Where are they now (delistings / retirements since 2005)

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Yeh, I think this is where you're missing....and I'm not throwing a jab.
I've lived in the USA the last 24 years.
College football is massive in a way that isn't really easily described. For many many living here, it's bigger and certainly more meaningful than the NFL.
College is where so many Americans find eachother, having left home, very often their State, and create community and friend groups they maintain the rest of their lives. manifesting allegiances to that Universities sporting teams that is every bit as feral and intense as anything you'd see from any supporter group in the World.

I've been to NBA, NFL, NHL, US Open Tennis and MLS games in various parts of this country.
My best - by far - experience was seeing the Kansas Jayhawks (Basketball) play at Allen Field House (Kansas University Basketball home venue).

It's literally guttural. The student section bounces and chants for near the entire game.
The atmosphere is another level than professional sports in the US.
My sports bucket list includes seeing USC at Notre Dame Stadium below the Golden Dome.

Tennessee University, as is most of the South in America, is rabid about football and feel more kinship because before NIL deals, the kids really did only play for the Jersey and the fanbase. The money in pro sports as well as casual loyalty pro athletes display before happily moving on to their next employer only bolds this more sharply.

Anyone who visits the US and wants a pure sporting experience should try and attend College Football and Basketball games.
You'll never forget it.

Totally agree, but I was more commenting that people are only keeping tabs on Ross because he's playing College ball.

 

[cs61]

Yeh, I think this is where you're missing....and I'm not throwing a jab.
I've lived in the USA the last 24 years.
College football is massive in a way that isn't really easily described. For many many living here, it's bigger and certainly more meaningful than the NFL.
College is where so many Americans find eachother, having left home, very often their State, and create community and friend groups they maintain the rest of their lives, manifesting allegiances to that University's sporting teams that is every bit as feral and intense as anything you'd see from any supporter group in the World.

I've been to NBA, NFL, NHL, US Open Tennis and MLS games in various parts of this country.
My best - by far - experience was seeing the Kansas Jayhawks (Basketball) play at Allen Field House (Kansas University Basketball home venue).

It's literally guttural. The student section bounces and chants for near the entire game.
The atmosphere is another level than professional sports in the US.
My sports bucket list includes seeing USC at Notre Dame Stadium below the Golden Dome.

Tennessee University, as is most of the South in America, is rabid about football and feel more kinship because before NIL deals, the kids really did only play for the Jersey and the fanbase. The money in pro sports as well as casual loyalty pro athletes display before happily moving on to their next employer only bolds this more sharply.

Anyone who visits the US and wants a pure sporting experience should try and attend College Football and Basketball games.
You'll never forget it.

Interesting.

I work with a lot of U.S teachers, and when I ask them if they follow NFL many have said 'not really, I'm more into college football', which I didn't really get at first, given it isn't the highest level of the sport, but makes more sense after reading this post.

 

[The hands of stone]

My cousin played bball at college in the US.
At the first open training session they had , they got more to that than what he ever played in front of in the NBL or Europe in the pro's.

He wasn't even at a big name college . He said it was insane.
It's massive there. If you ever get to chat to someone who associated with a college you get a real feel for it.

 

[PenAndPaper]

Lets be honest...who wants to keep in touch with someone playing Sale 1sts

I don't know if you understand this concept of mates. Most people have mates that they previously worked with, that they are still mates with.

 

[rjslcM]

 

[flinchfree]

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Seeing him in that jumper.......he's dead to me.

 

[onthemoney]

Looks like Kaiden Brand has retired and is heading down the coaching path with West Adelaide in the SANFL

Daniel Caire Appointed Senior Men's Midfield Coach - West Adelaide Football Club

westadelaidefc.com.au

I think Brand may have had to retire due to concussions which you never want to see. Glad to hear he's moving into coaching.

 

[HedgeFund]

Guessing if he was not playing college ball nobody would remember him.

On reflection, this was a really poor guess.

 

[Nathan Detroit]

Yeh, I think this is where you're missing....and I'm not throwing a jab.
I've lived in the USA the last 24 years.
College football is massive in a way that isn't really easily described. For many many living here, it's bigger and certainly more meaningful than the NFL.
College is where so many Americans find eachother, having left home, very often their State, and create community and friend groups they maintain the rest of their lives, manifesting allegiances to that University's sporting teams that is every bit as feral and intense as anything you'd see from any supporter group in the World.

I've been to NBA, NFL, NHL, US Open Tennis and MLS games in various parts of this country.
My best - by far - experience was seeing the Kansas Jayhawks (Basketball) play at Allen Field House (Kansas University Basketball home venue).

It's literally guttural. The student section bounces and chants for near the entire game.
The atmosphere is another level than professional sports in the US.
My sports bucket list includes seeing USC at Notre Dame Stadium below the Golden Dome.

Tennessee University, as is most of the South in America, is rabid about football and feel more kinship because before NIL deals, the kids really did only play for the Jersey and the fanbase. The money in pro sports as well as casual loyalty pro athletes display before happily moving on to their next employer only bolds this more sharply.

Anyone who visits the US and wants a pure sporting experience should try and attend College Football and Basketball games.
You'll never forget it.

Very well encapsulated. I spent my college years at Michigan State and was in the Marching band and Basketball/Hockey bands every year I was able. My freshman year was Magic Johnson's NC year vs. Larry Bird and the Sycamores. I actually performed in South Bend three times during my stay. (Touchdown Jesus was more impressive to me than the dome LOL!).

Unfortunately, with the dawn of NIL and playoffs, college football has lost at least one person almost entirely. I barely follow the sport anymore. I don't blame the players nor necessarily the schools. The money Americans spend on sport is ridiculous and basically sucked out all the enjoyment for me personally. Don't want to get long-winded, but this is probably the main reason I only am really invested in/follow the NHL and Footy.

