From the AFLs perspective you are right. And it leaves enough slack to employ a lot of spin. No doubt an AFL CEO performance payrise in the future.
To me however its more a question of religion. I'm more interested in converts (players, fans, media).
Geez. I know all that.
We are on a victorian forum and as I said I used the term to encompass both codes for brevity, instead e.g. of saying "rugby league and rugby union".
If it was a sydney forum I probably wouldn't have put it that way
your point on correct terminology is valid but not your point on being ignorant of sport in sydney. Clumsy maybe.
And BTW I'm not saying the AFL shouldn't tackle the market. Just that it is a very difficult market with high risk and long odds of success. Of course in the end it depends on how you measure "success". The AFL have the funds to bankroll it for decades. To me ultimate success will be when Sydney bred players represent at least 10% of all AFL players and AFL gets decent media coverage in Sydney.
Don't be a smartarz Thomo.
I used the term 'rugby' to cover both league and union.
Its presumptuous of you to assume what we know and don't know
and lets not get into a "what is rugby" argument (or for that matter "what is football" argument)
Nice try, but no cigar
Oh dear, How maudlin. I feel I have walked over someone's grave.
But don't worry, I have consulted my medico friend.
There is a cure! You need a Premiership transplant within the next 5 years. He guarantees it will fix everything.
Now where did I put that bottle?
and all this self-flagellation, wasted emotions and histrionics is becoming very passe
its all done, we will never know all the true story and the nuances etc
bottom line is there is no great damage to our objectives and future
cam missed an opportunity to be a one-club player which in time i think he may regret. big deal.
I for one am sick of this topic, what else is there to say? Can we move on to drafting and other issues?
I suspect this plea will be ignored and the CB threads will continue to thrive for 1,000s of more posts
Actually most of the recent changes seem to have been initiated by the administration
I also don't think any posters were being anally retentive and were quite cogniscent of the effort required for changes
It struck me that it was all conducted in a constructive, cooperative, polite and helpful manner
Some people seem to just look for something/someone to whinge about
Cheers