Interesting weekend footie articles

[neilfws]

Enjoyed reading both of these. First, a game day with the umpires - interesting read, whatever you think of them!

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/a-day-with-the-whistleblowers-20110812-1ir04.html

And second, part 1 of 2, on expansion of AFL into western Sydney.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/how-the-afl-is-winning-over-the-west-20110812-1iqt5.html

[dimelb]

1. The umps are interesting; there's little mention of Chamberlain, and the ugly parents figure a bit.
2. On the AFL's expansion, interesting to see the difference between the official line by Tom Harley - GWS is big, plenty of room for Rl and AFL - and the local's line - we'll shake the RL up a bit. I think both may be right! And Phil Gould sounds outright paranoid.