 

[flinchfree]

Very well encapsulated. I spent my college years at Michigan State and was in the Marching band and Basketball/Hockey bands every year I was able. My freshman year was Magic Johnson's NC year vs. Larry Bird and the Sycamores. I actually performed in South Bend three times during my stay. (Touchdown Jesus was more impressive to me than the dome LOL!).

So sick! I'm a huge Magic/Bird fan boy as their rivalry really kicked into stardom the NBA following Dr J's illumination of the ABA......

My kid was an elite soccer player before health problems had him change course to a focus on music (percussion).
Like you, he was in Marching Band throughout his High School years and it was super cool to see both the bond/friendships those kids had, as well as the experiences they shared.
They even got invited to go and play on Normandy Beach in France for the 75th Anniversary of D-Day Landing just before Covid hit.
He'd previously toured and played against the Pro Soccer Academies there in the North of France, but that marching band experience was just as good in many ways.

 

[Dipper]

This is my favourite college marching band.

 

[Brant]

This is my favourite college marching band.

That play is insane.
You can almost see the panic on the Defensive Team's face as they string passes together, each less anticipated that the one before.

You can pretty clearly see the panic amongst the band as the players break their line!

 

[Mopar Jason]

AFL commentator & Hawthorn Legend Shaun Burgoyne

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Shaun Burgoyne

Age

42

Ht

186cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.0

4star

K

9.9

4star

HB

8.1

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

3.8

5star

MG

162.7

3star

D

10.0

3star

K

5.6

2star

HB

4.4

3star

M

1.7

2star

T

2.6

4star

MG

162.7

3star

D

6.2

2star

K

3.2

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

1.2

2star

T

1.6

4star

leaves Channel 7 for Fox Footy​

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

AFL commentator & Hawthorn Legend Shaun Burgoyne leaves Channel 7 for Fox Footy​

https://archive.md/jeZGr

 

[HedgeFund]

https://archive.md/jeZGr

The really sad takeaway from this article is that next season, the only way anyone can watch a Saturday game in the first 8 rounds nationally and the first 15 rounds in Victoria is through payTV / streaming Kayo.

So no free to air Saturday football.

Not a sausage.

Bugger All.

THAT IS COMPLETELY F$&@ED

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

The really sad takeaway from this article is that next season, the only way anyone can watch a Saturday game in the first 8 rounds nationally and the first 15 rounds in Victoria is through payTV / streaming Kayo.

So no free to air Saturday football.

Not a sausage.

Bugger All.

THAT IS COMPLETELY F$&@ED

FTA tv is complete trash.

If Australia wasn’t as backward as it is we’d already have zero footy on FTA.

 

[extractasam]

FTA tv is complete trash.

If Australia wasn’t as backward as it is we’d already have zero footy on FTA.

I agree it is absolutely trash for AFL 100%. The grand final was the first and only game I watched FTA this year through being forced to and the Telstra ad I watched 25 times actually was torture.

Also how good seeing Cyril out there again.

 

[HedgeFund]

FTA tv is complete trash.

If Australia wasn’t as backward as it is we’d already have zero footy on FTA.

So to those who can’t afford to pay for streaming or Foxtel the answer to watching their favourite sport on a Saturday afternoon is…..?

 

[Blackhawk42]

So to those who can’t afford to pay for streaming or Foxtel the answer to watching their favourite sport on a Saturday afternoon is…..?

Or live in areas with poor internet connections.

Going to be a lot of small, country pubs who can't afford Foxtel packages and now won't be able to screen the footy on their busiest night of the week.

 

[HedgeFund]

Or live in areas with poor internet connections.

Going to be a lot of small, country pubs who can't afford Foxtel packages and now won't be able to screen the footy on their busiest night of the week.

Apparently that’s “progress”

 

[HairyO]

Or live in areas with poor internet connections.

Going to be a lot of small, country pubs who can't afford Foxtel packages and now won't be able to screen the footy on their busiest night of the week.

Obvious solution is to just get rich.

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

Lets be honest...who wants to keep in touch with someone playing Sale 1sts

Then you'd have a hard time grasping the number of AFL players that pop in to see their old mates playing in the Eastern Footy League over a season.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

I agree it is absolutely trash for AFL 100%. The grand final was the first and only game I watched FTA this year through being forced to and the Telstra ad I watched 25 times actually was torture.

Also how good seeing Cyril out there again.

I think this, (even more than our absence) is why the GF is pretty much the only game all season you can guarantee I don't take much notice of anymore.

I really struggle to watch the GF - to the point I don't even try now - flick it on just before the bounce, cringe through the opening, then make it to the 2nd, maybe 3rd ad-break and give up.

We have a BBQ outside, so the TV is muted and every fifteen minutes or so, someone will check on the way to the fridge and yell out the score.

 

[caseman2]

Josh Morris ran 4th in the Woodville-West Torrens B&F

2024 Club Champion Awards - Woodville-West Torrens Football Club

wwtfc.com.au

Josh Morris returning to Victoria - will be interesting as to where he decides to play if at all.....

SANFL Coming Going for 2025 - SANFL

sanfl.com.au

 

[Ned Ryerson]

If Australia wasn’t as backward as it is we’d already have zero footy on FTA.

Thank **** for anti-siphoning legislation. Not everyone can afford and/or connect to pay TV and not all sport should be locked behind a paywall. You only need to look at the death of ODI cricket in this country to see that it's not great to lock everything up on a pay to watch service.

I will agree with you that the Channel 7 coverage of footy is deplorable and that listening to BT is a form of torture that even Dick Cheney would have winced at - but FTA sport still has its place.