Interesting thought SM - having had a foot in both "camps" over the past decade feel that by doing this it just reinforces the thinking at club land that women's footy is "nice" but just a little add on to the "real stuff" which is men's footy. Whether this is real or not I have no idea but i do think that some clubs still pay lip service to it all and this is to the detriment of their footy club imo. There is not a club administrator around now who hasn't recognised the positive impact women's footy has had on their club irrespective of whether people are entertained watching it.Not a pop, I just feel womens competition should have their own medal count the same as Grogan.
Just seems wrong that Grogan Medal Night now impacted to fit same Medal for QAFLW.
Think they could run all the Womens League vote counts together on same night.
My only reservation to this would be to say that the women's comp finished a long time before the mens did and it is a long time gone before these presentation nights occur so having a separate one probably isn't the worst idea simply for time line reasons. In fact at my football club the womens season concluded on July 30 for the players and the presentation night isn't until mid October. Half the players have moved on now from football season.