it on EuroSport

it's a great idea by AFL,   give a way to grow a game out side of Australia where there is no grounds that match AFL size

i can see AFL X leagues starting up in many European cities .....but i do feel 7 players is to small, 9 players is perfect

AFL x is nore more dumb then European handball, or beach volleyball  

Grounds in Ireland and nowhere else?

Remember when there was a 5 minute flood of news about the explosion in participation in South Africa?

I'd have thought by now some of these blokes would be draft age

When will the AFL hierarchy stop oscillating their hands up and down their phalluses and forget expansion overseas?

I've lived and travelled overseas for years and years and have never, ever read one word about aerial ping pong.

The story must have only appeared in SA, WA, Victorian or Tasmanian media. Anywhere else it would be ridiculed.

Im glad theyre making their position known. At least its not deniable anymore that they have it in for us. 



Btw what did steady eddie say tonight? I didnt hear about that

Edit. Ok.... "rioters".... 

 No its when you have a fkd up cousin whos is a greedy and vindictive cnut and talks shit about you all the time but denies they do it claiming youre imagining it or that you habe a victim mentality. 

Unfortunate reality is somewhere in the world a super star player or super star club will visit australia whenever they damn well feel like it, and there's nothing the AFL can do about it. except rush them with AFL players and give them a red ball to fuck around with in front of a tv camera

Bahahhaha. Oh lord fmd. Do they know no bounds? They have no shame. This is the clearest case of "if you cant beat em, join em" ive seen in my life. I think its safe to say they're preempting the inevitable demise of their flagship product.

Talk about the desperate gasps of a dying empire. 

can't play gaelic football on a pitch with football dimensions

can play aussie rules - a game for cricket ovals - on a pitch with football dimensions




sloooooow clap

that trouble about living in Australia, is it's like living with  the relative ,  all you do is bitch and talk about each other because there nothing else to do

What is it with AFL people trolling and so paranoid at the moment - Mick Malthouse, Mr Football, Gil and the AFL board plus tonight Eddie McGuire. 

Troubling times. 

The thinking is pretty sound on this one:
 - the AFL can only have a 6 month season because it shares grounds with cricket
- there is plenty of demand from patrons to see more footy
 - a small sided game can take account of soccer pitches over the summer, giving patrons and pat TV subscribers more footy over the summer
 - there isn't a lot of sporting competition over the summer, so there are sponsorship dollars to be made

20/20 was played 50 years ago....

@oliveballs

They would have to play as AFL clubs. Therefore be contracted.

Would need s celebrity factor not draft rejects.

No, anyone with half a brain knew 20/20 was a great idea. 

It's only  7-a-side, so it wouldn't take much to fill teams with recently retired players and VFL players who are still looking to get drafted, or even those from the U18 comp who missed out on getting drafted (about 1,500 put their name in the draft each year, but only about 80 get drafted).
If they have a pre-season draft, could be a good shop window over the summer.

The gaelic playing field  is a bit bigger than your traditional soccer pitch

why...whats has Rugby said about Rugby 7s and cricket said about 20/20

imagine the pack pedaling when they explain why we need this game, but there's nothing wrong with international rules either

it all about playing AFL oversea on soccer grounds, and doing what rugby 7 has done 

and those that say it will not work...what is gaelic football played on

The problem with this idea is who will the players be? I'm sure clubs don't want their players playing all year and risking injury.

If I was the AFL I would just base it in Melbourne with 8 clubs. Just have quadruple headers at Aami park. Should get 30k each week. 14 rounds. About 3 hours running time.

It won't work. It will not take off, in fact it will not even get greenlit.

I'm surprised the AFL even leaked it as a PR story - they are usually a lot better at this, it just makes them look like idiots who are not in control of their game. 

Stadiums Qld be like

I still don't see how it could possibly work on a small pitch.The reason why AFL ovals are so huge is to make it harder to kick goals.
Elite atheletes could easily make a mockery of a game on a small arena.
The main point of difference for AFL is the big kicks.Take that away and what do you have? With cricket ,Football and NRL and rugby ,the shortened version of each game does not affect the skills required.

Would much rather have a club equivalent of International Rules football.

I'd support it

Cringe worthy

I can imagine a shortened AFL comp playing over the summer and using a venue like AAMI Park.

Would get decent ratings on Fox as well (and they might need a new summer sport if the A-League opts for Optus).

I heard it will be with a round ball and rectangular pitch. 

To emphasise kicking, you can't touch the ball as well (except for 1 player who is mean to protect the goal).

we are not worried about what they are doing, but they are clearly bothered about football - it's why they're obsessed with preventing it growing. Every Sunday there is a new piece from some AFL affiliated person talking about stopping sokkah. As for 'why do you all care so much' - well if a well connected organisation with a well documented detrimental attitude towards our game is suddenly going to start trying to take the fields are games are played on, then I think it's ok for people to take at least a passing interest in. 

well done to the AFL for trying some new for there game...who knows if it will work or not

why do you all care so much...if it's not the AFL, it be some other sport

FFA needs to just worry about it's self, and keep moving forward , stop worrying about what AFL