AFLX is dead

[Markwebbos]

Doesn’t purgatory suggest it’s future is undecided?

It means it’s dead but it’s place in the afterlife is undecided

[dejavoodoo44]

It means it’s dead but it’s place in the afterlife is undecided

It's place in the afterlife will be occasional trivia questions, which become increasingly rarer as time goes by.

[Blood Fever]

McLachlan is from SA.

Attended Melbourne Uni and has lived more than half his life here. Jackson was from SA as well. Poor attempt at a joke I guess.

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It means it’s dead but it’s place in the afterlife is undecided

Thought you got out of purgatory after suitable suffering for minor sins.

[barry]

McLachlan reminds me of that quote about Bill Shorten. "Created by a committee that stopped caring halfway thru the meeting"....

Brilliant

[goswannies]

Attended Melbourne Uni and has lived more than half his life here. Jackson was from SA as well. Poor attempt at a joke I guess.

I’ve lived just over half my life in SA and I’m not a South Australian. No matter how long I’m stuck here, I’ll be a Victorian (and pronounce school, graph, Lance, Grant etc accordingly).

[DaveyCaper]

I think AFLX was not a bad idea in concept but one that was incredibly poor in execution. It was way too gimmicky and as a previous poster pointed out playing the latest version in a AFL/ cricket stadium seemed to go against its purpose. Why didn't they run it as closely as possible to the rules of the actual AFL game? Don't change rules you don't have to change!

I do think that a "small field" version is not a bad idea overall. In areas outside Australia, it certainly is a gateway to the sport. The small group we have here in Nova Scotia, Canada generally play a version on a Canadian (similar to American) football, soccer or rugby field. Recently, we even had our own Sydney derby, with Swans and GWS Giants uniforms, which have been donated by the clubs. Since we had no umpires available (the nearest is in Halifax, a 4 hour drive away, and did not come down for the game), we used some basic AFLX rules, particularly the last touch rules and kick outs from the goal square after goals as well as behinds.

There is some experience with shrinking games to smaller surfaces in North America. American football has a version played in Indoor arena called arena football which has been around a while. As well lacrosse, which has its origins as a larger field outdoor game has a version nicknamed "box lacrosse" which is played in hockey arenas in those dimensions. That version has had a professional league for many years, but is nowhere near the profile of even the NHL or MLS.

[AnnieH]

What is AFLX?
Glad it's dead, anyway.

[Blood Fever]

I’ve lived just over half my life in SA and I’m not a South Australian. No matter how long I’m stuck here, I’ll be a Victorian (and pronounce school, graph, Lance, Grant etc accordingly).

Flying the state flag in your backyard?

[KTigers]

I’ve lived just over half my life in SA and I’m not a South Australian. No matter how long I’m stuck here, I’ll be a Victorian (and pronounce school, graph, Lance, Grant etc accordingly).

A Victorian trapped in South Australia. Our thoughts are with you at this difficult time.

[barry]

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I do think that a "small field" version is not a bad idea overall. In areas outside Australia, it certainly is a gateway to the sport. The small group we have here in Nova Scotia, Canada generally play a version on a Canadian (similar to American) football, soccer or rugby field. Recently, we even had our own Sydney derby, with Swans and GWS Giants uniforms, which have been donated by the clubs. Since we had no umpires available (the nearest is in Halifax, a 4 hour drive away, and did not come down for the game), we used some basic AFLX rules, particularly the last touch rules and kick outs from the goal square after goals as well as behinds.

There is some experience with shrinking games to smaller surfaces in North America. .

This is where the small-field version of AFL must be driven from.

Not the gimmick ridden Victorian AFL marketing team who wouldn't even know the dimensions of a soccer field, but by the practical realities of playing AFL in non cricket oval countries.

Go forth and prosper!