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Carlito
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Afl media and the afl as a whole are very insular. They are the big fish in a small pond.
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robstazzz
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What a joke.
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WSF
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David Koch, nuff said.
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Melbcityguy
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Good to sink the boot in them for a change
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Waz
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“But their [AFL] international promotion strategy comes across as very insular and backward“ .... that’s the way they do it in Australia too lol
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robbos
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Sometimes you must wonder what's it like to live in AFL heartland!!!!
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+xSometimes you must wonder what's it like to live in AFL heartland!!!! It's mind-numbing, Dustin Martin getting a two week ban is the third leading story on the news.
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Carlito
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+x+xSometimes you must wonder what's it like to live in AFL heartland!!!! It's mind-numbing, Dustin Martin getting a two week ban is the third leading story on the news. Yep. Tomorrow in the papers itll be dusty on the first page.but in saying that the vegan protests will probably fill the papers
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Muz
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This would go closest to the dumbest non-story 442 have ever run.
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hames_jetfield
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Kochie was roundly roasted on Twitter and showed how much of a self-involved dumbass he is...again. Nothing to see here.
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RBBAnonymous
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+x+xSometimes you must wonder what's it like to live in AFL heartland!!!! It's mind-numbing, Dustin Martin getting a two week ban is the third leading story on the news. Not in Sydney its not.
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bettega
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smell the fear
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Carlito
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+x+x+xSometimes you must wonder what's it like to live in AFL heartland!!!! It's mind-numbing, Dustin Martin getting a two week ban is the third leading story on the news. Not in Sydney its not. Be glad you don't live in Victoria or the southern states . I love footy but saturation of afl here is mind numbing
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Burztur
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Whose Dustin Martin? Haha don’t really care and it was a waste of effort typing this.
Funny but honest read about football and AFL in China. Basketball is king there...
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Melbcityguy
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+xWhose Dustin Martin? Haha don’t really care and it was a waste of effort typing this.Funny but honest read about football and AFL in China. Basketball is king there... Is basketball more popular then football there?
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Burztur
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I wouldn’t compare us against Table Tennis or Badmington but Basketball is definitely up there although Football isn’t far behind. https://www.saporedicina.com/english/most-popular-sports-in-china/
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aok
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You have to hand it to the AFL, the way they re-write history is amazing. According to the navel gazing AFL knuckle draggers, AFL was the sport played by ANZACs in WWI (you'll see the photos doing the rounds shortly) and now the western sport of choice for the Chinese. The culture, the tradition.......
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bettega
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+xYou have to hand it to the AFL, the way they re-write history is amazing. According to the navel gazing AFL knuckle draggers, AFL was the sport played by ANZACs in WWI (you'll see the photos doing the rounds shortly) and now the western sport of choice for the Chinese. The culture, the tradition....... There's even a story doing the rounds that there was a chinese footy league in Ballarat in the 1890s
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tsf
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+xThis would go closest to the dumbest non-story 442 have ever run. Agreed. Devoid of any substance, interest or intelligence. If they wanted to go anywhere near this angle there would be a much bigger story/slap in the face to the AFL.
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+xThis would go closest to the dumbest non-story 442 have ever run. nah i disagree. this type of mind numbing bullshit needs to be called out for what it is... cringeworthy propaganda
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tsf
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+x+xThis would go closest to the dumbest non-story 442 have ever run. nah i disagree. this type of mind numbing bullshit needs to be called out for what it is... cringeworthy propaganda yeah sure, but there is way better angles then getting some expat nobody to throw his two cents in
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petszk
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+xYou have to hand it to the AFL, the way they re-write history is amazing. According to the navel gazing AFL knuckle draggers, AFL was the sport played by ANZACs in WWI (you'll see the photos doing the rounds shortly) and now the western sport of choice for the Chinese. The culture, the tradition....... Whereas the reality of AFL (VFL) in WW1 and ANZACs is... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_VFL_season#Impact_of_the_war
Carlton, Collingwood, Fitzroy, and Richmond had each volunteered to devote a significant proportion of their 1916 gate receipts to what were known as Patriotic Funds and also conduct a number of special fund raising activities; however, in June 1917, an audit by the VFL of the money that each club's "patriotic fund raising" had delivered over to the State War Council disclosed that the four clubs, which had appeared to all and sundry to be suffering considerable financial distress during the 1916 season due to the reduction in gate receipts, etc., had apparently discovered that their fund raising had involved an extraordinarily large amount of "expenses". From its recorded "patriotic fund raising" receipts of ₤918, Fitzroy could only deliver ₤152 after "expenses", Collingwood ₤40 from ₤664, Richmond ₤90 from ₤614, and Carlton nothing at all from ₤884. The State War Council censured the clubs, and appointed its own supervisors to oversee the clubs' fund raising in 1917.
