Is rugby just mma?

[SportCapital]

Here we go, this stoopid ritual of port fans singing love songs before a full contact sport begins has only been around a few years.



Id say the crowd gender percentages have barely changed since fev was a rookie..

Thanks for coming sport capital but it's another fail for you in this thread. 50/50 indeed. It's not close and it's not "half the population" you silly silly man

Great song though.

[SportCapital]

It's a couple years old, but seems credible. Please note the figures quoted.

First few paragraphs.


Female fans are AFL’s secret weapon in drawing crowds
May 8, 2015 10.43am AEST
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The AFL does best in attracting young women to games and then maintaining their loyalty in later years. AAP/David Mariuz
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The recent Anzac Day football matches attracted big crowds. More than 114,000 people attended NRL matches in five cities. In the AFL, 88,000 braved wet weather for one match alone – the MCG tussle between Collingwood and Essendon.

Compared with football stadiums worldwide, Australian fans have long stood out from the crowd. On a couple of key things. One is the mixing of fans from the contesting clubs through the ground. A second is a remarkably higher attendance by women.

Many football games overseas play in front of overwhelmingly male audiences. Here, women form 40% of a typical footy crowd – somewhat higher for Australian rules football, slightly lower for rugby league.


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[King-Eliagh]

Last years gf in Melb good enough for ya?



at least triple the number of people than ur crumby pic

[SportCapital]

"somewhat higher for Australian rules football"
Higher than what you ask?
40%
Somewhat higher than 40% of Aussie rules crowds are women.
That's fucking close to 50/50 don't you think?

I'l let you digest that for the night. Tootles

[Fred]

You know aflcrap will discredit either 1. The article. 2. The author or 3. Where it was published.... possibly all three lol. Wait for it. You posted something, he asked for evidence, you give this, and he will say it’s not good enough. Wait fit it. Oh yeah... and will pick one thing from this post to have a go atcwithout addressung the actual point/meaning behind post. It’s classic crapper. Hey ... try asking him to say one positive thing about the AFL....

[AFLcrap1]

You know aflcrap will discredit either 1. The article. 2. The author or 3. Where it was published.... possibly all three lol. Wait for it. You posted something, he asked for evidence, you give this, and he will say it’s not good enough. Wait fit it. Oh yeah... and will pick one thing from this post to have a go atcwithout addressung the actual point/meaning behind post. It’s classic crapper. Hey ... try asking him to say one positive thing about the AFL....

Wow Im definitely living in your head Fred .
Lol

& yes the article is sus
Simply because it's by a Melb local
A VIctorian .

& as seen when they write about anything to do with the state they tend to be biased

He says 40% for AFL
RL SLIGHTLY lower ..what is slightly ?

& that makes a mockery of sports bullshitter saying almost 50/50 & no other LEAGUE COMES CLOSE .

You fumblers are so far removed from reality it's comical .

[King-Eliagh]

Aflcrap seems to be on the money here. I've been to many AFL games in Melbourne and I can tell ya, the crowds are nowhere near 50/50. Just look at the images of crowds and you'll see. Then there's the article sportscapital provudes. It's vague, doesn't come from a reputable org or tell us where the figures come from and I recall Australia's leading market research org Roy Morgan citing something like 30% of Aussie rules supporters were women and that this number was declining.

Sportscapital - he tries hard, we must give him that

[leagueiscrap]

You know aflcrap will discredit either 1. The article. 2. The author or 3. Where it was published.... possibly all three lol. Wait for it. You posted something, he asked for evidence, you give this, and he will say it’s not good enough. Wait fit it. Oh yeah... and will pick one thing from this post to have a go atcwithout addressung the actual point/meaning behind post. It’s classic crapper. Hey ... try asking him to say one positive thing about the AFL....

Wow Im definitely living in your head Fred .
Lol

& yes the article is sus
Simply because it's by a Melb local
A VIctorian .

& as seen when they write about anything to do with the state they tend to be biased

He says 40% for AFL
RL SLIGHTLY lower ..what is slightly ?

& that makes a mockery of sports bullshitter saying almost 50/50 & no other LEAGUE COMES CLOSE .

You fumblers are so far removed from reality it's comical .

Bahahahahahaha!
Your just a fruit loop who thinks you are
Same dribblenand conspiracies that you usually trot out!
If it suit your argument it’s a credible source if it doesn’t it’s not a credible source

[leagueiscrap]

Aflcrap seems to be on the money here. I've been to many AFL games in Melbourne and I can tell ya, the crowds are nowhere near 50/50. Just look at the images of crowds and you'll see. Then there's the article sportscapital provudes. It's vague, doesn't come from a reputable org or tell us where the figures come from and I recall Australia's leading market research org Roy Morgan citing something like 30% of Aussie rules supporters were women and that this number was declining.

