This shows how unpopular the FIFO teams are here, especially North. Tasmanians want their own team!
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who was wearing the number 2 jersey on the weekend in albury then
And Melbourne Storm must be putting out fake news then
Being only the second-ever born and raised Victorian to play in the Melbourne Storm jersey is a pretty cool claim to fame for 18 year old Dean Ieremia.
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Being only the second-ever born and raised Victorian to play in the Melbourne Storm jersey is a pretty cool claim to fame for 18 year old Dean Ieremia.www.melbournestorm.com.au
Read what I posted.
He's not in the Storm senior 30 squad.
He's one of a few 'development' players.
Good luck to him , out of 5million, one young guy gets a run in a praccy match in Albury!.
If he gets into the full squad some day, then you can send up the skyrockets, 'generational change has started'!!!
Is this the reverse 'generational change'?
Maybe its all a psycho/social research paper from the marketing department of the AFL.
After AFLX they didn't have much to so thought. 'Lets destroy a small traditional market & spend 20x as much developing an area in SEQ'.
Who cares about the result, we've got money to burn. Then Covid19, ooops!
Next brainwave, they'll invent AFLY. Then after that it'll be AFLZ.
Is this the reverse 'generational change'?
Maybe its all a psycho/social research paper from the marketing department of the AFL.
After AFLX they didn't have much to so thought. 'Lets destroy a small traditional market & spend 20x as much developing an area in SEQ'.
Who cares about the result, we've got money to burn. Then Covid19, ooops!
Next brainwave, they'll invent AFLY. Then after that it'll be AFLZ.
90,000! In a State of 540,000! That's 1 in every 6! And you don't even have a team of your own! No other state gets close to that kind of commitment!
Yet those campaigners in Melbourne treat you like 4th class citizens. It is quite frankly disgusting. They are literally laughing in your faces and making you pay for the privilege. Scurrilous. Unconscionable, Disgraceful.
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It doesn't stop Afro-Caribbeans playing the game at the the highest level there
You know you need actual arguments and evidence to convince people and not just feelings, right?
So show us where the 'feelings' of generational change fits in.
I can certainly show you an example of what underinvestment & constant change with uncertainty does to a sport.
This oft gets mentioned, but I still find it hard to believe.
Even so, I'd recon a lot would be the basic 3 game sort of thing. I mean, what's the benefit of a full membership when you cant get to the games each week or so?
The VFL attitude to Tasmania has just moved over to the AFL.
Despite the pretence of nationalising the game, Its the same mob really. With the same parochial self interests.
Certainly. See the following figures that I've already posted in response to you.
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Never is a very long time.
I feel confident in saying that even though these competing forces exist, people will continue to enjoy watching professional sport.
Lol @ absolutely nobody wanting North there alone. Clearly both sides realise it's just about the money and nothing else. Moving North to Tasmania would be a disaster for everybody.
Part of Gold Coast's justification was not just to make money, but to increase participation in Queensland. This has been successfully achieved. The A-League is in an entirely different sport with a less successful track record of participation translating to financial gain than the AFL, and the two cannot be compared in this context. But since you're so adamant about scoffing at the previous numbers, here are some more for you.
Suns membership numbers by year:
2017 - 11,665
2018 - 12,108
2019 - 13,649
2020 - 16,236
I'm sure you can, and I have a lot of sympathy for such an argument. But my comment was about Australian rules in Queensland and the curious need of some people to sh*t-talk it constantly, as though that makes the case for a Tasmanian team any stronger.
That they're doing it is up to them.
The cost & inequity, the inclusions & 'exclusions' in the application of their approach to 'game development' is the issue.
They talk the talk. Its about time someone took their gab fest & lies & shoved it up their arzes.
At least having this in the media shows just how full of Szite they are.
AFLX, hahaha!! so professional.
I would like to read some of these, can you please post a link ?.
So give me evidence that in 30 years time more people WILL be playing AFL.
I think it obvious we have a lot less people playing the game here than we did 30 years ago.
So many clubs have ceased to exist. Yet the population has grown.
So many more playing soccer & Basketball now.
Probably increase the losses since FIFO clubs arrived.
Co-incidence? or Consequence?
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With a larger overall population and growth numbers in Queensland and NSW booming, why wouldn't there be?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-24/afl-experiencing-significant-boom-in-queensland/12804800
https://www.afr.com/companies/sport/afl-lands-giant-blow-in-battle-for-sydney-heartland-richard-goyder-20190926-p52v6r
I see in that FinRev piece, Chairman Goyder also said that Tasmania has a pathway to the AFL.
Couldn't lie straight in bed. Lying Prick.
The current trend in NSW and Queensland, the biggest and third biggest states, is rising. And female participation is rising everywhere.
Mate, all your doing is making an ASSUMPTION that more people will be playing based on a population PROJECTION.
You are not arguing from a position of fact.
I understand demographics. How populations grow, move, stay where they are, age, gentrify.
I know that outside of Anglo Saxon countries, few play contact sports such as AFL, NRL, NFL etc to any great level.
I know in the junior club at which I coach we have 0 Indian or Chinese players. We are absolutely desperate and would welcome anyone.
I do business plans often at work which involves getting as much information about a potential product or service and then understanding what the information tells me.
The information you provide is so completely unpersuasive. It merely suggests that there could (you think should) be an increase in AFL participation due to what something/one thinks/projects.
This entire discussion is based on this.
If we calculate what GC will cost for a 'return' in 30 years, it will be a $1bilion investment before you start to see a return. This is utterly ridiculous. No sensible business would see this as a good investment unless the returns were huge and guaranteed. This is neither.
We've seen that Tassie would be able to give a return in 1/3 that time.
But like I said GC is here and that's fine.
We should be talking about Tassie.
That's not a fact that more people of immigrant descent (1st generation) will be playing AFL in 30 years. It's a trend as you said. Ask the short sellers of GameStop what happens with trends.
Are you implying that sport participation works the same way as share market speculation?
Also, you didn't say anything about first generation immigrants before. Your words were "So give me evidence that in 30 years time more people WILL be playing AFL", and I've shown you a rising trend that will continue barring an unforeseen massive collapse in populous states.
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