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stuyd1 said:
Mate,,
nothing to do with scoring shots either ,,, Im talking about the space on a bigger ground that enables the good passages of play by sides because theres more space ,, and yes Grand Finals are much more pressure and you dont get the the same amount of great passages of footy but you do get more on a ground with space ,
Qafl footy is quick and good to watch especially on the larger grounds and IMO the smaller grounds restrict this as a spectacle
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Everyone looking at GF from spectator perspective. Some of grounds don’t have rooms up to scratch. Bear in mind you will only have access to 50% of room (earlier games and of course womens finals). Some of visitors rooms with roller door pulled down barely are 100 square feet - Aspley, Grange, Broadbeach

Recent top of table State League game between Aspley and Morningside saw visitors shoved into partitioned area where it was Impossible manage injured players, debrief playing list. Other half of visitors rooms taken up by Yerongas Womens Reserves !!!!
 
thunderdoc said:
Everyone looking at GF from spectator perspective. Some of grounds don’t have rooms up to scratch. Bear in mind you will only have access to 50% of room (earlier games and of course womens finals). Some of visitors rooms with roller door pulled down barely are 100 square feet - Aspley, Grange, Broadbeach

Recent top of table State League game between Aspley and Morningside saw visitors shoved into partitioned area where it was Impossible manage injured players, debrief playing list. Other half of visitors rooms taken up by Yerongas Womens Reserves !!!!
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The explosion of women’s footy has made it harder for clubs to manage their facilities both on training nights and match days.

For revenue it is great to have women’s/men’s games all in a row but definitely takes some planning.

Is only going to get harder as it keeps growing and men’s footy has stagnated to a degree.

On the article around country clubs folding and payments around players it has been happening for lot of years and the points system has slowed it to a degree.

Amazing how many QLD players are FIFO to Country Victoria Leagues on money they would never get anywhere near up here in QAFL.

Our competition is lucky to a degree at present as we are more a liveable opportunity and work opportunities than a big money competition.
 
Still Me said:
The explosion of women’s footy has made it harder for clubs to manage their facilities both on training nights and match days.

For revenue it is great to have women’s/men’s games all in a row but definitely takes some planning.

Is only going to get harder as it keeps growing and men’s footy has stagnated to a degree.

On the article around country clubs folding and payments around players it has been happening for lot of years and the points system has slowed it to a degree.

Amazing how many QLD players are FIFO to Country Victoria Leagues on money they would never get anywhere near up here in QAFL.

Our competition is lucky to a degree at present as we are more a liveable opportunity and work opportunities than a big money competition.
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Yep agree with all that. In my opinion AFLQ need to lobby AFL Vic to have QAFL players graded higher in the points system to disincentivise the FIFOs which isn’t in the overall codes greater good. We all know country vic clubs have scant regard for salary caps down there so the points system is the only thing that can help.

Big money FIFO isn’t new of course but is a drain on QLD footy and as the article points out makes for uneven competitions and difficulties for the less wealthy clubs in Vic
 
2010premier said:
Yep agree with all that. In my opinion AFLQ need to lobby AFL Vic to have QAFL players graded higher in the points system to disincentivise the FIFOs which isn’t in the overall codes greater good. We all know country vic clubs have scant regard for salary caps down there so the points system is the only thing that can help.

Big money FIFO isn’t new of course but is a drain on QLD footy and as the article points out makes for uneven competitions and difficulties for the less wealthy clubs in Vic
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YES i AGREE ,, SPOT ON
 
Greg Madigan - AFL Vic CEO is a Hawthorn premiership player (1989) - has been working in WA post footy in private enterprise so be interesting to see what he can do with the situation that currently is.
 
2010premier said:
Yep agree with all that. In my opinion AFLQ need to lobby AFL Vic to have QAFL players graded higher in the points system to disincentivise the FIFOs which isn’t in the overall codes greater good. We all know country vic clubs have scant regard for salary caps down there so the points system is the only thing that can help.

Big money FIFO isn’t new of course but is a drain on QLD footy and as the article points out makes for uneven competitions and difficulties for the less wealthy clubs in Vic
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Thats a fantastic idea.
 
smy1305 said:
There may be a bit of "well shoe is on other foot now" mentality mind you. It's not like Qld clubs have been shy in trying to pillage parts of country Vic at times.
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Never known QLD clubs to FIFO players in from country vic or anywhere for that matter…

Not the same as vic country boys moving to Qld for a bit of sun and playing at a club up here
 

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2010premier said:
Never known QLD clubs to FIFO players in from country vic or anywhere for that matter…

Not the same as vic country boys moving to Qld for a bit of sun and playing at a club up here
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Yea disagree 2010 - in fact know of one that was at Maroochy 2 years ago doing exactly this. Pretty sure there's been a few others at times at various other clubs in both Bris and GC. In fact Noosa did this way back in 1997 with a guy named Shane Hilder who was living in Goondiwindi and a local doctor flew him back in his own plane every weekend to have a kick at Noosa (was a damn good footballer mind you) lol.

Not saying it is right, and think the whole FIFO thing going either way is just ridiculous and yet to see how it has benefited any club tbh but there were times when I knew it seemed like half of the Hampden League or Bendigo League lived on the sunshine coast playing for Noosa or Maroochy or one of the other clubs and I'm positive it was the same in both Brisbane and Gold Coast for different country districts. Yep - it was all done in a legitimate way of enticing blokes, nothing untoward about how clubs went about it, but I can imagine it would have been incredibly frustrating for country clubs, already battling, to suddenly lose 3-4 guys to a club in Qld.

100% agree the way to stop it is through increasing points - some naivety by Victorian admin to think that guys coming out of Qld possibly "aren't that good" - we all know thats bs.
 

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