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They've been phasing out the minor leagues for years
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Does the spending on the women's teams fall outside the football operations cap?
Might start seeing some well paid coaching staff for women's teams if it doesn't.
It's okay if they are pulling double duty. I believe part of Carlton's submission involved access to the current coaching staff. It is open to manipulation though, I agree. Probably something the AFL will turn a blind eye to for a while as they would want resources thrown at this from all angles.
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Who cares...
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There absolutely did not need to be more than one Melbourne team.
I agree. No idea why they go with Carlton over the Saints. Still, It may only be a 1 year wait if all goes well so chin up.
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Think they got it wrong with Collingwood/Carlton ahead of Geelong/St. Kilda. Personally a 10 team comp including:
Adelaide, Brisbane, Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong, GWS, Melbourne, St. Kilda, West Coast, Western Bulldogs
Would have been better. I would include Hawthorn (eastern suburbs) ahead of West Coast if they hadn't dropped their bid. The next expansion should include St. Kilda (SE suburbs) and Geelong, after that Essendon (NW suburbs) and Hawthorn (eastern suburbs), and then the others.
Adelaide, Brisbane, Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong, GWS, Melbourne, St. Kilda, West Coast, Western Bulldogs
Would have been better. I would include Hawthorn (eastern suburbs) ahead of West Coast if they hadn't dropped their bid. The next expansion should include St. Kilda (SE suburbs) and Geelong, after that Essendon (NW suburbs) and Hawthorn (eastern suburbs), and then the others.
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Well yeah, League sponsorships and increased club sponsorships. It will be interesting to see how much the AFL put in and how much clubs put in. Amounts will differ greatly between clubs. No doubt that some clubs best placed to share facilities and staff with their women's team got some extra ticks in the boxes.
It would have been unfair to pick between Melbourne and Footscray. Unless you're advocating some kind of womens team merger? Melbourne Bulldogs?
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First AFL club to appoint a female member of the coaching staff before a national women league was even flagged. Do they get a licence? nah, they clearly have no commitment to women in football.
apparently it will just be a round robin of 7 games during the AFL pre-season (Feb-Mar)... with the GF (top 2) being a curtain raiser to the Carl v Rich mens season opener in Round 1
There's barely enough talent for 8 teams let alone 10.
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GWS to receive top picks for the next 10 years.
Should have been...
West Coast
Adelaide
Sydney
Brisbane
Melbourne
Geelong
Footscray
Hawthorn
West Coast
Adelaide
Sydney
Brisbane
Melbourne
Geelong
Footscray
Hawthorn
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Maybe. The St. Kilda melts in here are entertaining though.
First AFL club to appoint a female member of the coaching staff before a national women league was even flagged. Do they get a licence? nah, they clearly have no commitment to women in football.
I'm not sure why this is relevant? Far less relevant than what the Dees and Dogs have done anyway.
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I should have also mentioned that I don't think that the clubs should have been aligned with current AFL teams. There's no better way to get people not to watch women's football than to align the clubs with teams that they hate.
I don't think I agree with your economic outlook on that.
A women's team will be a black hole for money. No way we get even close to the financial return back for what we'll have to invest.
I can't say how many will buy a membership, I can say though that aligning a single club to ours won't see any members coming from other clubs fans who don't support Carlton. As if a St Kilda, Richmond or Essendon fan would buy any kind of membership that's associated with Carlton.
By aligning to a single AFL club you're limiting the appeal of a club right away.
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What if Carlton had the best submission? Listing them in the order you have then getting to Carlton and saying it made no sense because of the teams before them isn't necessarily the best way to assess them.
What if the Dogs and Dees teams had lesser submissions but got in as reward for supporting the exhibition games for 3 years?
Obviously I'm bummed that the tigers missed out- but we'd always have a majority of supporters with this feeling.
Here's the next issue- am I, or other fans, going to don a pies or blues jersey and cheer on a women's team? Absolutely not! By not including one for every team, they are alienating the majority of footy fans and, I believe, dooming the competition to failure.
A simple solution would have been including three aligned Vic teams, and create one new team, perhaps under the name Victoria, that anyone would feel free to support as their is no past history and no men's equivalent.
Here's the next issue- am I, or other fans, going to don a pies or blues jersey and cheer on a women's team? Absolutely not! By not including one for every team, they are alienating the majority of footy fans and, I believe, dooming the competition to failure.
A simple solution would have been including three aligned Vic teams, and create one new team, perhaps under the name Victoria, that anyone would feel free to support as their is no past history and no men's equivalent.
Is the Geelong team going to be known as The Handbagers, just like the men?
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Again no problem with Melbourne and Footscray.
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It is by far the biggest growth area in footy in this state.
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We still have a lot of work to do on our facilities & relocating back to Linton Street. Not surprised we didn't get one at this stage.
There's a heap of company's lining up to promote women's football.
I'm sure some of those companies influenced the AFL's thinking in terms how the comp is structured. Tampon companies (for example) probably wouldn't have ever sponsored an AFL club. Now those type of companies will have a vehicle to get into sponsoring these clubs.
There will be plenty of new women viewers so I don't imagine that will be a problem, unless there are a high percentage of AFL fans stubborn enough not to watch because of such a petty reason.
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