I doubt they'd actually care but anyway, why is the AFL brought up in so many threads when they have sweet FA to do with the topic? We could be talking about anything about our game and for some pointless and totally irellevant reason someone always brings the other code up. It makes us look and sound nothing short of scared and insecure.
Because everything the AFL do is wonderful and we have to copy it or die when their Gold Coast side takes all the crowds away from the Titans and GWS will have millions go to their games because their best ever coach doesn't know who Hindy is.
Besides, they are a national comp, because they already play in the only 5 places in Australia to have people.
And finally, Perth Red says so.
You said "it's a great concept, we have something to watch after being starved of league for 4 months.
So the WCC isn't on?
This game became a joke when The Dally M Medal winner of the year was chosen as a backup for the current fullback (Billy Slater). It became a further joke when Inglis pulled out. It would've been smashing to see Inglis vs C Smith for once.
Yeah, a centre opposing a hooker would have been brilliant, but now it's not happening the code may as well reunite with Union. :crazy:
The way I see it, this game does 3 things:
- Celebrates aboriginality - something this country does very poorly,
- It's a season launch - filling in the shoes that the sevens used to, and
- Promotes League on the Gold Coast as that area's main sport.
I'm actually wondering how many who support this game bag the WCC? At least the media are behind it, so the vibe is positive.
The big problem as I see it is that it is yet another tax on our elite players - the long whinge has been that these players shoulder a burden of more games. The sevens allowed these players to opt out while others filled their spaces.
