Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:44 pm
The South African Govt. want Aussie Rules as the 'new sport for the new South Africa' to unite the blacks and whites there. At the moment the blacks play soccer, the whites play rugby.
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Evidently you might need to do the same.Nines wrote: Yes , it might help if you put a little grammer in there .
I have no idea of what you are trying to ask.
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Who has stated this? Did the SA gov come out and say it? Any chance of some info on it?Saints-Premiers wrote:The South African Govt. want Aussie Rules as the 'new sport for the new South Africa' to unite the blacks and whites there. At the moment the blacks play soccer, the whites play rugby.
It's been around for years, the Sth African Govt. did say it, which is partly why the AFL sees an opportunity there.Anthony G wrote:Who has stated this? Did the SA gov come out and say it? Any chance of some info on it?Saints-Premiers wrote:The South African Govt. want Aussie Rules as the 'new sport for the new South Africa' to unite the blacks and whites there. At the moment the blacks play soccer, the whites play rugby.
Anthony G wrote: ...Why is South Africa the main target for Aussie Rules?
Yes - and from the AFL viewpoint (though this whole thing started some years back without any AFL involvement), its relatively virgin territory compared to first world countries with its sporting codes already firmly entrenched, yet with enough infrastructure to make it worthwhile to invest in (i.e. the country isn't a complete third world basket case like many other African countries). Due to rapid population growth, and the dominant code of soccer not always keeping pace with this rapid expansion in all areas, with corruption within that code in SA also apparently a real problem, and with rugby union mainly confined to the slowly dwindling white population, it leaves a bit of 'vacant territory' for the AFL to take advantage of at the grass roots level. So far, much of the development has been in the North West Province, with the help of the Provincial Gov't.Saints-Premiers wrote:The South African Govt. want Aussie Rules as the 'new sport for the new South Africa' to unite the blacks and whites there. At the moment the blacks play soccer, the whites play rugby.
Coincidentally, Tancred recently asked much the same question in Nine's 'Australian Football Stadiums' thread (World Stadiums). My answer was - "OK, here's 2 links on the AFL (sic) South Africa website -Anthony G wrote: Who has stated this? Did the SA gov come out and say it? Any chance of some info on it?
The did manage to draw 50k+ to both semi finals and the GF of the Super 14.sandyhill wrote: and with rugby union mainly confined to the slowly dwindling white population
Quite so - there's still 4.4 million whites in South Africa (out of a total 47.4 million), which I think is a bit more than NZ's total population, and I bet they still have many more union players than the total in Australia. However there used to be well over 5 million whites - their numbers are steadily diminishing as they're all moving to Perth in order to follow the Force with Egan.Anthony G wrote:Also, the infrastructure is already in place with many cricekt ovals scattered throughout the country.The did manage to draw 50k+ to both semi finals and the GF of the Super 14.sandyhill wrote: and with rugby union mainly confined to the slowly dwindling white population
I'm still waiting for a non AFL site to explain just what the RSA government is putting in here. Any sport that approaches a government and says we will spend money helping the poorest people in your country will be welcomed with open arms, in the same way FIFA welcomes every country putting in a World Cup bid. At the moment the RSA government could be contributing a lot of money, or they could just be saying you can use our cricket ovals for free.sandyhill wrote:Coincidentally, Tancred recently asked much the same question in Nine's 'Australian Football Stadiums' thread (World Stadiums). My answer was - "OK, here's 2 links on the AFL (sic) South Africa website -
http://aflsouthafrica.wordpress.com/200 ... th-africa/
"... The AFL has committed $400,000 a year for three years to AFL South Africa, with four AFL clubs (Carlton, Collingwood, Fremantle and West Coast) expected to pay $40,000 each for exclusive development rights in a province. With partnership funds from the likes of Costa's firm, Tattersalls and the South African Government, the overall development budget is close to $1 million a year. ..."
Again, the link provided has an agenda to push. How much funding do they get? Is it all from the RSA or is it via the Australian compaines listed further up this post? Is it actual large scale investment from the RSA or is it using equipment donated by Australians? For all we know this could be the return the RSA had to make to get the $1 million investment listed above.sandyhill wrote: http://www.aflsouthafrica.org/partners
Partners listed here include the 'North West Province Department of Sports & Recreation' and 'North West Academy of Sport'. They weouldn't list these without receiving some funding, and its one of the 12 sports at that academy.
From wikipedia citing the AFL's Australian football census.By the end of 2007, the figures recorded a total of 7,800 participants including 3,000 senior players, 800 juniors and 4,000 Footy Wild (Auskick) participants.[13] This represents a growth in participation of 160% between 2005-07.
Paint-drying interesting or grass-growing interesting?Nines wrote:Well I don't think they'll come to you .Tancred wrote: I'm still waiting for a non AFL site to explain just what the RSA government is putting in here.
In the mean time another province has taken up Australian Football
and the numbers continue to grow .
The 2008 International Cup is going to be very interesting .
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at least then you can ponder what sort of locos they are, etc. and so on...Cheesie-the-Pirate wrote:Train-wreck interesting?