Pot, meet Kettle.

thank you very much

honestly australians love it when we excel at international sports and the afl is really preventing that because there is no doubt that afl players are amazing athletes and could go very far in other sports

Australians are able to represent Australia in 100 sports, if they want to.

For the bulk of these sports:
1. they will be forced to live on the breadline; and
2. the majority of Australians will not give damn about them.

So it's appropriate that people weigh all of this up before deciding what they do with their lives.

Invariably, the sort of argument your espousing (and I've seen many forms of the same argument in many forums, and even in the mainstream press), is shorthand for: I want people to play and follow only the sport I like, and no others.

It's true that I am in the top 1% of the world's population in terms of IQ, but I would never, ever view myself as being on a pedestal in that regard.

Another stunning example of missing the point entirely.

Isn't that then a reflection on the skill level within AFL that you can compensate for your lack of ball skills through physicality?

Do you have any evidence of that actually being the case?

Edit: And again, to show how ridiculous your idea of this is, isn't it a reflection of the skill level within soccer that a CB can compensate for his lack of ball skills through physicality?

Edited by Funky Munky: 6/2/2013 02:21:48 PM

In football, you can't tackle a player in possession of the ball with your arms and you can't do a 'hip & shoulder' bump amongst other things

....giving you a greater chance to control the ball....and?

Err...That's nice?

i am talking about the main sports where your likely to get some food money like swimming, cycling, football, golf, tennis, etc it doesnt come down to i want Australians to play the sports i like but i also want them to play sports i hate as long as it helps us reach our potential sporting success internationally and the atheletes can make a good living out of it then i dont care what sport it is

btw i would much rather watch an AFL match over a single second of cycling i really despise that sport but i would still like to see australians do well at it

Plus of course, if they're the sort of characters who are likely to wind up on the wrong side of the law, and/or using and abusing drugs, the AFL's "3 strikes and we'll still continue to hush it up" policy is a big plus. ;)

as opposed to the FFA's policy? which is??

GWS' membership now at 8,534

http://membership.gwsgiants.com.au/

Gosh darn it, you're right!
The FFA needs to get an arrangement in place with the police so that any police investigations into A-League players need to be reported to the FFA before the police are allowed to make a public comment, ala the AFL.


FFS. :lol:

The FFA suspended Stan Lazaridis for 12 months due to a failed drug test for a prescription alopecia medication (which was subsequently removed from the banned list in large measure as a result of the widespread discontent that followed his unfortunate case becoming public [partial wikipedia quote]).
Meanwhile, Ben Cousins never actually failed a drug test. :lol:

Oh, I see - you don't know the difference between WADA testing and the AFL's additional out-of-competition testing for recreational drug use?

The Lazaridis case comes under the former (as did the Justin Charles case and the current Essendon scandal).

The three strikes policy comes under the latter.

Do you understand the difference?

So let me re-phrase it: what's the FFA's policy on out-of-competition testing for recreational drug use?

Cricket Australia and the AIS follow the AFL's policy (pinched it in its entirety), the NRL also pinched the same policy but went with 2 strikes as a knee-jerk reaction.

What's the FFA's policy? Do they have a policy?

Do you know what happened when UEFA tried to pursue a regime similar to what the AFL has?

GWS memberships now up to 8,736

http://membership.gwsgiants.com.au/

LOL! Keep deflecting and talking up the AFL's "out-of-competition testing for recreational drug use" which is so effective that it failed to detect a known and self confessed drug addict. As far back as the late '90s there were whispers in Perth about Cousins (after he collapsed in a Subi restaurant) and the Eagles in general. Yet year after year, they never failed any of these amazing ""out-of-competition" drug tests

Don't worry - any budding sportsmen who are looking to "get on the gear" know that the AFL will look after them.

Please stop bumping this thread and keep it all in the AFL thread.

GWS membership now up to 8,940

http://membership.gwsgiants.com.au/

People have previously asked about the breakdown of GWS memberships.

I found this sentence in an article about Manuka:

"Almost 3,000 Canberra residents have signed up to be GIANTS members for 2013, taking the overall tally to 8,900, which is 5,500 better than last season."

http://www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/2013-02-07/canberra-lights-up

Why is this shit in ET?

In fact, why is this shit in existence at all?

Lock it and get rid of the troll.

Why is a thread with nearly 12,000 views on ET? Hmmm....

11000 of them are you.

I honestly doubt that.

Over the course of 30 days, you might be able to count maybe 150 views from me, tops.

But Trolls are useful!!! It helps understand how lucky we are that we are not in that unfortunate position.

This is the off season for the great Australian game (only popular in 3 states in the whole world) & soon the commonwealth cup will start & Mister Football will have less time on the football sites.

GWS memberships have now ticked over 9,000

http://membership.gwsgiants.com.au/

Is there a breakdown of memberships into demographics, fee paid, type of membership etc?

Because people click on it, go "oh god, this cunt again" and go back to ET.