Talking Footy

We do agree on this indeed. Yet to meet an afl fan who likes it. Yet afl house keep persisting.

Fred wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 6:21 pm

We do agree on this indeed. Yet to meet an afl fan who likes it. Yet afl house keep persisting.

Fred how does a hand full of overseas games count as expansion from an isolated country?

What chance has afl had to become a Center piece on the world stage, it’s hardly had a chance to even have a chance at failing

I was agreeing on the aflx crap.

notaleaguefan wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 9:13 am

Fred wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 6:21 pm

We do agree on this indeed. Yet to meet an afl fan who likes it. Yet afl house keep persisting.

Fred how does a hand full of overseas games count as expansion from an isolated country?

What chance has afl had to become a Center piece on the world stage, it’s hardly had a chance to even have a chance at failing

It’s just not important to your average afl punter

AFLcrap1 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 10:06 am

notaleaguefan wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 9:13 am

Fred wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 6:21 pm

We do agree on this indeed. Yet to meet an afl fan who likes it. Yet afl house keep persisting.

Fred how does a hand full of overseas games count as expansion from an isolated country?

What chance has afl had to become a Center piece on the world stage, it’s hardly had a chance to even have a chance at failing

A few games internationally for a foreign sport isn’t going to over take the world


It’s nit like afl is a dumbed down direct rip off from a game that is known across the world and has been around for several centuries

Learn a bit about history and the world er

Off on the RU rant again .
The usual tactic when your clueless posts get laughed at

Theworldgame.sbs.com.au
BY JOHN DUERDEN 20/8/19
Why is the AFL outdoing the A-League in Asia?

When it comes to doing business in China, while A-League teams are passing the ball around without achieving much in the way of penetration, Aussie Rules clubs are scoring points with long-range field goals.

Football is the world game, of that there is no doubt.
Wherever you travel, whichever airport you are waiting in, whatever train you find yourself taking, there is always a conversation to be had about football. 
This universal language should then give A-league clubs an instant way in to the closest markets to Australia, especially the biggest of all - China.   

Yet it is Port Adelaide and the AFL that are showing the way. 
It should be a source of frustration for all football fans that a sport almost unknown and virtually incomprehensible to China, the world’s most populous country and second biggest economy, is finding new revenue streams within the Middle Kingdom while football’s success has been intermittent at best.  
Port Adelaide, not one of the sport’s biggest clubs, has shown vision, determination and imagination in its China strategy.
When talk started of staging an annual competitive game in Shanghai, that first kicked off in 2017, there was plenty of derision both in the world of football and also inside Aussie Rules itself.  
But this was no normal attempt to develop a sport and win fans in China, something that has been tried with varying degrees of success by the giant European football clubs and other sports.
That has not been the intention. 
Instead Port Adelaide has gone down a different route.
The annual game in Shanghai breaks even but it provides a hook to attract Australian companies looking to do business in China and Chinese companies looking to do the same in Australia.
Whatever the political relations between the two countries, economically they are closely linked - with China by far the biggest market for Australian goods. 
It was not a lucky coincidence that Adelaide announced a major sponsorship deal last month with PwC, a leading global brand.
PwC openly talked of Adelaide's China links matching the philosophy of the company.
There have been other deals too.
Over $6 million worth of Port Adelaide's revenue now comes from China. In a short space of time that is impressive. 
Yet there could be more to come.
Adelaide is not just leveraging itself as a platform that facilitates business exchange between Australia and China  but is also getting involved in the international education sector.
Facilitating the flow of students and education partnerships between the two countries could become a major source of income.
These are huge industries and set to grow. 
Other AFL clubs are starting to follow suit, with St Kilda, for example, leveraging its involvement in the June game to strengthen links with Australian businesses that are interested in China. 
A-League teams play Chinese opposition every year in competitive AFC Champions League games yet still have struggled to match Port Adelaide’s success.
A-League teams also have the opportunity to bring Chinese players to Australia - something beyond AFL’s capability - but rarely do so.
Australian national teams play in international tournaments with China but still there is little consistent engagement. 
Adelaide may have been helped by certain factors - the investment of a Chinese businessman and governmental support - but the main reason for what could become a major success is vision and hard work. 
The club knew there were opportunities in China and were determined to see what was out there.
This has taken time, an understanding of China, hard work and a desire to build genuine long-term relationships.
There are no quick returns but it shows that with the right vision and if clubs put in the time and effort then rewards will eventually follow. 
Football should not laugh at AFL’s efforts but need to learn from the rival sport and be inspired.
If the AFL can do it then surely so can the A-League.

AFLcrap1 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 5:52 pm

Off on the RU rant again .
The usual tactic when your clueless posts get laughed at

Still in denial

League is a simplistic version of union!

Nope two different games
Or otherwise
AFl is a simplistic rip off of netball .

It’s not like afl is played on the exact same field, same goal posts and next to near similar rules and restrictions on player position and disposal of the ball!

Oh wait that’s league and union

League is nothing more that a dumbed down version of Union

notaleaguefan wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 7:37 am

It’s not like afl is played on the exact same field, same goal posts and next to near similar rules and restrictions on player position and disposal of the ball!

Oh wait that’s league and union

League is nothing more that a dumbed down version of Union

And you,'re the dumbed down version of an idiot!!!

Terry wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 7:51 am

notaleaguefan wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 7:37 am

It’s not like afl is played on the exact same field, same goal posts and next to near similar rules and restrictions on player position and disposal of the ball!

Oh wait that’s league and union

League is nothing more that a dumbed down version of Union

And you,'re the dumbed down version of an idiot!!!

Case settled then as you have no related come back!
League is a direct rip off union but for stupid people!
Hence the special fan base that league attracts

Lol off on the ru rant again .
Back on topic stupid instead of deflecting ..
It's All you have .

How will next years caterting tent cup go
Will they erect another 150 marquees to fit 1000s of enthusiastic Locals in
Will the bus drivers get lost or will they be given a map .

AFLcrap1 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:41 pm

Nope two different games
Or otherwise
AFl is a simplistic rip off of netball .

Nope, league came from union and both are considered rugby.

About Rugby League
From the history of Rugby League
“Rugby League is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated as a split from the Rugby Football Union in England in 1895 over the issue of payments to players. Its rules were then gradually changed.

Netball
The history of netball can be traced to the early development of basketball. A year after basketball was invented in 1891, the sport was modified for women to accommodate social conventions regarding their participation in sport, giving rise to women's basketball. Variations of women's basketball arose across the United States and in England. At the Bergman Österberg physical training college in Dartford, England, the rules of women's basketball were modified over several years to form an entirely new sport: "net ball"[1]. The first codified rules of netball were published at the start of the twentieth century, and from there the new sport spread throughout the British Empire.

Can’t see where netball has anything to do with Australian Football as it came from basketball which has nothing to do with Australian Rules either. Whilst to deny the relationship between the rugby codes is to be in denial.

The closest similarity is the logic of the names, Basket and Ball, basketball, foot and ball, football, chuck and ball, Chuckball