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ErogenousZone
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AFL rots your brain. Fact.
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Muz
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+x+x+xThis would go closest to the dumbest non-story 442 have ever run. nah i disagree. this type of mind numbing bullshit needs to be called out for what it is... cringeworthy propaganda yeah sure, but there is way better angles then getting some expat nobody to throw his two cents in That was my point. Who is this bloke they're quoting? I could ask a dozen of my mates that still live in Singapore from when I was there about croquet and their opinion of the inroads it's making into Asia. But how or why is that even relevant enough to then whack it up as a lead story on Croquet.com.au?
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bettega
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Just came across this on Twitter: AFL, Kennedy enter China partnership to progress the gamehttps://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-04-14/afl-kennedy-enter-china-partnership-to-progress-the-gameNot sure what it's worth but does anyone know if this brand is well known? (personally, I've never heard of it). Why would these companies sink their money into this when we have A-League clubs palying against the biggest football clubs in China on an annual basis in a serious competition?
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+x+xYou have to hand it to the AFL, the way they re-write history is amazing. According to the navel gazing AFL knuckle draggers, AFL was the sport played by ANZACs in WWI (you'll see the photos doing the rounds shortly) and now the western sport of choice for the Chinese. The culture, the tradition....... Whereas the reality of AFL (VFL) in WW1 and ANZACs is... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_VFL_season#Impact_of_the_war
Carlton, Collingwood, Fitzroy, and Richmond had each volunteered to devote a significant proportion of their 1916 gate receipts to what were known as Patriotic Funds and also conduct a number of special fund raising activities; however, in June 1917, an audit by the VFL of the money that each club's "patriotic fund raising" had delivered over to the State War Council disclosed that the four clubs, which had appeared to all and sundry to be suffering considerable financial distress during the 1916 season due to the reduction in gate receipts, etc., had apparently discovered that their fund raising had involved an extraordinarily large amount of "expenses". From its recorded "patriotic fund raising" receipts of ₤918, Fitzroy could only deliver ₤152 after "expenses", Collingwood ₤40 from ₤664, Richmond ₤90 from ₤614, and Carlton nothing at all from ₤884. The State War Council censured the clubs, and appointed its own supervisors to oversee the clubs' fund raising in 1917.
While the VFL continued, 450 of the 500 players in the Victorian association football league went to the war, many never to return, many more returning in no condition to play again. A generation of players and clubs were lost to the war, and nobody knows how different the sporting landscape would be otherwise.
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aok
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+x+x+xYou have to hand it to the AFL, the way they re-write history is amazing. According to the navel gazing AFL knuckle draggers, AFL was the sport played by ANZACs in WWI (you'll see the photos doing the rounds shortly) and now the western sport of choice for the Chinese. The culture, the tradition....... Whereas the reality of AFL (VFL) in WW1 and ANZACs is... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_VFL_season#Impact_of_the_war
Carlton, Collingwood, Fitzroy, and Richmond had each volunteered to devote a significant proportion of their 1916 gate receipts to what were known as Patriotic Funds and also conduct a number of special fund raising activities; however, in June 1917, an audit by the VFL of the money that each club's "patriotic fund raising" had delivered over to the State War Council disclosed that the four clubs, which had appeared to all and sundry to be suffering considerable financial distress during the 1916 season due to the reduction in gate receipts, etc., had apparently discovered that their fund raising had involved an extraordinarily large amount of "expenses". From its recorded "patriotic fund raising" receipts of ₤918, Fitzroy could only deliver ₤152 after "expenses", Collingwood ₤40 from ₤664, Richmond ₤90 from ₤614, and Carlton nothing at all from ₤884. The State War Council censured the clubs, and appointed its own supervisors to oversee the clubs' fund raising in 1917.
While the VFL continued, 450 of the 500 players in the Victorian association football league went to the war, many never to return, many more returning in no condition to play again. A generation of players and clubs were lost to the war, and nobody knows how different the sporting landscape would be otherwise. The disgusting thing about that, is that the AFL portray themselves as the "brave, dinkum, digger, traditional" sport whilst football is portrayed as as the "foreigners'" game that undermines "Aussie" values. Hate the AFL with a passion.
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petszk
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I've not heard of the brand either, but as to "Why?"... I dare say he's an AFL diehard who's willing and able to put money into the venture. Probably excited at the idea of getting to see his company's name in lights (so to speak) in another country, getting to take a few clients/staff on a junket to China and getting to hobnob with the AFL bigwigs along the way. No harm in it, it's his (company's) cash to spend, and we all know the AFL is more than happy to spend other people's money..
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Melbcityguy
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even if local fans attend this year's match how the hell are you going to explain all the rules changes?
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