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[OneGreatClub]

Great post.

Whilst the rivalry has always been there and a bit of snark is fine, over past year or so a few individuals in particular have been increasingly vocal in displaying their obsession. If it's witty/amusing/relevant, yeah fine have a crack and give us all a smirk but when you repeatedly read the same poster parroting one liners about Dean Gore in every bloody thread their fingers can handle you know it's time for singling out.

Oh boy!

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

 

[Schulzenfest]

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Dennis Commetti is a wrestling fan, if he doesn't break out a 'GORE! GORE! GORE' the first time Dean kicks a goal in a game that he's commentating I'll be shocked and appalled.

 

[AdsGoNads]

lol at Eddy having a cry about Collingwood deserving to have a women's team!

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...e/news-story/4bd0ea6e62d359255d0e35b952bb7fe7

 

[AdsGoNads]

Love Jenny's response!

 

[OneGreatClub]

Love Jenny's response!

Jenny is feisty and she's right. Also if, according to the AFL, SA is so poor on talent then it doesn't make sense for The AFL to give Crows the first licence. And no way do I want my club Port training up female talent to then have to hand them over to the Cows on a silver platter.

 

[AdsGoNads]

Jenny is feisty and she's right. Also if, according to the AFL, SA is so poor on talent then it doesn't make sense for The AFL to give Crows the first licence. And no way do I want my club Port training up female talent to then have to hand them over to the Cows on a silver platter.

I think we all agree that a grass roots club that has a long successful history with fostering emerging talent would be ideal for developing our girls into a competitive group in this state, not a franchise wana be team that's only interested in customers.

 

[_VXV]

I think a women's league is a good idea if only to keep engagement of junior girls who have no pathway beyond u12. Keeping these girls around clubs with a purpose keeps their families involved at grassroots and any younger male siblings in contact rather than they move for convenience to soccer or basketball or any other sport that caters for both genders.

I am concerned that it's becoming a bit of an arms race with too much emphasis on having a top tier affiliate instead of there being a legitimate pathway for young women.

If this new league becomes not much more than an exhibition curtain raiser kind of thing it will exhaust itself pretty quickly giving fuel to those who don't recognise a need and if it's raised again in the future the cries will be "we tried that and it didn't work".

Everyone needs to step back and do this properly, not rush a product out.

 

[AdsGoNads]

I think a women's league is a good idea if only to keep engagement of junior girls who have no pathway beyond u12. Keeping these girls around clubs with a purpose keeps their families involved at grassroots and any younger male siblings in contact rather than they move for convenience to soccer or basketball or any other sport that caters for both genders.

I am concerned that it's becoming a bit of an arms race with too much emphasis on having a top tier affiliate instead of there being a legitimate pathway for young women.

If this new league becomes not much more than an exhibition curtain raiser kind of thing it will exhaust itself pretty quickly giving fuel to those who don't recognise a need and if it's raised again in the future the cries will be "we tried that and it didn't work".

Everyone needs to step back and do this properly, not rush a product out.

That's the difference between us and them - Port will provide grass root pathways, Crows are only interested in the Corporate dollar.

 

[StrappingTape]

We should really exit this fight now. Womens football is so far down the priority list for AFL clubs and especially us with our perilous cash situation that it's a bad idea.

 

[AdsGoNads]

We should really exit this fight now. Womens football is so far down the priority list for AFL clubs and especially us with our perilous cash situation that it's a bad idea.

The reason the Crows are so interested is a women's team opens up the pathway for a whole new ream on sponsorship deals through women's brands & products.
A women's team would hold it's own & we are the best club to achieve success here in SA.

Edit: the only Club

 

[AdsGoNads]

Looks like the Dees are cheekily assuming they have a Female team for 2017 judging by their website.

 

[RossFC]

Looks like the Dees are cheekily assuming they have a Female team for 2017 judging by their website.

Melbourne and The Bulldogs have been confirmed haven't they?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Melbourne and The Bulldogs have been confirmed haven't they?

For 2016 yes, but only 2016 so far.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-02-19/eight-womens-teams-set-for-national-comp

 

[RossFC]

For 2016 yes, but only 2016 so far.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-02-19/eight-womens-teams-set-for-national-comp

So both games from the SANFL All-Stars & South Australia are on the same day and ground as Crows home games.

I see that as the AFL dropping a hint.

 

[AdsGoNads]

So both games from the SANFL All-Stars & South Australia are on the same day and ground as Crows home games.

I see that as the AFL dropping a hint.

Says its all really

 

[Janus]

So both games from the SANFL All-Stars & South Australia are on the same day and ground as Crows home games.

I see that as the AFL dropping a hint.

Or maybe it's more that they wanted the Bulldogs vs WA to coincide with the Bulldogs vs Eagles match on June 5 as well and since all the matches were scheduled for that particular round in the season it was just a coincidence that SA played in front of Adelaide twice?

 

[RossFC]

Or maybe it's more that they wanted the Bulldogs vs WA to coincide with the Bulldogs vs Eagles match on June 5 as well and since all the matches were scheduled for that particular round in the season it was just a coincidence that SA played in front of Adelaide twice?

Hopefully it is just a coincidence.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

From the main board and The_Wookie's podcast this week. Worth a listen for those who think a women's team is a good idea.

"This week the podcast also gets an update on womens footy and talks about some of the issues involved with Peter Holden (CrowdedHouse) from [NB: girlsplayfooty domain has been taken over by a spammer.]"

 

[El Zorro]

Thanks. The comment about couples being separated by one moving interstate is ridiculous. The rest is useful to understand some of the potential issues.

 

[chiwigi]

Or maybe it's more that they wanted the Bulldogs vs WA to coincide with the Bulldogs vs Eagles match on June 5 as well and since all the matches were scheduled for that particular round in the season it was just a coincidence that SA played in front of Adelaide twice?

Nah. The Crows will get it.

Good luck to them, they'll need it. At least if they were part of the Port family they would have been treated as family, now they will be treated as an experimental franchise.

A good outcome if the AFL want a quick popularity contest, a terrible outcome if it is a serious attempt to establish a professional women's league.

 

[AdsGoNads]

Nah. The Crows will get it.

Good luck to them, they'll need it. At least if they were part of the Port family they would have been treated as family, now they will be treated as an experimental franchise.

A good outcome if the AFL want a quick popularity contest, a terrible outcome if it is a serious attempt to establish a professional women's league.

It will be like ripping the heart out of Women's footy in SA to give the license to the Crows, the SANFL would of course cripple any upward movement in development for a few bucks & their own interest.

Says it all when the Crows turned down the SANFLs initial offer to develop the U18s in SA, they're only interested in the corporate end.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Caro reckon's we have pulled out of wanting a team in 2017 and are going a longer term development strategy.

 

[Boss351]

er what REH said

on 5aa Caro thinks Port is backing off and looking at supporting grass roots with the Magpies and maybe under 18 development? and the Crows getting the national license

Caro Wilson - Port wont have an AFL womens team 5AA 3/3/16

 

[Steve Dore]

Where does that leave Erin Phillips? Playing in the SAWFL?