'Sporting Apartheid'

[supercharger]

So much for the afl just wanting to offer an alternative for kids
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...tackle-sporting-apartheid-20110822-1j6tr.html
I cant recall anything like this happening anywhere else
one sport having other sports banned from use of sports fields/ovals

 

[Wests is Best]

i would love to see what they would do if 7 year olds were throwing a Steeden around on that ground. It would cause an uproar, and can only harm the cause of the AFL gaining prescious ground in western sydney.
this sort of arrogance from the AFL is making my blood boil, and only making me not want to watch a game of theirs even more

 

[seaeagle sam]

Are these council owned grounds? As disgraceful as it seems already, you just can't go and make ratepayer/community owned grounds available for just one activity, surely?

 

[LazyDreamer]

Pffft. If there's no problem with physically accessing these grounds (ie, they're not under lock & key), I'd be organising defiance of these signs en masse. WTF are they gonna do - fine people for playing touch?

 

[Teddyboy]

So much for the afl just wanting to offer an alternative for kids
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...tackle-sporting-apartheid-20110822-1j6tr.html
I cant recall anything like this happening anywhere else
one sport having other sports banned from use of sports fields/ovals

Plus AFL only really want tall skinny kids.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

It's simple, go and play any sport (that does not endanger others or destroys the facilities) you want there. And if the council doesn't like it vote the pricks out.

This is why viccykicky will fail miserably in western Sydney, the people there won't be told what to do by arrogant fools who think money is the be all and end all.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

They've been going about this the wrong way from day one.

Good to see them continuing on that line....

 

[betcats]

lol thats just gonna piss people off.

 

[bobmar28]

None around here, yet.
I did see a "play AFL" sign on a fence yesterday.
I think they are using the megabucks from their TV rights to buy influence. That will turn around when league gets a big payout and fumbleball starts losing money in western Sydney.

 

[Azkatro]

It works because the AFL know how local councils work. You splash the cash, they're on their knees in a flash.

 

[Noa]

The SMH should have dug a little further and asked was cashed offered.

 

[BuffaloRules]

It works because the AFL know how local councils work. You splash the cash, they're on their knees in a flash.

How much cash though?

$100,000 according to the article...

And that gets you exclusive use?

Seems like this particular Council is a cheap whore...

 

[BuffaloRules]

Plus AFL only really want tall skinny kids.

You pretend to know a lot about what's happening in Sydney when you live on the the other side of the world...

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

This is worse than Vichy France, because its right here.

 

[hrundi99]

Make sure you have a screwdriver in your car so you can remove a sign like this anytime you see one.

It's completely absurd.

 

[Rexxy]

this would do the job required...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL5pcpmhntU

 

[Bumble]

Despite having just 3000 junior players in western Sydney, councils have developed 44 AFL ovals - one oval for every 68 players.

Jesus.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Every RL person worth anything should make it their duty to go to this ground and play as much RL there, or touch or whatever, as possible.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Disgusting.

 

[Brutus]

Absolutely unbelievable.

It's war if I've ever seen it.

So much for everybody getting along nicely.

Could you imagine if rugby league tried this in Victoria?

The reason Gould wasn't interested in what Gallop had to say at the CEO's conference is because he knows the IC is just around the corner. This is when you'll see him go hard on the AFL issue - with the people that can actually make a difference.