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Long list of possible attendees for next Cup

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, April 01 2010 @ 11:06 am ACDT

Yes, apologies for leaving off Italy - I was reminded to include them and then forgot. It would be great to see them in Australia, as noted, it would add huge local interest given the massive Italian community in Australia.

I agree with Chris and Aaron - everyone should be welcome. And I think that is the AFL's attitude - it's that one chance every 3 years to get the whole community together and make all the connections as Aaron outlined.

But yes, it makes separate divisions vital. Teams like India and China took their big losses on the chin, but privately it was tough to take, and doesn't really encourage players to keep going. The AFL intended 2 divs last time, but circumstances pushed them to combine everyone.

I think they should settle on a premier division early on, allocate say 8 to 12 spots, and then organise the rest as division two. An issue has been reliability, with some teams pulling out late. This way they would know they will have all spots filled - if someone drops out then promote a team from div 2.

An argument in the past has been the teams want to be there with a chance to win the big prize, but surely by now the gap from top to bottom is acknowledged to be so wide and teams really don't benefit from 200 point losses. Particularly if there were multiple such losses.

Chris mentioned the US Nationals. I've seen plenty of US clubs proudly declaring they have won Division 2 or 3. So there is still pride and promotion to be had from winning a second division. I think I suggested the following last time - I think it would be useful to give names to the divisions, such as Premier Division and Developing Nations. Or International Cup (in keeping with past winners) and Developing Nations Cup. That opens the door to promotion and relegation - perhaps 11th and 12th are vulnerable to being replaced in 2014 by the grand finalists of the Developing Nations Cup. At some point, without an officially recognised ranking system, this will be necessary. (We are still working on our unofficial ranking system, we should have some updates on implementation in the next week or so).

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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