Alternative Sports Media including AFL

[Diamond_Jim 12,642]

We all know that the best site for following the mighty Dees is Demonland but I would be interested to hear about other sources including developing media.

I'm a big traveller and one of my go to places for research is Youtube. The product by some vloggers rivals if not exceeds anything you see on the mainstream media.

But what about sport. There's the Roar which is great but are there any other quirky sites for following particular sports.

Cheers

[Demonland 73,266]

I see The Mongrel Punt pop up here and there but I don't know much about it.

[Diamond_Jim 12,642]

9 minutes ago, Demonland said:

I see The Mongrel Punt pop up here and there but I don't know much about it.

I see it requires paid membership to read the full articles  but there are certainly some interesting topics.

Not sure whether the fees on the membership page are monthly or annual $6-$25

PS.. they are monthly fees

Edited December 10, 2019 by Diamond_Jim

[Forest Demon 4,681]

Good topic. Whenever I listen to the odd podcast, I think to myself how I get so much more out of it, compared to listening to same old footy media identities wheel out their groupthink rubbish. I am keen to hear some good recommendations.

[Cards13 9,117]

The Athletic is incredible!!! It’s US, Canada and UK focussed if you like Hockey, NBA, NFL and soccer. 

Its a subscription model, $5pm I think I pay but it is so worth it. Basically what they have done is hired away all the best journos for the dieing papers in the US, Canada, UK and put out amazing content.

Used to love Deadspin before it was gutted.

[Lucifers Hero 40,426]

'Roar'

Generally good scribes.  Some are good on analysis rather than 'click bait'.  Insightful and largely unbiased commentary.

Sometimes they use statistical analysis techniques rather than just present tabulated data.

[Diamond_Jim 12,642]

Has anyone noticed a growth in independent youtube commentary for the world's mega teams.

If you have a channel with around 1M followers which is not hard to imagine for the mega soccer/NBA/NFL teams you can earn (as I understand the complicated algorithm) around US$400k a year. Of course the footage would be highly controlled but commentary and fair usage is free in most countries.

Hard to see how one could make it work financially for an AFL team but for cricket (especially with an Indian spin) it could be a goer.

[Cards13 9,117]

Podcasts:

The Grade Cricketer - they have some top guests.

The Howie Games - he is a bit of a f l o g but again he has some amazing sporting guests.

6 different ice hockey podcasts.