Beaussie wrote:Wow, amazing stats for the great Australian game.
■ One in every 35 Australians is a member of an elite AFL club
■ Over 620,000 members in total- more than double nearest competitor (league)
■ Over 7 million annual attendees
■ AFL ranks FIRST amongst all world ball sports for average attendance on a per capita basis
■ Average 4.6 million TV viewers per week – that means 1 in 5 Australians are watching AFL on TV every week
■ Average of 1.6 million radio listeners per week
■ 32% share of voice of all print media Australia wide – 50% more than nearest competitor
■ NSW has the second highest participation level behind Victoria – the traditional home of AFL
■ More than 2,500 community clubs fielding more than 12,170 teams
■ 80,127 female participants across all forms of the game
■ Strong and growing participation in indigenous and multicultural communities
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One in every 35 Australians is a member of an elite AFL club
most of these in Victoria
■ Over 620,000 members in total- more than double nearest competitor (league)
less then 10% of this number come from the states that house 60% of the countrys population
■ Over 7 million annual attendees
again mostly in one state .. hardly any outside it
■ AFL ranks FIRST amongst all world ball sports for average attendance on a per capita basis
I'd say the NRL would nearly be 2nd .. big deal
■ Average 4.6 million TV viewers per week – that means 1 in 5 Australians are watching AFL on TV every week
Rugby league overall is watched by more veiwers
■ Average of 1.6 million radio listeners per week
Probably on radio too
■ 32% share of voice of all print media Australia wide – 50% more than nearest competitor
means zilch ..as no one reads about the AFL in the NRL states
■ NSW has the second highest participation level behind Victoria – the traditional home of AFL
nearly all confined to a thin strip above the murray .. hardly anyone watches or plays AFL in the other 95% of the state
■ More than 2,500 community clubs fielding more than 12,170 teams
nearly all in Victoria
■ 80,127 female participants across all forms of the game
nearly all in Victoria
■ Strong and growing participation in indigenous and multicultural communities
Whilst battling nearly daily racial abuse issues from its supporters
AFL has proved it is the number one sport in .. HALF .. of Australia
& isn't in the other
wow
who didn't know that
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