Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Football Thread XVI

[Nifft]

So Melbourne has the Premiership every year, SA has Gather Round for the next 3.

Do we have to invent half a dozen more events for the other states too?

Is the SA government funding this? Good advertising for tourism.

 

[raskolnikov]

Kayo is ****ing unwatchable.

 

[jannissary]

Locking it in for three years feels like a mistake. Definitely okay with them getting it again next year, but feel like WA should've got it the year after. Especially if it led to footy randomly returning to the WACA for the first time in years.

Also seems rash to lock it in when it feels like the driving factor is how well the SA Premier gets on with Gill...who keeps telling us he's leaving at some point this year. Feels like a deal the SA Government will end up regretting if the next AFL CEO sucks/doesn't get on well with them.

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at this rate he'll be leaving in 2025 at the earliest lol

 

[Lore]

Is the SA government funding this? Good advertising for tourism.

They have to bid for it so at least part-funded. Would expect clubs to cover their own costs and get a cut of the broadcast

 

[Lore]

Gather Round to stay in South Australia for next three seasons​

The AFL has announced that South Australia will host Gather Round again in 2024, 2025 and 2026

The AFL in partnership with the SA Government is pleased to announce 'Gather Round ... A Festival of Footy' will be hosted in South Australia for the next three seasons.

The inaugural ‘Gather Round’ has been an overwhelming success, with all nine games sold out, more than 220,000 fans attending matches across the Adelaide Oval, Norwood Oval and Mount Barker in the Adelaide Hills and tens of thousands of fans attending the footy festival on the banks of Torrens.

More than 60,000 fans purchased tickets from interstate.

Across 2024, 2025 and 2026, Gather Round ... A festival of footy will be hosted exclusively in South Australia, with Adelaide Oval to be the central venue, with the intent from both the AFL and the SA Government to take regional matches in 2024 to the Barossa / McClaren Vale region.

As part of the three-year term, both the AFL and SA Government have also committed to establishing a community football legacy fund, that will benefit local footy clubs in the state beyond the weekend of matches.

The AFL will lock in the fixture dates of the round in the coming weeks to give fans as much lead time as possible to book travel and accommodation.

Ticketing information will be release later in the year.

"South Australia really turned it on. Gather Round and all the activity across the state, the nine matches, the footy festival and the community football engagement has been some of the best days and events the AFL has ever delivered," AFL Chief Executive Gillon McLachlan said.

"It has been a success because everyone in football got behind the idea, clubs, players, corporate partners and most importantly our fans, to deliver an extraordinary few days.

"While the concept has real momentum, and we plan on taking it to other states around the country, we also feel in order for it to be as successful in the other states we need to continue to build out the concept in South Australia.

"The reality is we only had a few months to pull this together, and we hope by locking it in now we are giving everyone a longer runway to put together a bigger and even better event, and our fans certainty around booking travel and accommodation.

"The match at Mount Barker was a special afternoon on Saturday and an important part of recommitting to South Australia was to establish the community legacy fund, ensuring local footy clubs’ benefit from bringing the Gather Round to town."

During the round the AFL has facilitated dozens of community club and school visits, held seminars for community club volunteers and delivered more than 10,000 footballs to regional community clubs.

Details on the Community legacy fund will be communicated at a later date.

"On behalf of the AFL I want to thank to Premier Malinauskas and his team in the SA Government who in partnership, delivered an unbelievable few days for footy and the state of South Australia."

The AFL will also work with the AFLPA on the commitments to the players.

"The players have been strong partners in the Gather Round concept and have embraced wholeheartedly the round. We will now work with the AFLPA on the commitments to the players in the coming years."

SA Premier Peter Malinauskas said "The inaugural Gather Round has been a stunning success, in no small part thanks to the willingness of South Australians, and our interstate visitors, to show up.

"We know that this has delivered huge benefits for our state, and that is why I’m so pleased to see it return for the next three years.

"With more time to plan, we know we can make Gather Round even bigger and better than what it has already become.

"I want to thank Gillon McLachlan, the AFL, wider footballing community, public servants, councils and others who’ve all worked so hard to deliver such an amazing event in just a few months.

"But most of all, I want to thank each and every person who showed up.

"This agreement is because of you."

Gather Round to stay in South Australia for next three seasons

The AFL has announced that South Australia will host Gather Round again in 2024, 2025 and 2026

www.afl.com.au

 

[MiguelM]

Saints v Pies should be the FTA game!

 

[BomberFan355]

Kayo is ******* unwatchable.

Working fine on Foxtel and Foxtel Go

 

[Dave]

Thanks! I thought the Hawks game was Fox/Kayo so I've been watching it with s**t buffering.

FTA switch!

Why? ;-)

 

[justlookingaround]

We would’ve beaten either of these sides if they played like this yesterday …

 

[scythe]

Not quite the spectacle that their records had suggested. Last five minutes at Norwood looks like it’ll be better watching.

 

[BomberFan355]

What a save.

 

[Vindicater]

Suck shit HawkEs

 

[Gumby2Hurley]

Fk da pies

 

[justlookingaround]

Kinda don't wanna play Pies coming off straight losses though...

 

[mike14]

Based on the 7 pies players going nuts at the umpires, the 'dissent' rule has a mile of lee-way when it needs to...

 

[scythe]

You pathetic little snot G*nn*v*n. As if I needed another reason to hate you more.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

You pathetic little snot G*nn*v*n. As if I needed another reason to hate you more.

Was that the incident where he made a big deal that the saints player didnt give him a hand getting up? Such an attention seeking flog

 

[scythe]

Was that the incident where he made a big deal that the saints player didnt give him a hand getting up? Such an attention seeking flog

That’s the one. Makes sense, no footballer would want to touch his hand if they wanted to pass their next drug test.

 

[Old Campaigner]

I'm staggered it wasn't done back then. You're old enough to remember were "optics" not a thing?

They probably needed Eddie out of the way before the club could issue an apology.

They're also giving some ground on the Port prison bars issue as well since Eddie left, something that always struck me as little more than dumb egotism.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Mihocek so desperate to draw a head high free

 

[mIKe9441]

That Saints goal secures 2nd spot on the ladder going into Anzac Day

 

[BomberFan355]

Here we go.

 

[Lore]

Phew. I thought I had 9/9 tips this week and posted before the last game finished... so of course the Saints finished said game with several goals in a row

Thank god they didn't kick one more. So I did get 9/9 after all!

 

[Zephyr Effekt]

RTB keeps St. Kilda to their lowest score of the year.

That's not how it works RTB.

 

[BrunoV]

Geelong's last few weeks have been interesting.

They've played 3.5 quarters.

It feels premature to have put the cue in the rack at half time today.

I suppose we'll get a better feel after they play the Swans in 6 days.