old dee

I know this is occasional a thread about Aussie rules but i have to make a comment about the impending doom of the NBL. Unlike most others I am a fan of Basketball and used to be a member of the Tigers. I quit when they became "united" . I still like basketball and this year will follow the Tigers in the "Big V' league. There was a time when the NBL was threatening to take on the AFL. I remember going to Full houses at the Tennis centre on Friday nights. In my opinion it got a little ahead of itself and spent more than it could afford then moved to Summer and IMO lost its way. seems doomed now with two clubs in receivership another close and three being held up by wealth benefactors. It is said that the owners of Melbourne United have put in $7million over the last three years. It is gone I think and I as a force of one am disappointed. The up side is I can support the Tigers again. I wonder if I would do the same if the dees ended up in the Amos? I think maybe yes.

Agree now if it takes 5 years to end do I write the bet into my will?

But we lost hardtack

I will take your bet but first we have to agree on what "more pain for the EFC" is? I mean that the AFL will not impose more penalties on the EFC as such. Player penalties do not count. neither do penalties by work safe. Agree?

bb we are never going to agree on this subject so I will make this last comment ( well for today ) I don't see any clamour from people both football followers and others for the EFC to be further sanctioned. My experience is most people's eyes glace over when I raise the subject. Most people will be happy with the players being given some sort of sanction. They just want it over so the teams can get back to playing. IMO there is very little support for the EFC to be thrown out and the AFL knows it.

That is the nub of the problem ManDee you cannot be.

A little sarcasm there Bob?

Oh Please bb you know that is never going to happen. The AFL have issued their sanctions against the EFC. You know that is the end for the EFC as far as the AFL is concerned. Rhetoric is one thing reality is another

I agree those suggesting the AFL will take the licence of EFC are in DC words "Dreamin" The supporter base is too big and little would fight it through every court in the land. Too Much Loss for the AFL and too hard. It will not happen.

I think you have the alternatives covered there Machsy

That article is interesting to me because the " fan boys club"seems to have changed.No story's of how bad ASADA case is going or how they are hardly done by for a while. My understanding dc is that the three wise men will give their decisions on guilt or innocence and then the AFL have to level the penalities. Is that not how it works? They are going to give 34 decisions so it follows the AFL will level 34 penalities. It is hard to see all this happening before the season starts in four weeks time.

The thing working against you sue is that over the last decade the negative things have won out hands down.If you predicted a bad outcome over that period you could hardly lose, think of the worst case scenario and it came true. Let's hope we turn the corner in 2015.

I agree it is which decade that has me confused

Christ I hope so dc as there is not much space underneath.

You still have Bail in, I thought your three outs were all better than Bail last Thursday

It could yet happen

426?

Well I am just over whelmed with everyone's concerned for my sex life or in fact the lack of one. Thank you all No wonder I like Demonland.

100% correct PSD

The thing is that AFL don't have to use logic PSD because they are the AFL

Cannot remember PSD.

That may well be rjay but why no membership or merchandise sales tents?

Sounds ordinary to me Bossdog lets get rid of him.

But then we don't know what the third year deal is nutbean

yes you are insane