Is Women's Footy The Perfect Curtain-Raiser For AFL Games?

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Is Women's Footy The Perfect Curtain-Raiser For AFL Games?

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, January 14 2016 @ 12:08 am ACDT

In terms ok km run, an EPL story suggested the top 15 run about 11 km. Footy stats are hard to come by but people seem to think 15 to 20 km for the midfielders. That's a fair difference. Plus footy has the very physical aspect of collisions and being thrown on the ground. You just can't do it to a high standard for a whole game in 30+ degrees... except looking at Darwin stats for summer they tend to be 2 or 3 degrees higher than Adelaide, and the NTFL goes ok. Maybe not as many extreme days? Maybe it is viable.

Re AFL reserves comp. Seems likely. Gee I hate the idea. Some traditionalists like it because it kicks AFL clubs and players out of state leagues like the SANFL and WAFL. Be careful what they wish for. The SANFL has stayed strong and proud through the AFL era but relies so heavily on an aging supporter base. Kick out the AFL links and I think they'll soon disappear from TV and sponsors will dry up and the supporter base will diminish even faster. Meanwhile the AFL reserves players will play in front of 100 people instead of 1000s, all the while costing the game millions more to fly them all over the country. Just more money chewed up and unavailable to causes like international footy.
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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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