Frank Lowy’s pre-emptive blame game over AFL and World Cup bid

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Frank Lowy’s pre-emptive blame game over AFL and World Cup bid

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Saturday, October 16 2010 @ 09:47 pm ACDT

Certainly a lot of nasty comments on forums suggesting AFL should get out of the way for the World Cup - I can only assume these people have no idea how big the AFL is to the economy and so can't just stop for 2 months, 2 months it would have to cull from the season as either end is blocked by cricket etc. Yes the WC would be bigger to the economy, but who will pay compensation to the players, the officials, the competing TV channels? And until the last minute there was no guarantee that the AFL wouldn't be blocked from running for an extended period.

And the approach seemed to be "the WC is more important and we hate you so do the right thing and get lost". How about "let's work together so everyone benefits, and yes you'd have to accept this is a free kick to soccer but we'll try to minimise the damage in exchange for your cooperation". I know footy fans are guilty of saying poor things too, but the vitriol from a group that needed our support has been bizarre and for me that was the last straw such that frankly I hope we don't get it.

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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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