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Long list of possible attendees for next Cup

Authored by: Cam Homes
on Thursday, April 08 2010 @ 09:41 pm ACST

G'day Vildmand.
You are so right about personal cost in attending the previous IC's and the AFL's investment in SA and PNG at the present. AFL teams see possible 'cheap' draftees coming from those countries in the very near future so its OK for the AFL to spend on development in those countries. As for the UK and Denmark missing out, the AFL thinking was pretty much, UK, just broken down or 2nd rate Aussies not able to make it in Aussie anyway, and Denmark 'Hell! can they even speak English? and no upbringing in the sport so nobody with any potential so why bother.
Cam

Long list of possible attendees for next Cup

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Friday, April 09 2010 @ 02:29 pm ACST

I should probably make the distinction here between personal comments by Cam, who has been working with us on the unofficial World Rankings, and any "official comment" from worldfootynews.com

Because although we sympathise with countries in the disparity in funding, and yes money does tend to go toward areas more likely to yield future draft options, I doubt any of our editorial staff agree with Cam's comments towards the end of his last post where he infers what the AFL's opinion is. And no, I'm not trying to "cover" ourselves - there's a clear distinction between personal opinions of occasional contributors (and who are welcome to speculate) and what the regular editorial group think, based on our day to day dealing with the Leagues and the AFL.

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Long list of possible attendees for next Cup

Authored by: Rob Fielder
on Tuesday, July 13 2010 @ 07:47 pm ACST

It is slightly disappointing with the development disparity. However, Peter Romaniw is now in London and already attended the Brit cup. This is a golden development opportunity for Europe to work with Peter. Britain has huge potential. This is mainly because we've grown up with both Soccer and Rugby. Aussie Rules compliments both sports and doesn't clash due to fixtures over the summer. 90% of the children I've worked with in South West England love the freedom of the game and keep asking about matches etc, which at this stage with volunteers we cannot provide. Yet!

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Long list of possible attendees for next Cup

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Wednesday, July 14 2010 @ 10:51 am ACST

Hi Rob,

Great to hear your thoughts. There hasn't been much media on Peter and the EAFA as yet, we're hoping to have something soon. I'm hoping to hear that things are progressing but I don't know the answer yet. Obviously you'd have a much better idea and your thoughts are welcome.

Cheers,
Brett

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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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