Wow , what an essay, looks like you have your head well and truly `brainwashed congrats. Must be good to be a nice sheep and follow the company line.
Lets get started with this crap shall we.
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Titan_Matchu
The AFL spend millions on areas they want to take over. Have a look at 1997 and compare the advantages Brisbane Lions were given compared to Port Adelaide (both entered in 1997). The reason being they wanted a successful brand in Queensland,
Are you talking about the 3 premierships they were given?
I couldnt watch a sport that is no better then the WWE. They stack the deck in favor of these so called expansion team so that they have success, how does that effect other AFL supporters from other clubs? Do you whinge about it, or just lap it up because Sir Vlad says so?
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To further my point research into history and look into what happened to the Fitzroy Football Club(defunct Victorian club) at the end of 1996, I assure you if the AFL wanted to save them they could have.
Are you talking about the Lions? The same team that still exists today in Brisbane? The same team that was handed 3 premierships to keep there support base happy? and to drum up this massive following in Brisbane and capture all the kids imaginations? WTF happened?
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You are right, the NRL expects teams to be fully self sufficient from day one. I guess that is why so many NRL teams have gone under Newtown, North Sydney, Gold Coast Giants, Gold Coast Chargers, Gold Coast Seagulls, Adelaide Rams(Proof the NRL can't expand into other parts of Australia, I'll go into this travesty if you want me to?), Perth Reds(another example of not being able to expand), South QLD, Hunter Mariners.
Good work! a whole paragraph of teams and not 1 NRL team
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In the AFL there has been one merger and one team go under (Melbourne University were never going to survive anyway).
South Melbourne relocated to Sydney Swans
Brisbane Bears Merged with the Fitzroy Lions
who the f*ck is Melbourne university?
Such massive expansion into 2 of the top 3 biggest markets in Australia, relocation of Melbourne teams.
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You want to tell me the Gold Coast Titans fully funded Skilled Park and the Centre of Ex?
Care to point me where i said Titans funded Skilled park?
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get your hand off it mate the Titans have received more assistance from the QLD Government then the Suns have.
Bullsh*t!
Care to explain
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Unlimited is not quite the right word for the funds the Suns receive, they get $20m from the AFL, 9.2m of which goes straight into the players hands.
Does that figure include the extra funds given to players like Hunt?
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The cap exceptions for the Gold Coast Suns this year is merely 1.6m extra that will decrease over the next few years until they are on par with the rest of the AFL clubs.
Again does this include extra payments given to guys like Hunt? NO!
Also how many extra draft picks do they get?
If your too stupid to see the AFL stacking the deck just like they did to Brisbane
Sydney
and Port Adelaide
and West Coast Eagles
Then you are kidding yourself, you try and justify watching a competition that has pre determined winners, and expect the people in Qld and NSW to swallow the cool aid and believe the tripe being dished out by the sport
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In terms of going over the cap have you even researched this? Brisbane Lions were fined $21k this year for being over the cap this year. St George were only fined $15k for their breach so the fines vary in both codes.
Ever hear of the Melbourne Storm?
here is your equivalent
Sydney was fined the then-maximum $20,000 and stripped of a first-round draft pick after the first year when it was found to have paid out almost double the cap.
In 1996 Essendon revealed it had breached the salary cap by $514,500 between 1991-96.
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The AFL said there was no doubt Carlton was guilty of paying players under the table and thus breaching the salary cap in 2000 and 2001.
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So are the punishments similar?
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The Council owns Carrara Stadium not the AFL.
But the AFL have management rights, and passed them to the Suns, something not heard of in any other stadium in Australia
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In terms of the NRL clubs not lifting a finger to build a stadium that is probably why Skilled Park is so terribly built and does not reach international standards to host even a FIFA match.
Skilled park has allready hosted an International game, when is your international game against the potato farmers? with a round ball soccer posts, and throwing LOL
Maybe you could play the Kiwis at metricon LOL
http://www.aussierulesinternational....63a4f_w480.jpg
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Oh also the stadium would basically have to be demolished to increase the size because of the way it has been built, oops.
Maybe you should research this a bit better LOL
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The AFL tries to steer clear of being associated with media outlets from a business stand point but they are not immune either, the whole St Kilda school girl thing really tarnished the code a fair bit.
This is what disgusts me about this code, it was not the medias fault 2 players and a manager had sex with an underage girl you friggin moron
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I just want to also point out I went to the Titans-Broncos first game this year at Skilled Park and then attended the Suns-Lions game later in the year and I can safely say the atmosphere at the AFL game was much better.
That is because your a AFL fan, if you like hanging out with 70 year old ex victorians, screaming BALLLLLLL every 5 secs then all the power to you,
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Maybe you should give the Suns a go, your kids will be if they go through the school system here because of Auskick, a truly genius idea to win over the public from the kids upwards.
Want some stats on participation numbers for touch football to Auskick?
The difference is if someone plays Touch footy we dont claim they have NRL experience.