AFL overtaking NRL in QLD

[Goal Coast]

A young person.

Not really I'm in my 30s.

 

[RedV3x]

Not really I'm in my 30s.

Young enough not to know the history of Australian Football.

 

[Goal Coast]

Young enough not to know the history of Australian Football.

I do remember when the Lions won three premierships in a row and people were saying the AFL were set to overtake the NRL in Queensland.
More and more people in Queensland are following the AFL but are they going to stick around once they realise the league is very Geelong centric? Once Geelong poach Harley Reid and Aaron Cadman it's going to turn people away from the sport.

 

[Fire]

I do remember when the Lions won three premierships in a row and people were saying the AFL were set to overtake the NRL in Queensland.

I was going to say "that never happened", but then I saw the rest of your post and now I'm just baffled by you.

 

[RedV3x]

I do remember when the Lions won three premierships in a row and people were saying the AFL were set to overtake the NRL in Queensland.
More and more people in Queensland are following the AFL but are they going to stick around once they realise the league is very Geelong centric?

Now I know you;re trolling because anyone who knows anything about football there is draft equalisation measures.
Some AFL teams have had good runs including the Lions.
If you asked any AFL fan they probably say that the AFL is collingwood-centric if anything.

If anything, by your logic, aren't people put off by the Broncos and Storm ?

 

[Chief]

Young enough not to know the history of Australian Football.

Reddie as they see them self:

Reddie as everyone else sees them:

 

[Goal Coast]

Now I know you;re trolling because anyone who knows anything about football there is draft equalisation measures.
Some AFL teams have had good runs including the Lions.
If you asked any AFL fan they probably say that the AFL is collingwood-centric if anything.

If anything, by your logic, aren't people put off by the Broncos and Storm ?

Broncos haven't won a thing in nearly two decades while the Storm are based in an area where rugby league is seen as a niche sport.
Geelong don't seem to be affected by the draft and salary cap, they poach players after they've been in the system for a few years at a cheap price in terms of draft picks and they seem to have a clever way at managing their salary cap, similar to how the Storm managed theirs in the 2000s.

 

[RedV3x]

Reddie as they see them self:

Reddie as everyone else sees them:

Now, do I have your permission to post something like that ?

 

[RedV3x]

Geelong don't seem to be affected by the draft and salary cap,

Now I know you;re trolling because anyone who knows anything about football there is draft equalisation measures.
Some AFL teams have had good runs including the Lions.
If you asked any AFL fan they probably say that the AFL is collingwood-centric if anything.

If anything, by your logic, aren't people put off by the Broncos and Storm ?

 

[Bjo187]

I do remember when the Lions won three premierships in a row and people were saying the AFL were set to overtake the NRL in Queensland.
More and more people in Queensland are following the AFL but are they going to stick around once they realise the league is very Geelong centric? Once Geelong poach Harley Reid and Aaron Cadman it's going to turn people away from the sport.

We can all welcome our newest troll to Bigfooty .

 

[Goal Coast]

We can all welcome our newest troll to Bigfooty .

The AFL has become too Geelong centric. Anyone who believes otherwise hasn't been paying attention.

 

[dave10]

I live in Queensland and rugby league is still easily the most popular football code in the state. News Corp are the NRL's biggest stakeholder, so they put out propaganda in The Courier Mail about AFL taking over in order to persuade V'Landys into giving assistance to rugby league in Queensland. We've seen it work with the Dolphins being rushed in and Magic Round being introduced in Brisbane.

Hardly anyone would recognise Lachie Neale walking through Wynnum Plaza despite him being the Lions best player and captain. If someone like Adam Reynolds or Reece Walsh walked through there they'd be mobbed by the crowd like a celebrity.

This doesn’t ring true with my experience as a resident on the Gold Coast. It’s not a certain rugby league town down here, home to 650,000 people no less.

 

[Bronson_123]

Not sure who to believe with different views from different posters in Queensland.

 

[RedV3x]

The AFL has become too Geelong centric. Anyone who believes otherwise hasn't been paying attention.

We can all welcome our newest troll to Bigfooty

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[GC2015]

Not sure who to believe with different views from different posters in Queensland.

The user who was downplaying the growth of Aussie rules in Queensland and brought up "real life experiences" as evidence also created their account yesterday and is already suspended. That's probably a pretty good indication of their credibility.

 

[Chief]

Now, do I have your permission to post something like that ?

Why do you need my permission to post a bit of mild banter about your age?