Women's football licences to be announced today- who gets in???

[Quivorir]

I watched a little of the brisbane melbourne game this year ... was horrible watching

Yeah but that's been every Melbourne game for the last 15 years. Don't blame women for that.

 

[jezzajay]

I don't care what I'm in. It's perfect reasoning to me. I'm sure you're one of the happy clappys that doesn't want to keep score too.

Perhaps you just set your football standards low to match your own?

Righto... so my standards are low. Seriously get a grip ya self righteous nonce!
Maybe I just don't set standards on something I can't control... You know it's probably easier for you to just to look the other way and not comment here because you're just making yourself look more like an idiot with every post. And if it doesn't matter to you then why are you here?

I'm just happy to watch people enjoy themselves as they play a game/sport they love.
The fact that a team will be donning my beloved navy blue just enhances it for me.

You on the other hand should probably go outside and smell the roses or something...cos if you call yourself a blues supporter and you cant support someone who wears the guernsey, no matter their age, gender or race is seriously sad from where I sit.

 

[Topkent]

Yeah but that's been every Melbourne game for the last 15 years. Don't blame women for that.

Well smart ass bet you didn't watch melbournes games then cause they were shit proving my point .. still miles ahead of the standard the women's league will be

 

[Bltiger]

Poor balance of Vic clubs, Geelong and St Kilda would have been more balanced both geographically and financially. Carlton & Collingwood just makes it lopsided.

Common sense has been thrown out the window, $$$ and connections all that matter.

Lucky the afl had good common sense to not give the saints a licence for a female team probably because the saints left a player called Stephen Milne on your list and didn't sack him. Conspiracy theorie

 

[Great8]

Yeah you would watch the under 10s every week if they were on tv would you?
Just because their women doesn't mean people need to pretend to like the product
It's gonna be a very low standard
I watched a little of the brisbane melbourne game this year ... was horrible watching

Agree.
Good on them for getting a league going and hope it ends up a success but I wouldn't attend or watch it because it just doesn't appeal to me

 

[Hollow Knight]

Far out this place has become cynical and overly critical. Whingers anonymous with an overly economic rationalist and blinkered short term view on everything.

Everyone's an expert, and everything's shit.

 

[HBF]

I don't see why Carlton being involved is an issue.

They are really determined to expand their brand, and I recall reading somewhere a bunch of statistics showing Carlton to have the smallest support base for women in Victoria. Obviously they wish to do something about that.

And the bid they handed in was well received by the AFL. Involvement isn't the problem, it's whether the team can be managed properly.

Where we one of the first clubs to publicly voice our interest?
I know this shouldn't be a determining factor, but at the same time wouldn't have hurt our chances.

 

[jezzajay]

Yeah you would watch the under 10s every week if they were on tv would you?
Just because their women doesn't mean people need to pretend to like the product
It's gonna be a very low standard
I watched a little of the brisbane melbourne game this year ... was horrible watching

well i cant watch carlton play every week so i dont see what the difference is...
i watched a game last year and enjoyed it - go figure!
dont like it than look the other way...no ones suggesting everyone has to watch it.
just dont understand why people are fogging it off before its even begun!

 

[JeffDunne]

The nay-sayers would have a point if the model was based on tv ratings numbers.

It's not.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

By doing the hard yards and forming their own state leagues. Plenty of other sports have done that.

We are in a national sporting era. National sports will steal away potential female AFL players. It won't gain enough traction in this environment.

Well yes it is. It's all about entertainment and the paying customer.

That's why its a billion dollar business.

Aside from this being about generating a pathway for females to play AFL at a higher level into adulthood, it also has the potential to bring in more members and more sponsorship to the AFL itself which in turn helps this billion dollar business that you speak of.

 

[Sando22]

Go Daisy!

 

[TeeJay Blue]

Where we one of the first clubs to publicly voice our interest?
I know this shouldn't be a determining factor, but at the same time wouldn't have hurt our chances.

I think so. But all I remember is our bid was well received and strongly appreciated. I couldn't see Carlton not being considered.

 

[Bostonian]

Righto... so my standards are low. Seriously get a grip ya self righteous nonce!

You're calling me a nonce and you're the one who loves watching ten year olds play? Maybe you don't know what that word means.

Maybe I just don't set standards on something I can't control... You know it's probably easier for you to just to look the other way and not comment here because you're just making yourself look more like an idiot with every post. And if it doesn't matter to you then why are you here?

