Ohhhh that explains it … why should you… you’re only the president after all
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All this talk of duty of care to this one, that on and the other one, takes me back to 2013. Duty of care in the AFL is only ever about them. And if I am sounding bitter, I make no apologies, I am. I am sick of the duty of care line.
The AFL is one of the most powerful money generating business’s in Victoria, pays no tax and get handouts regularly from the State and Federal Governments. They should have budgeted for a raining day. Without their staff and players there is no game to gather all the moola from their sponsors.
Is there on-going support for all the people in the industry who are now left no job and probably not many prospects either. Not a good time to be out of work and look for employment.
We look after our people, yeah right, of course you do Mr. AFL.
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You might see a few Essendon VFL players play this year, at least.
Aligned VFL Clubs (Box Hill Hawks, Casey Demons & Sandringham) will have priority access to VFL-listed players currently contracted at an AFL Standalone Club (Collingwood, Essendon, Footscray, Geelong, North Melbourne, Northern Blues & Richmond). This period will conclude on Wednesday 1 July 2020. VFL Standalone Clubs may recruit players contracted by AFL Standalone Clubs after Wednesday 1 July. All players recruited from AFL Standalone Clubs are for the 2020 VFL Season only, noting these players must be released by their current AFL Standalone Club.
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The 2020 fixture will be released in the next 10 days with the majority of VFL games streamed LIVE through the VFL app.
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He’s living up to his name, The Traveller:
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It’s a long way from the VFL at Windy Hill in front 500 people to a packed stadium at the University of Kentucky
A great story, good on him!
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Just reading the new AFL rules and came across this
A new rule will also be implemented in the VFL and East Coast second-tier competition, a hybrid league created after COVID-19 destroyed the NEAFL. A minimum of three players from each team will need to be stationed inside 50 at every kick-in and boundary throw-in.
Okaaaayyyyy.
Well, that will be interesting. Testing it for the AFL no doubt.
Don’t mind a trial of that in the lower leagues. Seems (in theory) a decent way to remove some congestion at the stoppages.
How does adding an extra state cure the NEAFL’s COVID woes?
Communication specialists bullshit a lot.
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To be honest, I think it could actually work and will be keen to see it trialled properly. Could really solve some of the congestion issues. But it will stuff clubs trying to get their VFL team to play the same way as the senior team.
Will be interesting to see if the umpires bother to enforce it. It’s not strictly enforced in the VFLW — I’ve seen it paid once in two seasons.
We got the free, and it almost got us our first win.
Obligatory dig at the fatty boombah Merv Hughes Oval where we got that free:
Those are 40m arcs and the centre square is 5m shorter than it is wide. On the day there was a massive northerly wind that kept the ball in limbo on the far wing…
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With such a big emphasis on ‘development’, where is the VFL list & where are the VFL practice matches?
We have blokes on our list that haven’t played for 18 months…and blokes that are entering their second season at the club who haven’t played any type of match.
Development is overrated.
I believe there is a VFL practice match on Friday. I also believe they will have some players, perhaps even some who are on our AFL list… could be wrong 
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Where, when?
Below may or may not be true:
- 2 games on channel 7 each weekend (1 interstate game)
- 1 match of the day game on Foxtel
- 3 games on Kayo (unsure if that is separate to the Foxtel & Ch7 games or not)
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at least it’s free, but still get ■■■■■■ kayo.