School Footy – the Aussie Rules Nursery

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School Footy – the Aussie Rules Nursery

Authored by: Wesley Hull
on Wednesday, January 09 2013 @ 12:40 pm ACDT

Tobietta, I think you are quite right, but there is another massive component to add, from my experience. Australian Rules has always been heavily volunteer driven, as are other sports. As a controlling body, the AFL here has largely developed an idea that their expenditure can be offset by the volunteers who will be resourceful enough to find things like sponsorship, grants, benefactors, donations and simple hands on contributions. Like all codes, that works to a point, but there is always the 'dew point" if you like where that just doesn't cut it and AFL money is needed. I see schools sitting in that exat position. We cannot raise funs, per say. The politics of fund raising in schools dictates that curriculum comes first, as it should. In a place like Cairns I am very limited in parental support. The local AFL development people are on a very small budget which is spread thinly across a region larger than many European countries. Bottom ine is, if I fell off the map, there is little to replace me...as is the case with all other volunteers in know. At the end of the day the issue is and always will be funding for school footy...not to me, but to the local development people to ensure better, more widespread marketing (ie: get players here!!) and resources (mainly staff to work with us more often).

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