Because I want us to pay off our debts before putting one cent into something like this. THAT's why I'm here.

I'm just happy to watch people enjoy themselves as they play a game/sport they love.
The fact that a team will be donning my beloved navy blue just enhances it for me.

Good for you, they are already doing that.

You on the other hand should probably go outside and smell the roses or something...cos if you call yourself a blues supporter and you cant support someone who wears the guernsey, no matter their age, gender or race is seriously sad from where I sit.

What a stupid view point.

John Elliott used to wear Carlton jerseys. Applying your genius theory when we called for him to GTFO of the club we were all wrong because according to you we can't have been Blues fans because we didn't support someone wearing the navy blue

I call myself a Blue Supporter because I follow the Carlton Football Club in the AFL, I don't follow them for women's football.

 

[HBF]

I think so. But all I remember is our bid was well received and strongly appreciated. I couldn't see Carlton not being considered.

Be great to see our team for the first time next year.

 

[JeffDunne]

I think so. But all I remember is our bid was well received and strongly appreciated. I couldn't see Carlton not being considered.

I'm led to believe Eddie was very keen to have Carlton involved too. Not sure why. Pratt connection maybe?

 

[coniglio_number1]

I'm led to believe Eddie was very keen to have Carlton involved too. Not sure why. Pratt connection maybe?

Blockbuster game.

Pies don't seem to have a big rivalry with dogs or Melbourne as much

 

[Bostonian]

We are in a national sporting era. National sports will steal away potential female AFL players. It won't gain enough traction in this environment.

I'd rather we didn't lose top female athletes to AFL. I'd rather watch them at the Olympics or other world sports.

Aside from this being about generating a pathway for females to play AFL at a higher level into adulthood, it also has the potential to bring in more members and more sponsorship to the AFL itself which in turn helps this billion dollar business that you speak of.

Perhaps, as long as the parent club makes money out of them. If we get no financial benefit from them and only added debt then kick the idea to the curb after a few years.

 

[TeeJay Blue]

I'm led to believe Eddie was very keen to have Carlton involved too. Not sure why. Pratt connection maybe?

Probably wants to find other ways to shame them. I don't know how, but it could be anything to ensure Collingwood looks better.

 

[jezzajay]

You're calling me a nonce and you're the one who loves watching ten year olds play? Maybe you don't know what that word means.



Because I want us to pay off our debts before putting one cent into something like this. THAT's why I'm here.



Good for you, they are already doing that.



What a stupid view point.

John Elliott used to wear Carlton jerseys. Applying your genius theory when we called for him to GTFO of the club we were all wrong because according to you we can't have been Blues fans because we didn't support someone wearing the navy blue

I call myself a Blue Supporter because I follow the Carlton Football Club in the AFL, I don't follow them for women's football.

 

[Bostonian]

I do actually believe you would look a bit like that going by how you post.

 

[coniglio_number1]

"My dad can beat up your dad"

 

[Hollow Knight]

It really baffles me how much of a neo-liberal economic rationalist view has infected people's perceptions of the game as though every club operates on a independent franchise model where their annual bottom line is the most fundamental indicator. It shows a profound misunderstanding of how the league not only generates its overall revenue but also a complete lack of awareness as to what the AFL is meant to do... A custodian to promote, strengthen and grow the code over the long term.

The women's league is not designed with the intention of delivering a short term financial return on investment. It's the long game. The AFL gets a lot of things wrong but this is a great, ambitious step that won't pay off until long after the current regime has moved on. The benchmarks for success are fan engagement and female youth participation. The dollars returns will flow through other streams as a result. Great to see the executive going for more than short term successes and benchmarks to pad out their bonuses.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Learn how to talk to a female and you have been called out by a female on this and you always whinge about collingwood and it's a fact. My dad is a police officer if you want to keep your dribble up as not hard for him to call bigfooty so keep the rant up at me trying to bait me. Great day for female footy. Go daisy.

Haha holy shit!

1800-BIGFOOTY - Chief is standing by to take your calls.

 

[Quivorir]

Learn how to talk to a female and you have been called out by a female on this and you always whinge about collingwood and it's a fact. My dad is a police officer if you want to keep your dribble up as not hard for him to call bigfooty so keep the rant up at me trying to bait me. Great day for female footy. Go daisy.

Lol.

 

[Topkent]

Not hard to find information about people with my contacts specialy internet bully's.

.if your old man is a cop he hopefully has more important things to do