Women's Footy AFLW Fremantle - 2020 #1 Team - Season Cancelled

[Ausbenito]

Reckon this competition is a great idea are they going to play their games at Fremantle Oval? or any games at Fremantle Oval?.
Also they really should stick with the 16 a side thought it works well in juniors when used opens the game up makes for a better spectacle.

 

[rgauci]

Apparently 2x marquee players get 25k each, season is 2 months long. Not sure what the rest are paid. The draft is done locally. So Freo have free reign on local
talent.

 

[estibador]

Apparently 2x marquee players get 25k each, season is 2 months long. Not sure what the rest are paid. The draft is done locally. So Freo have free reign on local
talent.

So not really a draft at all then? (Other than in Melbourne I guess)

 

[Arcassius]

So not really a draft at all then? (Other than in Melbourne I guess)

Basically makes it a state team vs diluted victorian teams (and the other state teams - although adelaide also gets NT).

 

[Sweetback]

Could there be a father-daughter rule introduced into the AFL?

Someone said online that in another generation there will be mother-daughter players, which is pretty neat.

 

[Freo Dr]

I wonder how recruitment is going to work? I've heard of this marquee player signing. Not sure what it means. Also how can they have a draft and only pay players 20k or so. Would financially cripple them. So is it a free agency system?

Not 100% myself but I understand the 'marquee' players can get paid more than regular players (I think $35,000 versus $25,000). With NSW getting special exemption to have more marquee players it is basically looking like COLA/salary cap differences all over again.

As regards the $ with only 6 games then finals I think we are talking semi-professional league here. The girls will have to have part time jobs that allows them to train and travel as well. Looks like with Freo they will be studying at Curtin or maybe some employed by the club or by City of Cockburn. How does the women's soccer/basketball leagues go for cash - semi-professional as well?

 

[Taylor]

Someone said online that in another generation there will be mother-daughter players, which is pretty neat.

The mother-son picks are the ones I am most interested in.

 

[Allikat]

The mother-son picks are the ones I am most interested in.

I'm not sure we'd have anyone eligible. Certainly none of the surnames on the list earlier look familiar

 

[Taylor]

I'm not sure we'd have anyone eligible. Certainly none of the surnames on the list earlier look familiar

Not yet

 

[wayToGo_]

I'm not sure we'd have anyone eligible. Certainly none of the surnames on the list earlier look familiar

Yeah we are going to be slightly late signing up Sam Petrevski-Seton's mum now.

 

[tripple1zero]

I look forward to the scenario where there is a son whose eligible for pickup by two teams after mother and father both play in the big time for different clubs.


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[tripple1zero]

Also interesting to see pregnancy on the, ummm, injury list? Perhaps there should be another name for it.


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[Taylor]

Also interesting to see pregnancy on the, ummm, injury list? Perhaps there should be another name for it.


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An eight week competition leaves plenty of time.

As my doctor has recently laid on me, the low bodyfat and exercise kind of stops the baby production..

So the longer the competition goes on and the higher the standard of the athletes the less that will become an issue.

 

[wayToGo_]

As my doctor has recently laid on me

Pretty sure they aren't supposed to do that. kingswood71???

 

[Arcassius]

Actually what are they calling it? Obviously can't be the WAFL.

Or the AWFL.

That is an awfully inconvenient acronym.

Well if the WAFL is the WAWFL, and the VFL is the VWFL, then it follows the AFL would be the AWFL

 

[Arcassius]

Also interesting to see pregnancy on the, ummm, injury list? Perhaps there should be another name for it.

What do Melbourne use for Jack Watts?

 

[Allikat]

Well if the WAFL is the WAWFL, and the VFL is the VWFL, then it follows the AFL would be the AWFL

It's the NWL

 

[Arcassius]

It's the NWL

well that makes no sense at all

they could have just called it the AFL by the way

 

[Allikat]

well that makes no sense at all

they could have just called it the AFL by the way

I think it needs footy in there somewhere. Maybe the National Women's Australian Football League. NWAFL doesn't look too bad.

 

[wayToGo_]

they could have just called it the AFL by the way

+1 it's still the AFL imo, I don't see why they need to add women/female/etc and change the acronym.

 

[Allikat]

+1 it's still the AFL imo, I don't see why they need to add women/female/etc and change the acronym.

Or we can change the name to the MAFL so the men don't get left out

 

[Arcassius]

Or we can change the name to the MAFL so the men don't get left out

only if we can have a blue stripe too

 

[Fred Ziffel]

only if we can have a blue stripe too

We've already got three. The club can say they're purple but they're not fooling me.

 

[Pusswah]

The 8 team comp favours the WA team immensely. The girls will have to get going quickly as I expect it will only be for one or two years until the soul less mob get one too. And when that happens it will be all the girls in a pot and a redraft.

I await the coaching appointment with interest. If they can't lure Cowan from Melbourne i hope they appoint an experienced coach and not one from the WAWFL.

Man, **** that. We should get to keep our team, then the 'expansion' clubs should come in and have to negotiate with the existing clubs to have a crack at their players, with those clubs to be compensated with draft picks. Sound familiar?

 

[Arcassius]

We've already got three. The club can say they're purple but they're not fooling me.

What do colourblind people see our jumper as? Purple? or blue? or something else?