2010 AFL Grand Final Re-match Highlights

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2010 AFL Grand Final Re-match Highlights

Authored by: Cam Homes
on Thursday, October 07 2010 @ 01:23 pm ACDT

Sam, The VFL was always the largest competition Yes.(because of Melbourne's bigger population) but don't delude yourself that the VFL was always the driver of a push to a national competion. It was NOT always the driver, in FACT it was quite the reverse for many years. In the late 60's and early 70's I think the competition that was actually called the AFL at the time was played between the top 3 or 4 teams from the SANFL, VFL, WAFL, and the Tasmanisn Football League many games played at Norwood Oval. At one point the VFL pulled out of the competition (no reason given, but most believe it was taking some of the emphasis away from the VFL) and that renegade (and loathed by the VFL) organisation the VFA took their place. That "national" comp died partly due to cost and the fact that the VFL couldn't accept or wouldn't play in a comp that might have become more relevant as Australian Football in Australia than the VFL.
And when North Adelaide defeated Carlton (I might be wrong with the defeated team) for the Championship of Australia in about 1980 or thereabout, the VFL very quickly stopped playing that "National" competition too.
The actual move of South Melbourne out of Victoria to Sydney was not a move to start a national competition either but an experiment to see if footy would be watched in Sydney and at the same time save Sourh Melbourne from disappearing forever from the face of Aussie Footy. It did actually work to much surprised of many in the VFL and Victoria. Let's face it the name change to AFL didn't happen till a couple of years after the Swans moved and they continued to be South Melbourne when they played in Mwlbourne for quite number of years.
The VFL always the driver for a national competition?
You're buying a Monty Python arguement with that assertion, Yes it did, No it didn't. Yes it did. No it didn't. This isn't an argument. Yes it is. No it isn't. You have nil cred to back your arguement.

2010 AFL Grand Final Re-match Highlights

Authored by: Cam Homes
on Thursday, October 07 2010 @ 01:33 pm ACDT

By the way the move of South Melbourne came after a match played in Sydney (don't remember who between) could have been North Adelaide(Barrie Robran Broke his leg),( might have been an interstate match) demonstrated that there was an audience for Australian Football if played at the top level in Sydney.

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