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Adelaide_United_Red wrote:Yet again the local game shows its envy of the World Game, cringe much, between this and the supposed Champions League next year for SANFL/VFL/WAFL clubs
Good to see the mighty Hawks are the reigning champions! And stuff calling them Champions of Australia, lets be like the Americans and call them World Champions!
I like the idea, but I don't like the idea of calling it the Champions League. I believe that name is reserved for the best of the best. This comp is best of the second-best.
cam wrote:Good to see the mighty Hawks are the reigning champions! And stuff calling them Champions of Australia, lets be like the Americans and call them World Champions!
Not that impressive by Hawthorn - they've won the same number as West Adelaide.
Of course, just like when Iran drew 2-2 with Australia to knock us out of qualifying for France 1998:( Bogans everywhere waking up glad to be spared the sokkah mennace:( We've come so far as a footballing country, yet we still have so far to go:(
You think so? No Federal funds to help replace Subi, no Federal funds to help with Adelaide Oval, no Federal funds to fully develop AAMI Stadium, no Federal funds to fully develop Gold Coast Stadium. Sports Minister was on the radio this morning saying all Federal funding for stadiums was tied to a successful World Cup bid.
You think so? No Federal funds to help replace Subi, no Federal funds to help with Adelaide Oval, no Federal funds to fully develop AAMI Stadium, no Federal funds to fully develop Gold Coast Stadium. Sports Minister was on the radio this morning saying all Federal funding for stadiums was tied to a successful World Cup bid.
I agree - AFL had plenty to gain from a successful bid.
I think NRL had much more than AFL to lose if we got WC. All those rectangular pitches taken over by soccer for 2+ months. NRL consigned to the suburbs. AFL would still have been drawing big crowds - & getting PR, probably.
the nrl would have gained a white elephant in blacktown and not much else. improvements to newcastle that were going to happen anyway, and a bunch of temporary seats in townsville. not a big legacy there.