The AFL players association had too much say on this policy. and watered it down, so players avoid being penalised., they need to butt out. Leave the development of such policy to administrators and consultants who have expert knowledge of substance abuse in sport. You do realise it is a voluntary ...

The AFL players association had too much say on this policy. and watered it down, so players avoid being penalised., they need to butt out. Leave the development of such policy to administrators and consultants who have expert knowledge of substance abuse in sport. You do realise it is a voluntary ...

From my experience, I think you are right in that there are a lot of ex-pats ion the gc - but I also know of many born and bred Queenslanders who follow the game - they may also follow RL and maybe even soccer (usually epl) but also Aussie rules. I think the days of you either like this or you like...

From my experience, I think you are right in that there are a lot of ex-pats ion the gc - but I also know of many born and bred Queenslanders who follow the game - they may also follow RL and maybe even soccer (usually epl) but also Aussie rules. I think the days of you either like this or you like ...

I think southeast qld has a very strong Aussie rules presence - not as big as RL but possibly big enough for a one off weekend. Adding to that, plenty of people would more likely come from across the country given qld is a holiday destination so makes the trip more attractive. Think it would work - ...

I think South East QLD would be a great choice - two big stadiums, the Brisbane stadium out at Springfield or wherever it is, you could even use Southport's ground on the GC if needed. So the Gabba could have a Friday night game, Saturday game, Sunday game. People's First (GC) could do a Saturday an...

I see there is talk of Gather Round going to Tassie in 2027 - a launch the Tassie team in 2028

Beaussie wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:02 am

totally surprised at the listed crowd for the storm - when I turned over it looked pretty sparse - good to see such a good crowd in Melbourne getting behind the Storm.

Looked good on the tely last night - Adelaide oval looked pact to the rafters.

https://x.com/au_sport/status/1775851638772924921?s=46 https://x.com/footyindustryau/status/1775817025946055136?s=46 How good was the crowd last night - the hill area was totally chockers. I turned over to the Storm game which had a great ending - nice and close, thinking the Melbourne v Crows was ...

That’s a decent average crowd for the Brisbane games - the others aren’t too bad either.

Be interesting to compare the crowds for the suns v brisbane when on the Gold Coast/

Was the Roos v blues on fta in qld

azif wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:19 pm

Fred wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:48 pm

Do you think a large crowd impacts ratings? That there is bound to be a few people who may have been watching at home monitored by people metre, at the game - or would this be insignificant ?

barely a ripple
attendances have no affect on ratings

Cheers

Beaussie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:48 pm

They’ve all jumped on the orange tsunami lol