John Crow Batty

A bit disingenuous perhaps. The rumours of him leaving were very strong all season.

Bunbury, Geraldton, Albany, Wagga Wagga, Dubbo, Rockhampton, Cairns, Townsville. Mildura, Noosa, Byron Bay, Newcastle, Ballina, Tweed Heads, Wollongong. Plenty of options available.

We were ridiculously easy to score against in the Balme days. The defending was hopeless.

The billionaires just buy and sell the clubs. The operating money comes from the media rights and TV advertising. Cities that host clubs are even forced to build, upgrade and pay for stadiums or else clubs leave for better offers. The billionaires don’t have to spend any more of their money. Unlike the AFL the NFL benefits from a perpetual gravy train and owners are modern versions of ancient warlords with their own private armies living off plunder. I believe only Green Bay Packers is owned by the Green Bay community.

The value of US NFL media rights is so enormous, NFL clubs don’t need sponsor. Clubs don’t need to grovel for loose change.

What is clear by this thread is that he’s left a bitter taste for many supporters who won’t see any relief for a long time. Football is a passionate game.

Looks like him. I think so.

Clarrie showing off his potty mouth again.

Why is it so?

I watch quite a few other AFL games on my IPad. I don’t watch any other televised show or sport. I watch a couple of movies a month on streaming and read a lot. I get the impression the 2025 season was a disaster for televised games with too many dud games in prime time and regular time slots.

The title of this thread should have been ‘ The 2026 Fix is in’.

I don’t think the public knows what it wants other than their clubs doing well and be entertained. Kneejerk Reaction is always the first horse out of the blocks when radical changes are made. The public bemoan lack of a more competitive season now complain the AFL engineering more competitive games. And what exactly do the public deep down want? Other than a more exciting games I doubt many can articulate their thoughts further than that.

Funny that I was at the 21 GF and stayed on and I can’t remember Heroes being played or anything else after the game. But by then I was emotionally floating off to another planet.

The reason Cripps was let off was something to do with being denied due process whatever that means. I am quite sure that charges can be worded to deliberately sabotage tribunal hearings by creating get out of gaol technicalities.