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Graham and Rocca to battle for Super Bowl spot

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Friday, January 16 2009 @ 07:56 am ACDT

re. to promote or not to promote - - there's no comparison of the promotion issues around the hybrid IR game (which is more recogniseable as Gaelic than Australian Football) versus a couple of retired AFL players and their post AFL career journey in the NFL.

After all - - there's only one position that AFL types are geared for in that game. If we were a Rugby code - - it might be deemed a bit different. If anything, the Ben Graham and Sav Rocca stories show just how big a gamble it is - - such that it's highly unlikely that top AFL players in their prime will forgoe certainty in the AFL for the extreme uncertainty of a 'conversion' to that code - - and, after all, a pretty feeble 'role' for a primed athlete.

In Australia, American Football would probably only grow at the expense of one or both Rugby codes. That won't happen real soon.

Australian football is that much more distinct - - only so many players move away from Aust Footy to the 'restriction/structure/formations' of Rugby/Grid Iron - and good luck to them if that's what suits them - whilst many move TO Aust Footy for the 'freedoms', range of skills, attacking game style. You don't replace Aust Footy with Grid Iron.

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