Bendigo FL discussion 2025

[localfootyguru]

The schedule for the remainder of the AFL community camps for 2025 has been released. The locations show how out of touch the AFL and clubs are with country football. Look at the locations clubs are visiting/ visited.

Having a camp in December when no-one is thinking/ talking footy and having a well earned break...

Forest St End - was there anything in Castlemaine?

AFL Community Camps locked in for 2025

The AFL is pleased to confirm the schedule for the 2025 AFL Community Camps program for another year, with teams heading to regional communities across Australia throughout the pre-season

www.afl.com.au

No visits to any rural towns as such.... Two visits to Bendigo and a single day in Shepparton.

The system is embarrassing and shows the disconnect with country football.

 

[MortlockWatcher]

I thought the Bell Tower Times or Betoota wrote that article for a minute.

Collingwood spending an hour or two in Warragul and Drouin on their far flung day-trip travels. They will spend more time setting up at each venue than actually doing anything LOL.

 

[ringo1]

The schedule for the remainder of the AFL community camps for 2025 has been released. The locations show how out of touch the AFL and clubs are with country football. Look at the locations clubs are visiting/ visited.

Having a camp in December when no-one is thinking/ talking footy and having a well earned break...

Forest St End - was there anything in Castlemaine?

AFL Community Camps locked in for 2025

The AFL is pleased to confirm the schedule for the 2025 AFL Community Camps program for another year, with teams heading to regional communities across Australia throughout the pre-season

www.afl.com.au

No visits to any rural towns as such.... Two visits to Bendigo and a single day in Shepparton.

The system is embarrassing and shows the disconnect with country football.

Anyone who thinks the AFL industry gives a Rats toss about country football is delusional. It became an elite system with Private schoolboys given a leg up. Family ties ensure some arrive in the industry that ensures they are promoted to their level of incompetence. If you have the right last name, are prepared to play the game, and not rock the boat then you are on the way. As stated here, the AFL wants people at home watching games for the TV rights or at the ground where you pay $13.50 for a beer and $12.50 for an egg sandwich. Anybody that challenges is soon a dead man walking.

 

[rkjc22]

When Essendon turned up in December I asked who recommended the locations for these camps. I got told the Regional Council sent a suggestion of Maryborough, Broadford (yes yes I know) and some other regional areas I can't remember.

Glad to see the AFL listening to those in the regions.

 

[JP Ollards]

Anyone who thinks the AFL industry gives a Rats toss about country football is delusional. It became an elite system with Private schoolboys given a leg up. Family ties ensure some arrive in the industry that ensures they are promoted to their level of incompetence. If you have the right last name, are prepared to play the game, and not rock the boat then you are on the way. As stated here, the AFL wants people at home watching games for the TV rights or at the ground where you pay $13.50 for a beer and $12.50 for an egg sandwich. Anybody that challenges is soon a dead man walking.

Absolutely agree ringo, it shows how out of touch the afl are with the grassroots game. Community camps used to run for a week, geelong players caught the train to Swan hill in 2007. There's zero interest in promoting the game, as long as auskick numbers are high, they don't care, and as long as there's enough private school players to make sure there's enough players for 19 clubs, with the help of academy talent and scholarships they don't care.

The appointment of Dillon is to not rock the boat. Lip service treatment to regional Victoria, with the expectation we come in waves to watch a diluted game of Aussie rules, pay memberships, any chance the afl gives back ?

 

[Forest St End]

@Forest St End - was there anything in Castlemaine?

News to me they were there, I did see there was a night for coaches in Bendigo but didn’t realise it was part of a community camp.

We had Essendon come up years ago and we all ran around like blue arse flies to meet their extensive list of requirements and got very little out of it.