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They were set to start next month, right? That's kind of outrageous. If you're going to cancel or postpone it, you should give them more notice than a few weeks.

If Devils and Demons are too close for you, wait until you find out about the nicknames of Brisbane, Richmond and Geelong. Besides, United sounds like some generic soccer team that's trying too hard to be from the UK.

If we wait until they're in college, it's too late. By that point, the best athletes have already developed their craft in their given sport. You may be able to convert the occasional Mason Cox, but it'd be a hell of a lot easier to do it at a younger age. The biggest hinderance to this is...

I don't explain it as a blend of those sports to try to sell them on playing the game as much as I'm simply trying to explain how it's not rugby (or, for some people who really don't get it, soccer). It's really more to try to convince them to watch the sport on TV (and if they want to play it...

lol anyone who calls it that is a cop

Raymond James Stadium in Tampa has no covering, but the way the shadows work, the lower level on the west side is covered for most day games. The east side of the stadium is brutal lol

wonder how many times that apple stock has split since then, too. (i know i could look it up, but it's not that important lol)

I think the USAFL is definitely the way to grow the sport. Soccer's rise in the U.S. was in large part to all those "soccer moms" in the 90s, dropping their kids off to play the sport after school, leading them to love it by the time they grew up. Youth footy would be an excellent thing to...

Most people I mention the sport to either think I'm talking about rugby or just straight up don't have anything in mind (so I try to explain it as a blend of sports Americans know; like basketball, gridiron, volleyball and soccer all in one). Those who do know what the sport is seem to...

In a perfect world, FS1 or FS2 would also pick up some studio programming like AFL360 or AFL Tonight, whether live or tape-delayed, to help promote the live (or tape-delayed) games. But again, these networks are horribly mismanaged, so that won't happen anytime soon.

I don't often check the listings of FS2 or Fox Soccer Plus (basically Fox's third-choice network for sports; the only soccer rights they have left are MLS lol), but I know they used to air replays of games they already aired live later in the day and week. So that is something Fox does, but it...

This is where I think Fox Sports really fails. Unless something's changed since last year (doubtful), they don't air any pre or post-match coverage, and in fact cut away as quickly as possible after the final siren. I'm not saying stick with Fox Footy through First Crack or anything, but at...

Although, I think the biggest issue with a lot of the 7 games is they start either at 5 or 6 a.m. in the eastern U.S. FS1's morning show starts at 7:30. CBS Sports Network has a morning show that starts at 6 a.m. I'm not sure off the top of my head what ESPN and ESPN2 look like before 8, but a...

How do you use that site? I only found one article in the last month with the search "aussie rules" in the category of sports, and it was from the end of June and from Reuters. Nothing from Fox. Fox Sports USA only seems to care about AFL and NRL as overnight filler programming. I don't think...

They've been doing something similar in baseball for years now. The ads behind home plate have been local to the home team since they started having them in the late '90s. On national broadcasts, though, they just put up a green screen and show ads digitally. I'm waiting for the day that it's...

So, just to update this, Fox Sports eventually got a deal done and they're broadcasting a handful of games per week on FS1, FS2 or Fox Soccer Plus. Which is all well and good until you realize they're only selecting from Foxtel-produced games. Which severely limits the quality (and quantity, I...

Lol no. If anything, that game was a reason against changing any rules as that was arguably the right result for both sides. I only bring this up because of what was said on Fox right after. On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

I think that’s a valid argument. I don’t mind draws in soccer, but that’s not a sport where you have a ton of scoring usually, so you run the risk of still ending in a draw. Meanwhile, you might get a few basketball games going to 2 or 3 OT, but most of the time, 5 minutes is enough — make a few...

Not sure if there's a thread for this already (I promise I searched first), so sorry if this has been discussed already. After yesterday's draw between North and GWS, Jason Dunstall brought up the possibility of discussions of extra time in very brief passing while introducing Bounce. I don't...

What’s funny is this is probably closer to a clash than the alternative ever would have been. On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

I feel like they’ve been talking about that since FedEx Field opened. In fairness, it’s a bad stadium in a bad location, but come on already. Get it done or shut up. On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

The Toronto Raptors played down here in Tampa this NBA season. I went to a game with a friend and they piped in fake crowd noise into the actual arena. Some of the stuff was so absurd, like at one point when a Raptor missed a free throw, a very audible “awwww” came through. Come on... On...

Real tarps are fine (until they started selling ads), but Fox (here in the USA) was adding in fake tarps with ads covering up seats with actual people sitting in them a while ago. Not sure if that’s changed yet, but I doubt it. On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

I’ve been to many a baseball game where there may have been 100-200 people in the stands. It’s great, because you can hear everything from players talking to the dirt kicking up as they run to first base. I’d like to imagine that’s what it’s like at Marvel right now. Of course, we’ll never...

If they’re still playing at a level deserving of an AFLW or VFLW spot, and a club is still willing to give them a spot, I say play on as long as you can. You only have so many years of being an elite-level athlete. You can work at a desk (or on TV) for the rest of your life, why rush it? On...

I guess without knowing how much staff it takes to run an AFLW team, I'm really just taking a stab in the dark here, but couldn't you just stagger the end-of-year leave? If you build in a two-week break for Christmas and New Year's, that probably takes care of a lot of potential overlap for...

I honestly don't get the point of an all-orange jumper being the clash either. It'd be like Richmond making their clash all black to counter navy opponents; it doesn't solve the actual clash.

I thought I saw somewhere (don't remember where) that they were leaving it open to be worn on other occasions. They sold out of them during the pre-order very quickly, so they'd be mad not to incorporate it more.

They weren't kidding about it being a contrast. Hopefully it yields success.

Thanks, all. I'm an L in normal shirts, but XL in things that tend to run tighter like soccer jerseys. Sounds like the 2XL may actually serve me well then.