AFL Season 2014

Discussion in 'Aussie Rules Football Discussion' started by MatthewJay, Oct 31, 2013.

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  1. Dirk Diggler DM Diggler

    I wasn't paying attention to detail :p
     
    Dirk Diggler, Jul 28, 2014
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  2. MatthewJay TA Miokovic

    Probably the most built up game of the year
     
    MatthewJay, Jul 28, 2014
    #1022

  3. MASTERS S Masters

    would have hawks/Cats and Bombers/Hawks as top 2
     
    MASTERS, Jul 29, 2014
    #1023

  4. PaulFromOz PF Oz

    Heard on the radio of some local league where there was either a free kick/mark on the 50m on the siren. The guy went down with a bad cramp and someone else slotted it in for goal.

    Meanwhile the guy with cramps leapt up and celebrated, obviously fooling the umpire. The umpire saw this and struck the goal and made the original guy kick for goal and he didn't even make the distance. :lol:
     
    Last edited: Jul 29, 2014
    PaulFromOz, Jul 29, 2014
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  5. Mousey AJ Son

    :lol:!!!! Cop it
     
    Mousey, Jul 29, 2014
    #1025

  6. jimmy_c8 MC James

    :lol: that's fantastic!
     
    jimmy_c8, Jul 29, 2014
    #1026

  7. jimmy_c8 MC James

    Nathan Bock has retired effective immediately
     
    jimmy_c8, Jul 29, 2014
    #1027

  8. PaulFromOz PF Oz

    Would of been the fat plodder.
     
    PaulFromOz, Jul 29, 2014
    #1028

  9. hen da man HRT Daman

    Hahahaha :lol:!
     
    hen da man, Jul 29, 2014
    #1029

  10. MASTERS S Masters

    Shannon Byrnes retires
     
    MASTERS, Jul 30, 2014
    #1030

  11. Dirk Diggler DM Diggler

    Collingwood have really copped a rough draw with these Sunday night/twilight home games. Crowds are very average.
     
    Dirk Diggler, Aug 3, 2014
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  12. Mousey AJ Son

    After years of a favourable draw they can suck a fat dick.
     
    Mousey, Aug 3, 2014
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  13. Dirk Diggler DM Diggler

    That's because the Doggies are shit. Prime time should be for the high drawing teams. Collingwood are losing revenue because of these timeslots and the AFL are taking even more away with this equalisation shit.
     
    Dirk Diggler, Aug 3, 2014
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  14. Skippos SM Morgan

    So what you propose is that the big teams get the big slots and get even bigger and richer while the small teams lose even more money?

    Ie the aim of fixturing should be to maximise collective revenue instead of spread around the opportunity to earn

    So it'd be better if collingwood made 4 mil and bulldogs 400k through fixturing than both making 2 mil
     
    Skippos, Aug 3, 2014
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  15. Dirk Diggler DM Diggler

    No I'm saying that if the AFL wants equalisation, give the big clubs the prime fixture slots.

    Edit - Not sure if you hinted at that in your post.
     
    Last edited: Aug 3, 2014
    Dirk Diggler, Aug 3, 2014
    #1035

  16. Dirk Diggler DM Diggler

    How isn't it equal? A portion of that money goes to the poorer clubs. This helps the rich clubs too.
     
    Dirk Diggler, Aug 3, 2014
    #1036

  17. Mousey AJ Son

    Equalisation isn't a 100% split firstly, and it's not fair to the fans. Clubs make money from memberships etc too, and having a heap Sunday twilight games, 2 in Darwin/Tassie and 6 interstate games isn't going to allow these small clubs to make money.

    Allow the smaller clubs to make money as the bigger clubs don't have to give up as much of their revenue.
     
    Mousey, Aug 3, 2014
    #1037

  18. Mousey AJ Son

    Bingo.
     
    Mousey, Aug 3, 2014
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  19. Skippos SM Morgan

    equalisation is a joke though. what the AFL thought was 'fair' and 'equal' (which I too think was) was considerably (and I'm talking considerably) more than what they ended up taking from Collingwood. While Eddie continues to put collingwood and the lexus centre having up to date treadmills ahead of the bulldogs being able to afford a development coach there won't be any true equalisation. Eddie held the AFL to ransom and they folded, equalisation as it is doesn't equalise shit.

    Which is why I don't have an objection to the pies getting the graveyard slots. If they allowed the AFL to do what they thought was fair re: equalisation I totally would support them getting prime time far more often as the weaker teams would still end up with more.

    Ideally I'd love a borderline communist system where fixtures maximise income which is shared around instead of fixtures that minimise it and don't share the cash around. Everyone gets more under the first system, unfortunately the only way collingwood would go for it is if they got 100% of the extra income they generated.

    It's a bit like the ICC reforms with India tbh. India are like 'yeah we bring in so much more money than you do New Zealand so unless you agree to give us 70% of the collective world revenue we'll kick all of you out of cricket' - that's kinda how collingwood and the likes operate; they don't just want more money, they want others to have less to preserve their competitive advantage.
     
    Skippos, Aug 3, 2014
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  20. Dirk Diggler DM Diggler

    Well I'd prefer to see 60k on a Saturday night and 25k on Sunday than 35k on a Saturday and 32k on Sunday.
     
    Dirk Diggler, Aug 3, 2014
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