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Maybe in Victoria but here in QLD the proof is in the pudding. The Premier has snubbed meeting with AFL officials in the past and sent out cronies. AFL do have the money, which is what the QLD government wants ($40 million in fact) but influence, not a chance.

QLDers are predominately rugby league fans. While this has been making the papers, its barely made a fuss anywhere else. Do you live remotely near QLD? What would be incredibly stupid is wasting money spent on redeveloping a stadium when our public infrastructure is in crisis. Hospitals...

One weak excuse for a human being did. I don't know how it is fair to tar everyone with the same brush, I mean I know that not every AFL player/fan is an adulterous (is that a word), drug-using, lying, women beating, cop abusing arrogant w***er. As for Sydney fans not attending games - its...

The Leagues Club does. Not the Football Club. That is no indication though, as a member myself I am by no means going to invest in an AFL membership etc. I can't speak for every other member but if I were to guess I would say a large proportion of those members are members for the facilities...

Not embarassed, heavily disappointed...but not embarassed.

As a Rugby League supporter (posting on an AFL forum trying not to be a troll) it is a problem that is close to heart for many of our supporters. It is frustrating, as being a supporter of any code you have a lot of passion for, you take a sense of ownership in something you put passion into...

They got sold back to their members earlier in the year IIRC. Last year they were mate, not anymore.

No they're not, the QLD Gov't has given the Gold Coast their teams stadium.

These infrastructure changes were all majorly overdue, with a hugely increasing population money coming in is not the problem. It is the short sightedness of the Government. However QLD's budget is one of the best run in Australia, recently Bligh was making fun of her NSW counterparts...

Depends how they go about it, will they make a few loopholes to incorporate the Sharks Club members, the majority of which don't give a damn about AFL. If they do, then they easily have their numbers.

Which is what the WA Reds are trying to do now, not that the NRL would help. God forbid you assist in growing your own game.

News Limited own only 2 clubs in the NRL, the Brisbane Broncos (majority based shareholder) and the Melbourne Storm.

Souths game that night was on the CC got 6k in the face of tonights GF which would have overshadowed it. While the Roosters and Tigers played infront of nearly 16k, which was a little disappointing but nonetheless. As I said, if you dont believe me, invest in a Sydney Telegraph and turn to page 73

I'm not buying into that argument regarding FTA. All I have to say to that is with the NRL, if you employee monkeys, you'll get bananas in return. Our PayTV rights though, are a joke and if you put 2 and 2 togther you'd realise we were tremendously undersold by our stakeholder that happens to...

Its the first time regional figures have been included in ratings. The difference? 1.326 million persons from regional areas tuned in to the NRL GF. In 2006 data only shows metro markets, the AFL beat us by 600k according to these figures. I think it is safe to say that at least half of the...

The 5/8 is a traditional ball runner who takes the line on and feeds it to the forwards.

But why did you choose to put it up against Metro figures and not regional figures...with a rough summing up in my head doesnt the NRL add up to 802,000 on the Saturday night? Thats no FTA games v 2 FTA games wtih some paytv ones also. 802k v 1.6 mill in a market where we have a presence in...

TBH a Collingwood match would be your crowd puller. For some reason, 95% of all AFL fans I've met on the GC where I have lived and worked since late November 2004 are all Collingwood supporters. Alot of other people I know up here tell similar accounts also...

2 weeks prior to the match both HotTomato and GoldFM promoted the hell out of the game all through the working days. GoldFM even gave away free tickets all week. I wish the NRL had the media in their backpocket to get that kind of media promotion.

You cannot expect to have 9 Sydney clubs to match 1 club in a different league. I'm not going to compare AFL to NRL outside of NSW or QLD, because its a battle I cant win. But our strongholds are untouchable, and even on a poor weekend like last weekend with 3 matches, especially since 2 of...

44,125 fans in Sydney turned out to the RL on the weekend. What were you saying???:rolleyes: