Asian footy future - East Asia Australian Football League kicks off

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Asian footy future - East Asia Australian Football League kicks off

Authored by: Grant Keys
on Wednesday, February 13 2013 @ 11:26 pm ACDT

A great initiative that will hopefully lead to good outcomes for footy in Asia. There are already many games being played between traditional rivals around the region, such as the annual China Cup between Shanghai and Beijing. I see no harm in these games also being recognised as EAAFL games if the clubs commit to making at least one or two additional away games a year. In regards to the question of locals I'm of the opinion that if we are to seriously grow the sport in Asia we need to all lift our game in this area and the EAAFL should have a role to play here. Perhaps reward teams that have a commitment to playing local players or penalising those that don't. I think making it compulsory for at least 3 locals to be on the ground at any time in 2014, with a commitment to increase that number over time would be a good start and ensure that some of the more established expat dominated clubs around Asia start to focus on that aspect of their development a bit more. As it wouldn't be feasible for every team to play every team throughout the year, wondering how a ladder might work. What if a club wants to play more or some clubs play less? How would you determine a premier? What will happen to Asian champs? Lots of questions to be answered yet but overall i think it's a big positive for Asian footy.

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