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MightyMagpie
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1. Am I hearing correctly that players won't be paid? AFL happy to charge entry. Seems outrageous. Worse than that, MRP penalties are set to apply. AFLPA needs to step in.
2. Can't wait for the inevitable outcry when the first high profile player gets injured (just hope it isn't one of ours).
3. The likely pace of AFLX at this time of the preparation may be an issue for some older players - I'm no Physical science expert, but it seems to me older players have historically been eased through the pre-season so they are cherry ripe for round 1.
4. Would not be surprised if AFLX teams are made up mainly of the bottom half of club lists to protect against injury and the it may be more suited to the younger faster guys. Hope to see guys like Stephenson, Murphy, Murray and Appleby play for us with our mainstays watching on.
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Dave The Man 
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I say be Kids and Fringe Players be Playing in it.
No Stars be Risked this far from Start of Season
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stui magpie 
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
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Damien 
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Lots of critics of AFLX but it’s obviously to footy what T-20 is to cricket and that’s gone gangbusters. You gotta start somewhere and it Might take a while but I think it’s a good move to trial it this year. Who knows if it’ll work but I reckon offering a shorter form of the game may attract new fans and gives people options. I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes.
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woodys_world69
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| AFLX and t20 have no comparison. All we will see is lots of behinds not many goals |
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RudeBoy
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I think AFLX will dilute the value of proper footy, just as T20 has done to test cricket.
It's purely a grab for more money, and a decision made by men in dark suits who represent the forces of darkness. |
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stui magpie
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Disagree.
T20 hasn't diluted test Cricket, it's helped grow Cricket's audience and given profiles to a whole bunch of domestic players who no one had ever heard of before.
AFLX could do similar in the non-heartland. Being able to play it on a soccer or rugby pitch helps.
let's not forget, Dave Warner debuted for Australia before he'd played a first class game for NSW thanks to T20 Cricket.
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It's not clear that it's helped grow cricket's audience. It may be true, but I'm not aware of any attempt ever to determine this. To establish this, one would need to look not only at total attendances and TV viewership, but examine whether (for example) the T20 audience has simply been poached from the ODI audience.
T20 no doubt has helped grow cricketing bodies' coffers. Which might explain why no cricketing body wants to think too deeply about whether it has any harmful effects on cricket itself.
It's hard for me to imagine that AFLX is that dangerous, though. |
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MatthewBoydFanClub
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| K wrote: | ^
It's not clear that it's helped grow cricket's audience. It may be true, but I'm not aware of any attempt ever to determine this. To establish this, one would need to look not only at total attendances and TV viewership, but examine whether (for example) the T20 audience has simply been poached from the ODI audience.
T20 no doubt has helped grow cricketing bodies' coffers. Which might explain why no cricketing body wants to think too deeply about whether it has any harmful effects on cricket itself.
It's hard for me to imagine that AFLX is that dangerous, though. |
T20 is the greatest thing to happen to cricket since the WSC revolution. The poor standard of Test cricket has moved cricket followers over to T20, while the 50 over game has been dying a slow death in recent years. All these innovations begin slowly then gather speed. People will be embarrassed by their comments towards AFLW and AFLX in due course. |
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RudeBoy
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| BucksIsFutureCoach wrote: | | K wrote: | ^
It's not clear that it's helped grow cricket's audience. It may be true, but I'm not aware of any attempt ever to determine this. To establish this, one would need to look not only at total attendances and TV viewership, but examine whether (for example) the T20 audience has simply been poached from the ODI audience.
T20 no doubt has helped grow cricketing bodies' coffers. Which might explain why no cricketing body wants to think too deeply about whether it has any harmful effects on cricket itself.
It's hard for me to imagine that AFLX is that dangerous, though. |
T20 is the greatest thing to happen to cricket since the WSC revolution. The poor standard of Test cricket has moved cricket followers over to T20, while the 50 over game has been dying a slow death in recent years. All these innovations begin slowly then gather speed. People will be embarrassed by their comments towards AFLW and AFLX in due course. |
Each to their own. However, in my opinion the promotion of AFLX, like AFL-W, is simply about money. |
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MatthewBoydFanClub
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| RudeBoy wrote: | | BucksIsFutureCoach wrote: | | K wrote: | ^
It's not clear that it's helped grow cricket's audience. It may be true, but I'm not aware of any attempt ever to determine this. To establish this, one would need to look not only at total attendances and TV viewership, but examine whether (for example) the T20 audience has simply been poached from the ODI audience.
T20 no doubt has helped grow cricketing bodies' coffers. Which might explain why no cricketing body wants to think too deeply about whether it has any harmful effects on cricket itself.
It's hard for me to imagine that AFLX is that dangerous, though. |
T20 is the greatest thing to happen to cricket since the WSC revolution. The poor standard of Test cricket has moved cricket followers over to T20, while the 50 over game has been dying a slow death in recent years. All these innovations begin slowly then gather speed. People will be embarrassed by their comments towards AFLW and AFLX in due course. |
Each to their own. However, in my opinion the promotion of AFLX, like AFL-W, is simply about money. |
I'm yet to find an AFL official I couldn't go over to and have a chat with and what I find in common with them is that they love their footy like you and I do. |
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| Are they exactly the same? Do I? |
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dalyc
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| Damien wrote: | | Lots of critics of AFLX but it’s obviously to footy what T-20 is to cricket and that’s gone gangbusters. You gotta start somewhere and it Might take a while but I think it’s a good move to trial it this year. Who knows if it’ll work but I reckon offering a shorter form of the game may attract new fans and gives people options. I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes. |
My understanding is that one of the driving forces behind AFLX is the in the emerging states of NSW and QLD there are in sufficient grounds of full AFL size to increase participation. There are heaps more rugby sized grounds and as such AFLX has been devised to utilise these grounds and to promote Australian rules as a whole. In my book that's a good idea. Thanks
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dalyc
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| Damien wrote: | | Lots of critics of AFLX but it’s obviously to footy what T-20 is to cricket and that’s gone gangbusters. You gotta start somewhere and it Might take a while but I think it’s a good move to trial it this year. Who knows if it’ll work but I reckon offering a shorter form of the game may attract new fans and gives people options. I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes. |
My understanding is that one of the driving forces behind AFLX is the in the emerging states of NSW and QLD there are in sufficient grounds of full AFL size to increase participation. There are heaps more rugby sized grounds and as such AFLX has been devised to utilise these grounds and to promote Australian rules as a whole. In my book that's a good idea. Thanks
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