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Great time to be an NRL fan...

> Famous last words

They are only playing because they need to get to April to get their TV rights payment. The league would be dead without it. Same with the A-League.

The AFL have enough money and assets to survive, but it's still going to hurt them.

 

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Brisbane Lions players have been advised that they will be stood down without pay for now.

That's shitty news for the lower paid players.

 

[Urprobablyright]

The NRL is still going, so you might have seen something about that.

Right!

 

[Urprobablyright]

Why did these half arses take Ablett away from my Cats, waste of Golden years.

 

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Why did these half arses take Ablett away from my Cats, waste of Golden years.

It was a waste. He did get a lot of money though.

 

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[Urprobablyright]

Seems like the AFL is looking like being a bit of a tv revenue house of cards~ would be pretty historic if we look back on this year as the year coronavirus scratched one of the holy clutch of great Australian sports~

 

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Even if the AFL, NRL etc. did end up folding, the sports themselves will survive. All you need is a bunch of players and a ball. People will still want to play and watch it.

 

[Urprobablyright]

Even if the AFL, NRL etc. did end up folding, the sports themselves will survive. All you need is a bunch of players and a ball. People will still want to play and watch it.

You can bet your ass they will!

 

[Scopa]

It’ll be interesting seeing how some players that are used to blowing their monthly wage living the high life go living without it.

 

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It’ll be interesting seeing how some players that are used to blowing their monthly wage living the high life go living without it.

Beams and Gibbs might struggle. There's nothing to bet on though so they might be OK.

 

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The NRL has now been suspended.

 

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Caro thinks there could be some mergers.



Just axe GWS and the Suns.

 

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I think some teams are going to regret rushing in AFLW sides when their men’s teams are barely solvent. I’m thinking Roos, Saints, Bulldogs etc. I never understood it, to be honest.

 

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Some clubs have made a profit from their AFLW teams due to memberships. It will be interesting to see what happens with the AFLW though.

The players have agreed to take a 50% pay cut.

The soft cap for coaches and staff will drop from $10m down to $6.7m

The AFL execs have taken a 20% pay cut and won't be getting any bonuses.

 

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The players only want a 50% pay cut between now and May 31.

 

[Scopa]

The players only want a 50% pay cut between now and May 31.

Those horses don’t gamble on themselves.

 

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Someone got his little dick out during 7's AFL report.

 

[slugbahr]

Someone got his little dick out during 7's AFL report.

(A)RSEA PARK

 

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[farmerboy]

That was brutal

 

[Scopa]

That was brutal

Twitter replies to Kane Cornes are one of the few positives of the internet.

He blocks them all because he is a bobbleheaded softcock.

 

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Eddie and Chompers having a feisty chat about members getting refunded:



Eddie's fired up!

 

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[Scopa]

I haven’t been following this story, but honestly North should probably relocate to Tasmania. They almost folded 10 years ago and can barely pull a crowd and yet they rushed through an AFLW side, why? Seems idiotic to me.

Tasmania is jonesing for a club and since the AFL won’t let them create one, why not make it the Kangaroos? Too many Vic teams anyway.

 

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North's AFLW team plays in Tasmania, that's why they were one of the first additions to the league.

 

[Scopa]

North's AFLW team plays in Tasmania, that's why they were one of the first additions to the league.

Ironic.

 

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Daisy!

 

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Bucks did a Q&A.

 

[Shrap]

Well, I bought myself and my old man a 2020 membership as a christmas present. Guessing that's all gone down the drain.

 

[Scopa]

Well, I bought myself and my old man a 2020 membership as a christmas present. Guessing that's all gone down the drain.

Hopefully you are a Magpies supporter.

Eddie Mcguire reckons you can just “ring the club” and they’ll maybe not maybe give you your money back, lol.

 

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I'm sure members will be compensated eventually.

 

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The NRL are trying to get playing again in 6 weeks. The AFL won't be far behind if it happens.

 

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Apparently 2 American billionaires are interested in buying GWS.

