VAFA vs EFL

[Max Leader]

Game was definitely won in the middle, especially with "H" giving better service than $1,000 a night hooker to his on ballers.

Great game, with selectors being vindicated with some of the "no previous game" ammo players being selected.

B Grade will be a star studded affair, but their will be a big difference between best players and worst. A Grade has a far more even playing list.

 

[Jascave]

The bushfire appeal game also raised more than $60,000 for the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal.

 

[hhound]

Interesting article on the OTs website:

President Questions VAFA Policy <FONT face=Arial>
Dyson Hore-Lacy has written:

“On Sunday 29th March I spent most of the afternoon at Jubilee Park watching a very entertaining match in aid of the Bushfire Appeal between representative sides form the VAFA and the Eastern District League. The VAFA won a close fought game by six points after the scores were level with about twenty seconds to play

Old Trinity was represented with distinction by Andy Cultrera and Brendan Iezzi.

I noted that there were playing for the VAFA three players who had never played a game, as far as I am aware, of football for any amateur side in the past. One was Charlie Gardiner who played a number of games for St Kilda last year after crossing from Geelong I am told that he has signed with Old Melburnians Others were Tim Hazell, former Hawthorn player who has, I believe, signed for Old Camberwell this year and Matthew Ball, ex Hawthorn and Ex Box Hill who has apparently signed with Old Xavierians.

While it is expected that these players will actually play football for their respective clubs this year, it is technically possible that they might retire or succumb to a monetary offer from a club in another competition without ever having played a game of amateur football.

Foremost in the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the VAFA appears the following: -
“ 2. The objects for which the association is established are: -
(a) To promote and encourage amateur Australian Rules football………” <!--[endif]-->

In my view, the selection of players to play for an amateur representative side, who may never have played a senior game without pay, is a slap in the face to the many great players in the Competition who may have given years of loyal service to their club, for no more than the love of the game and their club, and for whom State representation would have constituted a just recognition and reward.

There are many who disapprove of the right of former professional footballers to play amateur football after a professional AFL career as it is, with the attendant scepticism that sometimes accompanies the sudden appearance of a number of ex AFL footballers in an amateur side. I will leave that for another day along, perhaps, with the ability of paid VFL players to play for an amateur side when they are not required by their VFL team .(last year one of the teams we played fielded three in one week when the VFL had a bye).

Committees of amateur clubs such as ours work extremely hard to give more than one hundred young men an opportunity to be part of a healthy environment and to play for nothing more than the love of the game and the camaraderie which goes with being part of a club.

I wonder whether the selection of the three players, apparently for the questionable desire to win an inconsequential fundraising match, is consistent with the objects of the VAFA and the reasons we do what we do.

Every year the Eastern District Football League has an influx of ex AFL players. I am told that, to its credit, it played no one who had not previously played with that league.

Dyson Hore-Lacy
President”

 

[The Tigers Nuts]

Fair call, well stated. Murmurs of assent from this direction.

 

[Brad Goodman]

Not a bad statement there, VAFA bigwigs love the rep football scene to boast about the league. You could tell how proud Nick Bourke was at the season launch the other night.

 

[ultimate hater]

Yeah fair call, but in defence of the VAFA (which is very rare for me) I was under the impression the coaches put forward the names of players from their club, who they think would be a chance of making the rep side, not the VAFA picking names from a list of everyone registered in the comp... Correct me if I'm wrong of course...

So this guy shouldn't really be kicking up a stink about the VAFA as it were the coaches from the respective clubs that put those 3 players forward to apply for the state side, so in fact it is the coaches that are actually disallowing their other "seasoned" amateur players from playing...

 

[Max Leader]

Yeah fair call, but in defence of the VAFA (which is very rare for me) I was under the impression the coaches put forward the names of players from their club, who they think would be a chance of making the rep side, not the VAFA picking names from a list of everyone registered in the comp... Correct me if I'm wrong of course...

So this guy shouldn't really be kicking up a stink about the VAFA as it were the coaches from the respective clubs that put those 3 players forward to apply for the state side, so in fact it is the coaches that are actually disallowing their other "seasoned" amateur players from playing...

Ammo's wanted the three Scotch "B"'s and the club refused.

(Breenan, Byrne, Brown)
Lots of VAFA experience there.

 

[hhound]

Ammo's wanted the three Scotch "B"'s and the club refused.

(Breenan, Byrne, Brown)
Lots of VAFA experience there.

Hats off to scotch there...

 

[Putney Magpies]

Peter McGettigan playing footy in London with the Putney Magpies....

 

[Putney Magpies]

Peter McGettigan can still take a good grab though....