2011 confirmed for next IC, location up for tender

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2011 confirmed for next IC, location up for tender

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 09:24 pm ACDT

OK - having read everyone else's comments, here's my 2c.

Perth

Could be a good choice. Has the facilities of Melbourne, the required umpires etc., but probably would get a lot more public support.

I'm a Victorian, but I think I agree with Brett that the Vics are probably the least supportive of the concept of International footy. When I was a kid in the 80s, they didn't even really believe it was worth worrying with a league outside Victoria.

When I spoke to people from the WAFC on the phone a few years ago, they were very keen to get behind it, whereas the response from leagues in Melbourne has generally been pretty token. A few clubs have gotten behind it, such as Hampton Rovers and Box Hill North, but no organisations with decent clout.

Europe (would probably have to be Britain)

Maybe. Has cricket grounds, but not the number of officials etc (I'm thinking the main problem would be qualified umpires). I don't know if there's anywhere else in Europe with access to grounds to do it.

Also, I think there would end up being less countries at a European IC than in Australia - the big difference being the Pacific countries (a region likely to be the next South Africa) would find it hard to raise the required funds. So potentially no PNG, Nauru, Tonga, Samoa... plus there are hopes for East Timor, Fiji, maybe the Solomons will be there in 2011.

Almost guarantee you that other than PNG, those would not be there in Europe.

North America

In my opinion, this would be a better choice than Europe. Slightly cheaper to get to for European sides than Australia is. Much cheaper than Europe for Pacific sides.

Also - the USAFL already has a big tender process for the US Nationals, where the host city councils get involved.

In fact, I would suspect there is already discussion in the states... Is this maybe why it was brought up in the first place? Or am I jumping to conclusions?

2011 confirmed for next IC, location up for tender

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Monday, January 12 2009 @ 11:50 pm ACDT

You aren't alone in jumping to those conclusions, or at least having healthy suspicion of it. That new Florida ground has been considered a bit of a white elephant but perhaps it could still be an option for such a tournament. The USAFL were very pleasantly surprised to have US cities coming to them wanting to host Nationals (note they did do the ground work though in presenting at conferences), so one wonders if it is a spin off from that.

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