 

[MacReady13]

Apparently 2 American billionaires are interested in buying GWS.

What's this about???

 

[Alter_Fridge]

What's this about???

LaMelo Ball investing harder into NSW?

 

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What's this about???

Tom Browne broke the story and they talked about it on Footy Classified. There are 2 American billionaires that are GWS fans and have been putting money into the club before all this happened to help the them out. If the club was made available to buy they would be interested.

One of them is a White House adviser.

 

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Tom Browne broke the story and they talked about it on Footy Classified. There are 2 American billionaires that are GWS fans and have been putting money into the club before all this happened to help the them out. If the club was made available to buy they would be interested.

One of them is a White House adviser.

If this coronavirus continues, and the AFL aren't able to sustain all 18 clubs I have a feeling the only way most clubs will survive will be by having private owners.

 

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RIP Kyron Jr

 

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They left a hashtag off:

#cringe

 

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Must say I’m not a big fan of Bob Murphy. Too much of a sensitive new age guy for my liking. A real hipster moron.

 

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I haven't been listening to SEN due to no footy but apparently the show he does with Andy Maher is the shits.

 

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RIP Kyron Jr

Thaaat sucks.

Yeah, the AFL feels like a bit of an expansion-happy house of cards, I'm not so sure teams in QLD or SA have a bright future at the mo'...

Actually makes me worried about Union...

 

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Yeah, the AFL feels like a bit of an expansion-happy house of cards, I'm not so sure teams in QLD or SA have a bright future at the mo'...

All the teams should be fine, for now. Player lists and assistant coaching roles might shrink though.

Actually makes me worried about Union...

Think it was already stuffed before all of this. Going from Foxtel to Optus wasn't a good sign.

A-League also has that problem.

 

[Urprobablyright]

All the teams should be fine, for now. Player lists and assistant coaching roles might shrink though.


Think it was already stuffed before all of this. Going from Foxtel to Optus wasn't a good sign.

A-League also has that problem.

Yeah... Australia has a bit of a problem with wanting to live like yanks with 25 odd million people rather than 300~ we want a bunch of sports, high wages (in hospitality to boot), low working hours, consequent high taxes, doesn't seem supportable.. maybe we can do without the a-league it's a bit of a cluster fuck with regards to average skill level.. definitely wish we could resurrect Union though :'( i miss the wallabies from '95-'05... Miss Stephen Larkham~

 

[MacReady13]

Yeah... Australia has a bit of a problem with wanting to live like yanks with 25 odd million people rather than 300~ we want a bunch of sports, high wages (in hospitality to boot), low working hours, consequent high taxes, doesn't seem supportable.. maybe we can do without the a-league it's a bit of a cluster fuck with regards to average skill level.. definitely wish we could resurrect Union though :'( i miss the wallabies from '95-'05... Miss Stephen Larkham~

We COULD live without the A League. It is barely a 3rd rate soccer league that has woeful skill levels.

In regards to AFL, i'm sure all clubs are now realizing that they have been spending FAR too much money on shit they really don't need. During the 80's and 90's, i'm quite sure people like sports scientists weren't all that important into how a player kicks a ball. I think football needs to get back to the basics- recruit actual footballers and not athletes. Train players for a set number of days a week without hours upon hours of meetings (they're fucking footy players, not surgeons/heads of businesses etc...) and let them work normal jobs. Stop making football a full time job. It never worried footy players in years past, so why does it today?

Quick edit- in terms of spending far too much, why does the coach need so many assistant coaches? Again, coaches have had assistants but not to the degree they do today. I heard Worsfold say on the radio a few months ago he doesn't speak to the players during the week AT ALL! He only speaks to them on game day! Now granted, that might only be him but I did hear David Teague say on radio as well 1 thing he will miss being the coach of the blues. His response--- I will miss the interaction with the players! The coach doesn't interact with the players?!? Who is then? The numerous assistants?

 

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Ben Cousins is back in jail. Caught with meth again.