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Falchoon has an idea about why this might be. Coles turnover $29.7bn; Coles net profit $1.36bn; McLeod salary including bonuses $14.8m AFL revenue (2011) $0.382bn AFL net profit -$0.024bn ($24m net loss); Demetriou salary incl bonuses $1.8m Macleod received 8.2 x Demetriou's salary for running...

We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. It's either a national competition or it isn't. I think it's arrogant when Victorian clubs to try to retain inherited advantages whilst pretending to run a national competition. Again, I think it's about integrity. This is not the VFL, and the days...

Why would maintaining a 100 year tradition be important in a competition that has turned itself inside out over the last 30? The things that the AFL claims as tradition are often disingenuous. Perth, Fremantle, Port Adelaide, Sydney etc have not had anything to do with a century of "MCG...

Just to clarify, my personal view is that the top side should be permitted to choose the venue, within reason. There has been little incentive to build bigger stadia in Perth or Adelaide if they were never going to get the opportunity to host a GF. I would have no objection to a WCE v Haw GF...

Which raises the issue of where the Grand Final should be played. If it's a truly national competition, and competition / sporting integrity / equity is a high priority, then the GF should be played at either the top-ranked team's home ground (which is happening this year), or at a neutral...

Thanks for the link and the numbers The_Wookie. It will be interesting to see whether the Foxtel numbers sustain. If they do, it's a big win to Foxtel and to Demetriou's approach. There is, however, a possible drawback from the whole Foxtel deal: You have to be a footy tragic already in order...

The TV contract is outstanding and they haven't taken their eyes off AusKick, which is also outstanding. On balance, though, I believe their strategies are taking advantage of passionate supporters, while creating a game that is too obscure for newcomers to understand. This is reflected in both...

Over the nine years of Andrew Demetriou's tenure as AFL CEO, much has changed. In my opinion, Demetriou has managed the television coverage of the game exceptionally well, and has also done an outstanding job on social issues in a very challenging environment. However, in my opinion, his own...

What a constructive thread. We've all been enriched I'm sure.

Watch the big ad very closely. I'm sure the first word sung (prior to the start of the subtitles - why one word prior to the subtitles?) starts with the letter F and ends with either a Q or H. It goes something like.... FAAARRRRRQH!!! It's a BIG AD!!! Interesting also that the Big Ad is known...

Flintoff has been appalling. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of his as a cricketer, and he bowled well. But his captaincy was dismal. No aggressive field placements; hell - no imagination at all. He got the worst possible performance out of Harmison by taking him off after two overs - in which...

1. The Godfather Part I 2. The Godfather Part II See the trilogy. Part III is very good, but dwarfed by its predecessors.

It's tough to develop shows from scratch and get a financial return in the Australian market. Every new show is a big financial risk, and our "market" of 20 million people is only one quarter the size of England's, for example. So it's harder to get new shows off the ground. Economics is the...

Expectation was exceptionally high after Godfather Parts I & II. Godfather Part III most certainly does not suck as a movie. It's a beauty. Sure, it's not as good as the first two, but it's no dud.

The notion that Sydney will offer nothing and let Spida go to the PSD is just a bluff - and a stupid one if Sydney really did try it on. I very much doubt that there's any substance at all to that rumour. It wouldn't aid negotiations between Hawthorn and Sydney, and Sydney has to remember...

Only if 22 Matthewses could catch them.

1. Leigh Matthews - regularly "walked" around 4 opposition players while gaining 50 metres. Then he'd kick it, and often the kick would be worth six points. 2. Peter Hudson - no other footballer could regularly beat two opponents, and yes, they really did put two blokes on him. It was not...

And that's the crux of the matter. Hawthorn is now in an excellent position. Everitt is a quality ruckman and therefore the lure of a premiership is involved. Adelaide and StKilda will probably both attempt to come up with something attractive for Spida, and Sydney will have to match the offer...

It sounds like a game to me. Sydney is trying to talk Hawthorn's price down. Let me see: Does Sydney need a power forward or a ruckman?

Midfielder a la Adam Goodes. I guess he'll roam in a big arc around the centre, and spend quite a bit of time hovering around half forward. That way, he'll be almost impossible to match up.

Putting Spida's Value Up: He's a quality ruckman, and a quality ruckman has more effect on the game than any other player. As such, he could be the difference between a Top 6 finish and premiership - or a Bottom 4 finish and a finals berth. Putting Spida's Value Down: He's 32 and can be a loose...

My immediate reaction is "Oh, dear, he's one of the platitude gang - please, no". However, I have sufficient confidence in the decision making at Hawthorn to trust their judgment. We - the BigFooty readers - don't have access to the job description or selection criteria. e.g. Perhaps the...

I think the football community would rate Crawf very differently if he had a Norm Smith Medal. It's not Crawf's fault that he has never had the opportunity to play in a GF. If Hawthorn had played well enough to give him that opportunity it's not hard to imagine him BoG.

I'm a believer in the rotating Captain notion. Even better: a rotating Vice Captain. In my book, one of the team's younger leaders should get the VC gig each year, and their role would be on-field leadership - those last words before each quarter; stepping up through the middle of the ground...

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Nice work xyakks. Here are some other interesting stats: Sydney went into the 2005 AFL season with 18 100-game players on its list - an exceptionally high number by historical standards. Sydney went into the 2006 AFL season with 13 100-game players on its list. West Coast went into the...

Hanson and Howard are both throw-backs. A brief glimpse or a detailed analysis of history reveals that Human Beings on Planet Earth have been gradually - and very successfully - assimilating with each other's cultures for about five to seven thousand years now. About five thousand years...

Fiction. It may have been a believable fiction eighteen months ago; now it's fanciful in the most literal use of the word. Fact or Fiction: West Coast will back up with another flag in 2007.

History will smile on Luke Hodge and Chris Judd.

Mr. Goldspink imposed himself on the game with two dubious 50's and one unnecessary free kick in the first ten minutes. There was absolutely no need for sudden heightened enforcement early in yesterday's game, yet Umpire Goldspink felt the need to do it. It may be true that Goldspink is one...