Page 1 of 1
Cricket and AFL our National Sports
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:26 pm
by Beaussie
The survey, conducted by Foxsports.com.au in partnership with CoreData, surveyed 1108 respondents...
Cricket remains dominant as the national sport (47 per cent), followed by AFL (24 per cent) and soccer (16 per cent).
Cricket is considered to illustrate Australia's national spirit the best (40 per cent), followed by soccer (19 per cent), AFL (18 per cent) and rugby league (7 per cent).
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... 63,00.html
Gee, despite rugby league apparently dominating the codes in NSW and QLD, it does not figure in the national sports popularity stakes. The people have spoken.
How about a mere 7% thinking rugby league illustrated Australia's national spirit.
National Rugby League my arse.
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:40 am
by crocodileman
Beaussie - you're leading with your chin again posting this!
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:56 pm
by Willis 21
Damning result for AFL.
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:11 pm
by Beaussie
To both of you, how is that?
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:46 pm
by crocodileman
1. How many respondents?
2. Who commissioned the report? Bias? Reasons?
3. Soccer better illustrates the national spirit then AFL according to the survey and you are trying to use this as overwhelming evidence of AFL's dominance over other football codes?? Seems strange.
4. Who were the respondents? - clearly the whole article (of which you quoted only select parts) shows it is geared at cricket enthusiasts mainly and was more concerned with cricket related issues, asking other questions as an afterthought.
Come on Beaussie - lift your game!