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I never disliked Demitriou. The only thing that really alloyed me was when he made light of the Essendon drugs thing right at the beginning of it all and then crazily backpedaled when it all blew up.
But he always did well for the AFL, and I think he upheld the dignity and strength that his predecessors brought to the job.
That is all over now with weak as piss Gillon who is clearly either aligned with Eddie and others or scared to death of them.
What I would really love to see is the Swans and other club come out and attack (in a nice way) some of the other clubs who take the lions share of FTA TV games (thereby solidifying their young supporter based indefinitely) or perhaps even question the teams who play in the biggest H & A game of the year - Anzac Day.
There is a strong argument for sharing this game between other teams. Essendon and Collingwood weren't the only teams sending players overseas, and Collingwood's credentials can apparently be called into doubt - Why the Pies don’t deserve to play on Anzac Day | The New Daily
Interesting read at Anzac Day clash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Didn't realise that the Essendon/Wobbles 'traditional' game was not as old as I thought it was.The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.Comment
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The only real power the academy clubs have against Eddie and Gill is to stay united and pull out of running the academies if the incentives are not sufficient enough and this should be made clear the the AFL. The Swans will still end up with a couple of super players in Heeney and Mills and perhaps a few others. We will do okay even without the academies. Meanwhile the AFL know that the academies are vital for the survival of the other 3 clubs and the academies would fail if run by the AFL. The AFL need to tread very carefully here. If the academy system collapses due to the proposed restrictions it will soon become apparent that they shot themselves in the foot.
The AFL Commission will have to decide on this in the end. There have been a couple of personnel changes there. Hopefully the new group analyse the situation correctly and come to the right decision. I am not against a system which has a strong club paying something closer to fair market value for a player, but I don't think any player should cost 4 draft picks and a million dollars. That's way over the top.Comment
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I have no doubt that the Swans will pull out of the academy if the pros don't outweighs the cons. All of my insiders are stating this. I suppose the question is, at what point does it cease to become beneficial for us?
There are so many aspects to consider. Not only is it a matter of the cost vs the players that we can recruit, it's also about the longer term benefits of the academies to us but especially the AFL in general; increases to our supporter base, increases in the numbers that play AFL, development of the AFL brand, etc. The northern clubs are severely disadvantaged by the go home factor. The northern clubs need the academies to equalise this imbalance.Comment
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I would actually be supportive of giving GWS and the Suns some additional benefits. They don't have any F/S players coming through so I feel that they need some extra assistance in that respect. This would be assuming that the previous benefits, In particular, the trading ban on their competition (ie us) would have to be removed.Comment
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Thanks for the link CureTheSane. Based on that information Collingwood has the least amount of entitlement to be playing Anzac Day. They had the lowest number of servicemen of all refused to drop out of the VFL in 1916-1918 and refused to contribute to the Patriotic Fund. Typical of these cowardly, self entitled parasites.
The Anzac Day match should be either rotated amongst the clubs or go to the GF teams of the previous year. Outside of the GF it's the greatest draw card in terms of membership, dollars and branding for Collingwood and Essendon which is grossly unfair.Last edited by S.S. Bleeder; 25 April 2015, 11:42 AM.Comment
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He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)Comment
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Ideally we should have a friendly rivalry with GWS.
Arch rivals can be overrated.The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.Comment
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Just look at the bottom 2 on the ladder and the state that the 2 qld clubs are in at the moment and then tell me that we need to get rid of the academies!
Hopefully if they continue their poor form the AFL might buckle in playing with the rules for at least 1 more year...Comment
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It seems that there will be an equal discount of 20% for father/sons & academy players according to the article on AFL website.
Lions wait on academy changes as they eye talented pair - AFL.com.auComment
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