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Spot on hot rod. As Ras D Nesbit rightly pointed out football the AFL is limited to an Australian market., unlike say basketball and soccer - footy's two biggest natural competitors for both viewers and participants. So broadcast rights have a natural cap. Supporting and driving women's football makes sound business sense in terms of ensuring half of the Australian population are encouraged to watch and AFL games. the AFL can get overseas viewers. So it can't afford to lose potential viewers here. if it does attendance will drop (and of course the revenue), club membership will drop (ditto) and broadcast rights will be less valuable. Discussion about pay rates and what might be regarded as elite are furphys. This is an investment. Not charity or some feel good exercise in promoting quality. A shrewd investment in my opinion. Soccer is decades ahead in this space. But look where they are now. The Matlidas are arguably Australia's most loved national team. And are great to watch. Snap TPF39

On one level i agree with the bolded bit. It was always a risk creating new teams and thinning the talent pool and there was a strong argument for leaving it as it was for at least another year. I also agree the talent pool is stretched too thin in the AFL and it has impacted the game (just look at the number of players coming up from state leagues and lower levels something that rarely used to happen) But a big difference between the two comps is that unlike the men's game participation is growing exponentially in women's football, at both the senior level but more crucially the junior level. As Terry Wallace points out the standard will take a huge jump when girls who started playing at say under 12s start entering the AFLW in numbers. That process has commenced and will accelerate quickly in the next few seasons. Which will mean more natural footballers with all the skills like Daisy and less elite level athletes coming across from other sports that haven't grown up playing footy. So the extra teams is in some ways a calculated gamble. More teams, more reach to female fans of those teams driving increased participation and a bigger talent pool. Just look at how many saints fan turned up to watch them. I'll bet 3/4 were parents and their daughters. The other factor about more AFLW teams is that there are more players training at an elite level. And these players go back to the VFLW as fitter an d better players. More teams also increases the opportunity and pathways for young guns and those who aspire to play AFLW.

A deliberately misleading headline designed to drive clicks, create faux outrage and trigger men babies. As you suggest people making comment who obviously haven't read the article (spolier alert the AFLPA have raise the vague idea of a joint CBA, the AFL nothing to do with it, the next tv rights likely to be less so less revenue to share with players). We are collectively getting dumber.

From blah, blah and back?

Good point Damo. They complement each other well. Max is terrific off field and with his communication. There is no way Viney won't be captain - it would a demotion and and would only create unhelpful strange ju ju and fugazi around the club when the narrative we are pushing is redemption. I have no doubt Max and Jack will be announced as co captains.

Spargo was in full training today apparently

Of that list though only preuss is confirmed being out for any length of time and all of them have got a very strong fitness base down. So not that a big an issue really.

You have to laugh at how the media operates these days. Particularly the footy media. Create a story where these isn't one, in this case based on a vague answer to a question (THE AFLM is coming !!!!!). Media comments on that non story. People (all the better if it is someone half famous - or else just quote twitter) then comment on those comments. Rinse and repeat. Here's an example. https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/embarrassing-and-unprofessional-jeff-kennett-launches-strong-criticism-of-afl-after-aflm-clarification/news-story/3ffd880bb08c39ed1b7b8d6957bf560d Slobbo has also commentated on the AFLM mania in the same rag. Fair dinkum the world is getting dumber. Interestingly ABC news had a completely different spin on the story, which was how long it took Nicole Livingston to answer the question not a critique of Hocking or god forbid any serious consideration of i becoming AFLM. In fact the article makes it clear it is not going to happen. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-11/afl-has-no-plans-to-rename-the-league-aflm/11954612?section=sport By the by for context here is the actual question and response:

The critical thing is most of the injured players got a sold block of training in before XMAS and have s old fitness base down. Also most of that list is still running so keeping their fitness levels up.

You couldn't move it yourself?

Loving it

Love it. If for no other reason than to the response from men 'triggered' by the thought of it being AFLM.

And besides you can have two smalls up forward. The tigers have at least two at any one time.

Thanks for the report. Its interesting you have Jay as defender (i assume that's who he has been training with?). I can see him as small defender (but would have to get past Jetts) but i can also see him as a small forward.

On the title as i have previously posted i wonder if the wording was a deliberate choice to create some of the confected huff puffery that played out on SEN. Trolling if you will. #anynewsisgoodnews The other day i was driving at around 3pm and listening to SEN (which i never usually listen to during the day as i'm at work). I'm not sure who was/is on but he was banging on about the doc and in particular the title. He then played the cornes palaver in full, some more comments from him and then played Garry Lyon's response from the day after Cornes (in short pull your head in ****knuckle). And finished with some more of his own comments. About 10 minutes of free publicity for an in house video that had yet to be aired. In addition to all of the previous on air discussion and social media. Gold I listen to RSN sports breakfast and the they were all talking it up this morning. They may not have even known about if not for cornes' comments.

Agree. One of the best recruits from.another club in my time. Was undersized for a chb but gave everything he had.

My god. I watched it. It should come with a health warning.

I am only interested in watching the dees play (and the grand final). But that largely applies to the men too. I don't mind the low scoring and different skill level. I look at as different game to an extent. The arm wrestle has its own fascination. And skills aside the courage to put their bodies on the line they way they do is phenomenal. So gutsy. And tough. And they are at huge risk of injury (without the same sort of income protection) given their bio dynamics, strength, size, inexperience and the fact they are not professional (far from it). But i had a very familiar sense of tension and nerves in the last 3 minutes of today's game as they battled to keep it in our forward half and fight to to hang on for a win. And i was pumped when they did. Loved how joyous they were too. Go dees!

I wasn't referring to the definition.....

Good Lord I thought I could be a bit self righteous......

And Tony Campbell should never have picked. For any game, let alone the prelim.

I've not heard of that cult before. Is it new?

Won't be such an issue id he plays tbw majority of his time as a mid.

Then site would become Vandemonland

Is Oscar still in it or is he gawn? If not i have to go with maxy. So: Gawn