don't get me wrong I love Aussie rules Rugby.  Because I grew up with it.  But people in other countries don't care and they never will.  Ever.  

Don't get me wrong I love Aussie rules Cricket.  Because I grew up with it.  But people in other countries don't care and they never will.  Ever.  

Hmmmm.......

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1 hour ago, stuie said:

Don't get me wrong I love Aussie rules Basketball.  Because I grew up with it.  But people in other countries don't care and they never will.  Ever.  

Don't get me wrong I love Aussie rules Grid Iron.  Because I grew up with it.  But people in other countries don't care and they never will.  Ever.  

Don't get me wrong I love Aussie rules Soccer.  Because I grew up with it.  But people in other countries don't care and they never will.  Ever.  

Don't get me wrong I love Aussie rules Rugby.  Because I grew up with it.  But people in other countries don't care and they never will.  Ever.  

Don't get me wrong I love Aussie rules Cricket.  Because I grew up with it.  But people in other countries don't care and they never will.  Ever.  

Hmmmm.......

What point are you trying to make Stuie?  I don't get it.

 

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I'm Canadian and I think Aussie Rules is awesome. Yes, at first I was confused by the rules a bit, but that is the same with any sport. The great thing about Aussie Rules is that there is always something going on on the field.

Give exposure to a sport other than in it's country of origin, and you will gain fans and followers. How many simply depends on how well you market the product. And yes, having a player from that country certsinly helps, kind of like when Mike Pyke played for the Swans.

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On 4 April 2016 at 1:26 PM, pinkshark said:

Dear oh me.  I wish I could stand on a mountain top and scream this out for all to hear.

In countries other than Australia, no-one cares about Australian Rules Football.  They never have and they never will.  To most, the game looks stupid.  They don't get it.

I don't blame them either.  Any sport that has a rule changes committee sets itself up for ridicule.  Because, generally speaking a sport is a sport where the rules don't change.

Think about gaelic football or hurling (ie sports associated with one country - Ireland.)  Do the chinese give a [censored] about these sports? Of course not.  Does any other country other than Ireland give a [censored]?  Absolutely not. 

Then there is the hybrid gaelic football/aussie rules annual 'thing'.  I think this is the funniest and most cringeful and embarrassing organised event of all time (having said that I have never watched it and wouldn't really know, but I never will, because I will never care.  It just highlights the fact that two countries with two unique games misguidedly crave international attention and status.

Don't get me wrong I love Aussie rules.  Because I grew up with it.  But people in other countries don't care and they never will.  Ever.  

Yes this is true, when I lived in Canada I asked a lot of people if the had heard of Aussie Rules Football and they thought I ment rugby. Then I showed them stuff on YouTube and they didn't get the hype about it. forget about explaining the rules, they just did not understand them because there are so many. 

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2 minutes ago, ILLDieADemon said:

Yes this is true, when I lived in Canada I asked a lot of people if the had heard of Aussie Rules Football and they thought I ment rugby. Then I showed them stuff on YouTube and they didn't get the hype about it. forget about explaining the rules, they just did not understand them because there are so many. 

It is actually pretty easy to pick up most of the rules once you have watched a couple of games. And that is coming from a Canadian.

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