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Kevin Sheedy’s tri-series suggestion

Authored by: Ash Nugent
on Tuesday, August 31 2010 @ 08:14 pm ACST

Whilst I agree with a lot of Sheedy's proposals, I think this one is misguided. Keep the focus on Australian Rules instead of International Rules. I remember a good 10 years back they considered an Australia-Ireland-USA series, but unless it's promoting our game, what's the point? If most Americans don't understand Aussie Rules, how is it beneficial to promote a different set of rules? Even if similar, the ball being round changes gameplay entirely. As for an indigenous team; if they're already passionate about Australian Football, isn't introducing them to the hybrid game more likely to make them interested in this hybrid game rather than more passionate about football?

Sheedy should be getting behind the Australian Rules Football League of Ireland. Encourage the AFL to only consider Irish players in ARFLI; this potentially appeases the GAA as players aren't being poached "directly", whilst it encourages GAA players to defect to ARFLI in order to be considered by AFL clubs, increasing the standard of the league in Ireland and potentially support for it too.

On a separate note; can someone in Ireland tell me are the Irish who are interested in the AFL interested because of International Rules, because of the Irish players or because they genuinely find Aussie Rules entertaining?

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