Talking Footy

King-Eliagh wrote:

Four.

The afl and its fans are renowned for overestimating the reach of and interest in marngrook across the nation. And it's costing em big time.

The comp is lopsided. The chasm between the quality of sides in the top 5 and bottom five is ginormous.

The expansion teams are money sucking leeches beyond the afl's worst nighmares.

There are 6 blithering basketcase clubs.

All this because some idiots down at afl hq thought the game would be , as demetrious said, the game of choice for all australian men"

Additionally the afl has who knows how many clubs who have cheated with drug enhancements and tanking recently.... Essendon and melbs simply have to go. They deserve to be shown the door but they'll also never recover anyway.

So on second thoughts, with all things considered, I change my nomination from four teams to eight teams that have to go. The afl and marngrook in Australia simply can't sustain more than 10 quality pro teams across the nation, there's just not enough talent or interest.

King-Eliagh wrote:

We're not talking cwowds here adumb. We are talking about the quality of the competitions.

Ali there's any other thread topics you're confused about please Lemme know, I'm happy to help you man

I think we can all agree here. The afl is so very compromised. I just want us to talk about how many clubs the organisation should drop to make an ideal even competition, similar to the nrl.

The Future Fund established by the commission in 2007 has a book value of $89.4m but sits with only $63m in cash. While established to buy assets (Etihad Stadium) and be a reserve to cope with unforeseen financial circumstances, it appears to be used to keep the league turning over.

The AFL denies this but there is no doubt the account is being used for matters other than stated when the commission gave birth to the fund with an initial seeding of $16m in 2007. The past two annual reports record profits of a combined $29m, which are claimed to have been deposited in the Future Fund.

In simple terms that should put the Future Fund at $118m. Yet it is still recorded at $89m but with just $62m in cash. No doubt this is all regulated accounting and there is no suggestion of impropriety, but nonetheless money appears to be drying up at football’s headquarters.

Several clubs are sure the league is haemorrhaging money to its vision of national domination.

King-Eliagh wrote:

Hmm you make a sound point there aflcrap.

I guess it'll be difficult for them to engage with this thread, as adumb has already shown. But it is worth telling and discussing the truth so I thought id post it anyway.

We will see.

How many teams do you reckon they need to drop to be a credible competition?

AFLcrap1 wrote:

Lol basement ,basement .
So the comp is full of these Syd or Nsw based teams .basement basement .
Melb Storm .
Canberra Raiders .
NQ Cowboys .
Auckland Warriors .
Brisbane Broncos ......basement basement ..
Gold Coast Titans .


Maybe you've been spending too much time in the Melb Storm leagues club :_<> :_<> :_<>
Or maybe as you have claimed all those teams are in Qld or Nsw .

You seriously are fucked in the head ...basement basement ..


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King-Eliagh wrote:

Exactly pussycat, the afl is fast becoming the Greece of australian sporting orgs.

How many clubs should they dump?

Wookie, Whattabout you, what do you reckon? 6? 8?

The axe wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

Hmm you make a sound point there aflcrap.

I guess it'll be difficult for them to engage with this thread, as adumb has already shown. But it is worth telling and discussing the truth so I thought id post it anyway.

We will see.

How many teams do you reckon they need to drop to be a credible competition?

First place in the world circle jerk championships boys congrats, get a room.

What the Suns have cost the AFL

- 2009 AFL invested $10 million in $130 million upgrade of Carrara
– 2010 AFL invested $24 million between Gold Coast and GWS
– 2011 AFL gave Gold Coast a $16.8 million ‘Funding Package’
– 2012 shared $19 million with GWS, got $500,000 from Club Future Fund and $2.1 million listed as ‘other’
- 2013 the Suns’ and GWS shared a $20.2 million handout
*** AFL reportedly paid 60 per cent of Karmichael Hunt’s $1 million a year salary from 2010-2014
Extra help:

- 2009 priority access to best 20 17-year-old Queensland players
– 2010 first five picks in Rookie Draft
– 2011 Draft picks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 26, 43 and $1 million extra in salary cap
– 2012 $800,000 extra in salary cap
– 2013 $600,000 extra in salary cap
– 2014 $400,000 extra in salary cap
– 2015 operates like every other AFL club
What Western Bulldogs got during the same period:

- 2009 $1.7 million from AFL “special distribution fund”
– 2010 $1.7 million from AFL “special distribution fund”
– 2011 Not specified, although 2011 Financial Report says Bulldogs get 10.2 per cent of Club Future Fund Distribution between 2012-16 (the most, tied with North Melbourne)
– 2012 $2.9 million from Club Future Fund and $3.1 million labelled as ‘other’
– 2013 not listed in Annual Report

leagueiscrap wrote:

AFLcrap1 wrote:

Lol basement ,basement .
So the comp is full of these Syd or Nsw based teams .basement basement .
Melb Storm .
Canberra Raiders .
NQ Cowboys .
Auckland Warriors .
Brisbane Broncos ......basement basement ..
Gold Coast Titans .


Maybe you've been spending too much time in the Melb Storm leagues club :_<> :_<> :_<>
Or maybe as you have claimed all those teams are in Qld or Nsw .

You seriously are fucked in the head ...basement basement ..


:_<> :_<> :_<>

lol how about dropping or comming up with some ideas how they can make the storm, raider & titans relevant in their states