Intentcity wrote:You just need to look at any anti AFL thread on LU to see the extent of the hatred, page after page of anti AFL-anti Victorian posts, but on the other hand anti NRL threads on BF barely get to the second page, the average AFL fan couldn't give a flying fuck about RL.
Why is this?
Well, first of all hatred is the wrong word to use regarding LU posters, I think the correct term for their anger is called 'Fear', fear of the AFL, and I think this is why AFL fans don't react the same way to their rival code, because AFL fans don't fear RL.
I don't think there is fear of a sport which despite being 50 years older than Rugby League, is still only in one country.
I dated a chick that was a mad Swans fans and tried to give AFL a chance but there are too many things I don't like about the sport.
THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT AFL -
*The all male choir team songs they play at the end of each AFL match. They sound beyond bad. I honestly thought it was a piss take the first time I heard it.
*The tiny shorts and femin singlets. Uniforms are so shit.
*The point for missing a shot at goal. (Should be no extra side goals in any sport)
*The constant fumbling, drop balls and silly wrestling they do.
*The elbowing and pushing. Bad sportsmanship. You would get a punch in the mouth if you did that in any other contact sport for sure.
*The dumb ball bounce by the referee.
*The bridesmaid style throw behind when the ball goes out.
*The no cheerleader policy because of AFL bowing to minority groups. Cheerleaders are a great part of the atmosphere. Work well in NFL and NRL.
*Those ridiculous umpires behind the goals that do all those fingure signs. So funny!
Can't people tell themselves which goal they kicked it through?
*The people behind the goals with all those streamers. Give me cheerleaders anyday of those fools!!
*Also I find AFL really boring. Kinda puts me to sleep
*And I find AFL pretty embarassing. Ruins Australias image. Make us look pretty silly.
Too many other things to mention but they are a few.
I do enjoy other sports though. I like the Soccer, The Grid Iron, Tennis, Ice Hockey, Baseball.
But like a lot of Rugby League fans, I will watch American Football before I would watch AFL. This is why Jarryd Hayne got so much more good publicity going to NFL compared to the bad publicity Hunt an Izzy got for going to AFL.
AFL is just a code we don't really take seriously as a real sport.