SYDNEY SWANS 010!!!
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international level, literally? This may seem long but PLEASE READ ALL!!!
I used the word literally on purpose, because we already have AFL in japan, india, NZ, US.
But what I mean is, should we go international like soccer, or rugby and cricket...
People tend to argue a lot on this topic, some say I'd be a great edition to our game, others say, THIS IS OUR GAME, not the worlds game AUSTRALIA'S game.
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My point
Here's my point of view, we should go international LITERALLY, purley because, as I've seen in some other questions, we need a better supporter base internationally and it'd be nice to see some other countries try to beat Australia. I go overseas and they say what's your favorite sport and i say AFL and they say Arena Football league and I say no Aussie rules and they say What the heck is that.
No I know this would be near impossible, but we could send AFL development staff to countries like US and NZ for a start and they could train up some of the elite men their, and the AFL already has lots of US players
For the first couple of years, we could maybe give some of our rookies and some of our best players to the other countries as trial players or something, It's a start atleast
I could keep going and going and going, but it's time for your say, what do you think
BTW world cup is out of the question for atleast the next 15 years, we could atleast head for a tri nations series,
I used the word literally on purpose, because we already have AFL in japan, india, NZ, US.
But what I mean is, should we go international like soccer, or rugby and cricket...
People tend to argue a lot on this topic, some say I'd be a great edition to our game, others say, THIS IS OUR GAME, not the worlds game AUSTRALIA'S game.
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My point
Here's my point of view, we should go international LITERALLY, purley because, as I've seen in some other questions, we need a better supporter base internationally and it'd be nice to see some other countries try to beat Australia. I go overseas and they say what's your favorite sport and i say AFL and they say Arena Football league and I say no Aussie rules and they say What the heck is that.
No I know this would be near impossible, but we could send AFL development staff to countries like US and NZ for a start and they could train up some of the elite men their, and the AFL already has lots of US players
For the first couple of years, we could maybe give some of our rookies and some of our best players to the other countries as trial players or something, It's a start atleast
I could keep going and going and going, but it's time for your say, what do you think
BTW world cup is out of the question for atleast the next 15 years, we could atleast head for a tri nations series,