The EFC job is to win AFL premierships. This is crap, noise, rubbish whatever you want to call it.
And enough of the politically correct BS as well. Would any of you pay your hard earned to watch a women’s football match ?
I most certainly would. The women’s game I saw on TV was one of the most entertaining matches I have seen in a long time. Far better that many of the men’s matches that have been on in recent years.
I’d hazard a guess and suggest either the rules were slightly different too, or else the umpiring was far superior.
It was a cracking match. I’ll be looking forward to the lady bombers.
Slower game makes umpiring a lot easier
Again though, if Pazza says the women’s is the same quality as Div 3 men’s; why would you (presumably) pay more to watch the gals over the guys?
Aligning with an AFL side will definitely boost numbers, but let’s not kid ourselves into thinking a women’s game is going to even half fill Etithad as a stand alone game
Games need to be played as a curtain raiser, or out in the burbs somewhere
Great strategic move by the AFL and EFC. Women’s Aussie Rules is the fastest growing sport in the country. Get the whole family involved and protect the market they have. Despite soccer trying to destroy itself there are just so many kids playing (boys and girls) that weight of numbers will mean that soccer will be a great commercial success. Basketball appears to have finally found a way of cashing in on the huge numbers that play at a social level and the AFL has to be concerned at what is happening with clubs at ground level. Many clubs are struggling with player payments, sponsors are harder to find, spectators aren’t as passionate (ie less money spent at the club) and the answer is getting women involved in the club on and off the field.
Getting a EFC team in place will help consolidate the growth of the game and works in nicely with our stated objectives.
The EFC job is to win AFL premierships. This is crap, noise, rubbish whatever you want to call it.
And enough of the politically correct BS as well. Would any of you pay your hard earned to watch a women’s football match ?
I most certainly would. The women’s game I saw on TV was one of the most entertaining matches I have seen in a long time. Far better that many of the men’s matches that have been on in recent years.
I’d hazard a guess and suggest either the rules were slightly different too, or else the umpiring was far superior.
It was a cracking match. I’ll be looking forward to the lady bombers.
Slower game makes umpiring a lot easier
Again though, if Pazza says the women’s is the same quality as Div 3 men’s; why would you (presumably) pay more to watch the gals over the guys?
Aligning with an AFL side will definitely boost numbers, but let’s not kid ourselves into thinking a women’s game is going to even half fill Etithad as a stand alone game Games need to be played as a curtain raiser, or out in the burbs somewhere
The “highest level of the game” hasn’t been that for quite some years, in some significant respects (negative play, interpretation of rules, media that make it all about themselves).
Anymore footy to get into is a good thing. Love reading reports of the VFL if I can’t watch it or get to the game. Eagerly await the training threads. If there is an EFC girls team I can get behind I will. Even more so if they are successful. It would be nice for the footy to be only about footy again.