If you say so Fred The soul reason sports play exhibition games in foreign nations is to grow their sports fanbase.
And in AFLs case it has failed miserably multiple times.
If you say so Fred The soul reason sports play exhibition games in foreign nations is to grow their sports fanbase.
Oh dear. You totally ignored the following part from the article in OP I see.
The true cleverness of the AFL’s move into China has nothing to do with being a “household name” in China.
In all likelihood the Power-Suns game in China was little to do with conquering the world, although you can never underestimate them.
It’s immediate benefit is making the game viable to the thousands of Chinese immigrants in Australia right now. It is a market almost completely untouched.
And the seduction would have less to do with trying to cultivate a Chinese player — who would become an instant star within the Chinese community, generating thousands of unspent dollars — than it is to do with the larger Chinese community already settled but yet to find a major sport to identify with.
The result will be rivers of gold, which the AFL has recognised.
Meanwhile, the NRL heads to Perth this weekend for a one-off between Melbourne and Souths, a place where we have no plans for expansion or anything else really.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... ec5882cdff
You can talk all the crap you want about the article. Exhibition matches are still to promote sports. And was a very poor effort by AFL.Beaussie wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2017 2:16 pmOh dear. You totally ignored the following part from the article in OP I see.
The true cleverness of the AFL’s move into China has nothing to do with being a “household name” in China.
In all likelihood the Power-Suns game in China was little to do with conquering the world, although you can never underestimate them.
It’s immediate benefit is making the game viable to the thousands of Chinese immigrants in Australia right now. It is a market almost completely untouched.
And the seduction would have less to do with trying to cultivate a Chinese player — who would become an instant star within the Chinese community, generating thousands of unspent dollars — than it is to do with the larger Chinese community already settled but yet to find a major sport to identify with.
The result will be rivers of gold, which the AFL has recognised.
Meanwhile, the NRL heads to Perth this weekend for a one-off between Melbourne and Souths, a place where we have no plans for expansion or anything else really.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... ec5882cdff
This I was not fully aware of to this degree..The_Wookie wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2017 8:13 amAFL is indicating it will rubber stamp next years game, and Port want a game there every year for at least the next 5.leeroy*NRL* wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2017 4:24 pmI wonder if this will become a yearly game or a once every few years etc..
Tourism Australia, and the SA Government were both sponsors, amongst 20 partners who paid for the event.I also think this Expo Game was also paid by the Government of AUS
They got a good crowd though. If the A league merged with the the EPL, the interest in professional football would skyrocket.The_Wookie wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2017 8:18 amSoccer fans barely need an excuse to bitch at the best of times. Witness the bitching over the match broadcast on ABC2 the other night - they are lucky the game was broadcast at all. No one wanted the damn thing - not even Fox - whom the Telegraph wrote wouldnt even pay the $80,000 in production costs.post_hoc wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2017 11:43 am
If that is what you need to tell yourself, then who am I to stop you. The simple fact is the football community where laughing at your expense.
You want to see real outrage from football at the AFL look at ticketteks dumb promo for the Brazil Australia match.
the ratings for NRL from WA and SA are horrendous. Good luck expanding thereParraEelsNRL wrote: ↑Sat May 27, 2017 10:43 amlol, if and when the NRL puts teams in other states, they'll have support. You seem to think RL has no history at all in these states yet how come all the touring sides used to stop off in all the states and territories (bar Tasmania) and play state sides and or clubs and have done since way back in the 1940's? They only stopped really in the 90's when the SL was made and the UK clubs switched to summer meaning the old tours from the Poms and the French and Kiwis stopped.
I have old books here with crowds and gate receipts going back to some of the first tours of those states. Heck even South Australia was an annual stop off and used to average around 10k in some old stadium over there. Not bad considering they had no real contact with the rl heartlands like today and they had no TV when it all started. So there must have been interest and there is still interest. The NRL have yet to tap into it properly.
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