And yea the lord did fark Carlton , by sending it to the fiery depths of hell, where Satan continues to shove red hit tridents up their ar$es, and make their no 1 draft picks smite their luck
It appeared as though the Shiel trade would be a certainty to be finalized for Wednesday evening, right during prime time. The Hogan and Wingard deals may change that though, more controversial in nature and likely to generate more suspense. Yes, I believe that Hogan will still be traded.
I suspect that Shiel to Essendon will be done by Wednesday lunchtime and provide a talking point during the day in the lead up to trade close.
Then Richard Pratt said Carlton are â â â â . We shall buy us a great player and he shall bring us to the hollyland of the premiership flags. We shall trade our first, second round picks, and a player who shalt never savor premiership glory for a Virile young man with a mane of hair. He shall be called Judd and he shalt be so good he shall not only recieve his contract money but a company called Visy shalt rain down on him with cash. The others shalt hate him, but think that his girlfriend is hot.
In the beginning there was Essendon, and the Lord saw that it was very good.
Now the serpent was more crafty than all of the the other animals that the Lord had made, because he had a headache. The serpent came to Essendon players such as Justin Madden and said âBehold, I show you Glorious Carlton, my creation that reaches into the heavens.â and then it came to be that such players were carried off into a great deception.
The Lord said âwhat have you done! Now because of you Glorious Carlton shall now be known as Fark Carlton and you shall be condemned to receiving number 1 draft pick players that you cannot develop properly and watch Essendon do much better with picks such as ones used for Guelfi.â
While Iâm sure thatâs correct, as far as it goes, I think the qualifier to âliterally only six clubs that could stand on their own two feet,â under the existing set up.
Who owns the grounds?
Who organises the catering?
What rights do they have in monetising their current players?
What rights do clubs have with their marketing and licencing?
If Essendon wanted to make Essenbikkies with Arnottâs in Heppell, Tippa and Big Joe varieties, are they allowed to do that?
I bet theyâre not.
And if they were I bet most of the money would go to the AFL.
My examples arenât as crazy as this but you are 100% correct . The hierarchy of the AFL is all wrong and thus it appears the AFL prop clubâs up when in fact if there are no clubâs there is no AFL.
If clubâs were franchised theyâd receive all sponsorship and media rights direct and them give some money to a subordinate group who perform competition administration.
So the idea that the AFL keep the clubâs afloat is BS because they take their money in the first place.
If not for the fact most have struggled, the whole GWS trading with Carlton would look like collusion. If you add Setterfield thatâs players from draft picks 3,4,5,6,10,12 &13 that GWS have traded to Carlton in the last 5 years. Again thank fark they have mainly been busts & hopefully Setterfield doesnât come good.