A Third Way: International Rules in the USA

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A Third Way: International Rules in the USA

Authored by: Peter Parry
on Tuesday, March 25 2008 @ 08:43 pm ACDT

May as well weigh in here given my previous articles saying similar things.

I'd disagree with Sean that IR is not at all like Australian Football and only supports GF. There was little fundamental change to playing rules in the Dubai document. The running further and two bounces, direct pick up from the ground, tackle and mark and minor things like interchange players are all foreign to Gaelic Football - and the hybrid is a pretty fair compromise.

Of course round ball and net in goal do give a strong visual similarity to GF rather than AF.

Promoted the right way a Test in New York with curtain-raiser of USAFL/AFLCanada v NAGAA/NYGAA (or Canada from Canadian GAA plus AFLCanada v USA from US GAA plus AF) would be great marketing. My point in previous posts is same as Chris - this could kick start a much wider interest in Nth America. Perhaps GF in Nth America would benefit more than AF, but the benefits to AF would still be substantial.

Later a US/Canada (or both) could try and compete 3 way with Ireland and Australia - but the time committment here would be a drawback given IR is constrained to a max of 1 month to not impact on home seasons of both AFL and GAA.

The matches would not be frequent enough to seriously impact on the UASFL/AFLCanada's schedules. The International Cup and related AF tournaments and increasing visits from Aussie teams would still keep the main focus well and truly on AF.

Finally the promotion of Gaelic Football is a bit of a win for Aussie Rules given the links between GF and AF clubs around the world (see IR stories) and easy interchange of players. If GF ever became an Olympic sport (some in GAA dream of it) then the number of elite athletes able to switch to AF from many countries would benefit the AFL itself and probably promote AF quite well internationally.

Would GF or IR be a threat to AF? which seems the worry sometimes posted here. Nowhere near as much as Soccer and Rugby are now I think.

A Third Way: International Rules in the USA

Authored by: Evan Read
on Tuesday, April 01 2008 @ 07:10 pm ACDT

Yep. Forget IR. Should be an occasional oddity much like a hybrid
League/Union match might be.

AFL should be concentrating on Australian Rules international fixtures. Will take
some time but I hope in the next 20 years Australia could get some regular
game time (with a professional team) against other national sides.

Hopefully incursions into South Africa, US and Canada and anywhere with
cricket pitches (also China) will make this more realistic.

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