Oh I know you're right Paul, completely.....what worries and saddens me is the short-sighted and narrow view that is from the AFL. The game needs a strong competition below the AFL in each state as something worth aspiring to, not just as a feeder. Basketball has NBL1, Soccer has the NPL.....those are legitimate competitions with strong clubs and supporter bases. If you take away that second-tier competition as something worth aspiring to, you are hurting the heartland of the game. For all standalone clubs, why bother being in a competition that has no real value other than to feed the elite? I guess the AFL are just biding their time until all the baby boomers and gen Xers are gone and nobody remembers why these clubs were ever important at all. Bloody sad.
Oh I know you're right Paul, completely.....what worries and saddens me is the short-sighted and narrow view that is from the AFL. The game needs a strong competition below the AFL in each state as something worth aspiring to, not just as a feeder. Basketball has NBL1, Soccer has the NPL.....those are legitimate competitions with strong clubs and supporter bases. If you take away that second-tier competition as something worth aspiring to, you are hurting the heartland of the game. For all standalone clubs, why bother being in a competition that has no real value other than to feed the elite? I guess the AFL are just biding their time until all the baby boomers and gen Xers are gone and nobody remembers why these clubs were ever important at all. Bloody sad.
Can't argue with any of that mate.
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