tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962312425604324620.post4210552013361651656..comments2023-06-17T19:52:57.712+10:00Comments on A Football Story: Musings on the State Of Australian FootballA Football Storyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03885959162927450591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962312425604324620.post-91731616880671043962009-10-01T11:48:09.841+10:002009-10-01T11:48:09.841+10:00Hey John,
Some interesting comments. One of the t...Hey John,<br /><br />Some interesting comments. One of the things that surprised me was the muted response to the returning Socceroos and how they are not adding bums to seats.<br /><br />John Aloisi, Jason Culina, Mile Sterjovski all played at the World Cup. But they haven't brought people to the game like I thought they would.<br />John when you say "it is the former soccer players....." what do you mean.<br /><br />I agree about the foxsports comments. that is 7 years almost half a generation of kids that will have no idea or ever seen the a league save for snippets on the news and sbs.A Football Storyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03885959162927450591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2962312425604324620.post-27115739847916877032009-10-01T11:40:04.433+10:002009-10-01T11:40:04.433+10:00AFL is the best managed league is Aust. They have ...AFL is the best managed league is Aust. They have to be. But the have the basics right. The clubs are owned and controlled by members and the do what they are told. The ticketing, player drafting and strategy is controlled centrally and it is about maximising the overall dollars in the long term. Markets with more potential - Sydney, Brisbane and now Gold Coast are given better players because their winning is the best overall outcome. <br /><br />The game is not managed to please Fox Sports. Fox is at last profitable on the back of soccer and union - but both soccer and union have paid the price for taking the upfront money.<br /><br />Kids don't know or care about A-League players. They don't get to see them unless their parents are middle class and have fox sports.<br /><br />It isn't the former AFL interests in the FFA that are the problem - it is the former soccer players...<br /><br />The AFL doesn't have to worry about a national team that kills off interest at the local level - ask state cricket teams what life was like before the national team played every week...johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12598217628490483035noreply@blogger.com