Sportscapital - he tries hard, we must give him that

[leagueiscrap]

Aflcrap seems to be on the money here. I've been to many AFL games in Melbourne and I can tell ya, the crowds are nowhere near 50/50. Just look at the images of crowds and you'll see. Then there's the article sportscapital provudes. It's vague, doesn't come from a reputable org or tell us where the figures come from and I recall Australia's leading market research org Roy Morgan citing something like 30% of Aussie rules supporters were women and that this number was declining.

Sportscapital - he tries hard, we must give him that

[Fred]

You know aflcrap will discredit either 1. The article. 2. The author or 3. Where it was published.... possibly all three lol. Wait for it. You posted something, he asked for evidence, you give this, and he will say it’s not good enough. Wait fit it. Oh yeah... and will pick one thing from this post to have a go atcwithout addressung the actual point/meaning behind post. It’s classic crapper. Hey ... try asking him to say one positive thing about the AFL....

Wow Im definitely living in your head Fred .
Lol

& yes the article is sus
Simply because it's by a Melb local
A VIctorian .

& as seen when they write about anything to do with the state they tend to be biased

He says 40% for AFL
RL SLIGHTLY lower ..what is slightly ?

& that makes a mockery of sports bullshitter saying almost 50/50 & no other LEAGUE COMES CLOSE .

You fumblers are so far removed from reality it's comical .

See... right on cue... even when I point out his tactics he can’t help himself .

[AFLcrap1]

Lol
Nice to know if I ever become homeless I have plenty of space in your head .
I'm living there already .

[Fred]

And it continues

[King-Eliagh]

just admit it Fred, ur obsessed with aflcrap

Ok now I think it's time we got this thread back on track after some AFL supporting douchebag decided to bring up the topic of AFL crowds in a thread about NRL..how unusual. Surprise surprise!

So whilst buzz has been effectively imprisoned to the 'from the outer' board don't worry, he's ok, I've taken to feeding the troll by hurling occasional abuse at the poor bugger from time to time but whilst he's there I'm saddened to see the one thread where he actually may have been onto something tarnished by AFL twat mouthed flips who think of the crowd as above the sport

So the thread topic, is rugby league just mma? Well no but in the past two decades the game has been spoils somewhat by teams like the melbourne Storm and their coach who will look for any avenue, however outside the unwritten agreements of the code, to win.. So I'm pretty sure it was that dickhead Bellamy who originally thought he'd support teaching his players wrestling techniques to slow the play the ball down. What a wander, now we have a multitude of new rules that means refs blow their whistles more. All because Bellamy couldn't get his team to win on rugby league skills alone, he had to look into more mma type skills. If it was him who started it, What a fukkin walker that Bellamy is, a disgrace to the code.

And for once I might've had a chance to give buzz a tiny bit of credit. But alas he's locked up! And I don't think he'll be back. But please, visit him 'from the outer'

[SportCapital]

You know aflcrap will discredit either 1. The article. 2. The author or 3. Where it was published.... possibly all three lol. Wait for it. You posted something, he asked for evidence, you give this, and he will say it’s not good enough. Wait fit it. Oh yeah... and will pick one thing from this post to have a go atcwithout addressung the actual point/meaning behind post. It’s classic crapper. Hey ... try asking him to say one positive thing about the AFL....

Wow Im definitely living in your head Fred .
Lol

& yes the article is sus
Simply because it's by a Melb local
A VIctorian .

& as seen when they write about anything to do with the state they tend to be biased

He says 40% for AFL
RL SLIGHTLY lower ..what is slightly ?

& that makes a mockery of sports bullshitter saying almost 50/50 & no other LEAGUE COMES CLOSE .

You fumblers are so far removed from reality it's comical .

See... right on cue... even when I point out his tactics he can’t help himself .

So underwhelmingly predictable.

You called bullshit on a post of mine about my opinion, defending the appeal of AFL physiques to the fairer sex.
I proved my point with evidence. From a credible source. With a disclaimer. And the author, he's a PHD fellow at Melbourne Uni. Not some up start journo looking for a headline.
Do you even know what having a fellowship means, Hmmm?

What do you retort with:
Constant misquoting: A sign of weakness in arguments.
Opinion: Good for starting arguments, very hard to win one with.
Insults: Another sign of weakness in arguments. And a reflection on your character.
Assumptions: Basically guesses, with no circumstantial evidence.
And my fave, a pic from possibly last century. Fuck that was funny! Thanks KE!

Essentially nothing of substance!

This's isn't the school yard lads.
You called me out.
I smashed you both.
Ball's in your court.