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Re: Thanks
Posted By: mike In Response To: Re: Thanks (Rob de Santos)
Date: Sunday, 27 August 2000, at 9:21 p.m. US Eastern Time
> All good points Mike. I think that the approach to exhibitions is quite
> possibly to be one that doesn't require the AFL's support. However, with
> the current AFLPA agreement guaranteeing AFL roster players so many weeks
> off between seasons, etc. it is making such things increasingly difficult.> The AFL knows (or ought to!) that were prepared to start planning for an
> exhibition in 2001 or 2002 right now. We're adamant though that it be, as
> you suggest, well planned out financially and from a promotional
> standpoint. What we don't want is a phone call tomorrow telling us they
> will be in City X in six weeks... that won't cut it. Another failure will
> set us back years and years.> Regards,
Rob,
Your points are well taken. The AFL players association are there to provide the players with protection, and not before time too. But if things were planned well enough in advance and or the game was part of a pre-season practice arrangement, as part of the pre-season competition, or a post season trip exhibition for which an agreement was negotiated in advance, then these issues might be able to be overcome.
Failure isn't a concept alien to the AFL administration. Lack of decision making ability, obfuscation, and deceit are similarly, close allies of the administration. And don't forget, after THEY stuff-up YOUR well planned event, they'll make sure that they place the blame squarely on YOU.
I really think the only way of getting this through is to make the running from your end. You need to carefully consider what would be the best approach and then execute it. From my viewpoint (and remember I have no knowledge of how these things have been attempted in the past, so take this for what it is...uninformed comment!) the approach would be to plan from the exhibition game end ie. assume it is going to happen, decide where, plan the event and the stesp leading to it, write it up, set up a project plan, (with complete timelines and milestones but a flexible starting date) and financial analysis and present it initially to one (carefully selected) club or more *AFL clubs* as a draft project proposal. Let the club(s) give you feedback on the proposal and see where that gets you. If the club thinks the plan has merit, then get on-board with them and let them do the AFL lobbying from their side while you push with preliminary lists of potential ticket sales marketing propaganda etc. And get Rupert Murdoch and Fox on-side. Bloody hell, there's a plaque to his father who started his murky empire in the middle of the floor of the building that plays host to the AFL tribunal. And he'd dearly love to get TV rights in Australia to the game. A good publicity blast for an exhibition game in the US might get him that little step closer. Then decide on the next step. Maybe this is the way it has been approached before, I don't know, I'm just an ignorant aussie.
In my opinion, (and yes I'm full of them and possibly full of it) this AFL administration is way too wrapped up in its own self-made controversies and closed-shop dealings to be able to deal with matters of an overseas exhibition, apart from those that have been already scheduled previously...ie. the UK game or the Irish international series.
I wish you well. I'll be over there in late October and early November. Have heard that the US nationals are on somewhere (in California?) around that time. Maybe I'll get to arrange my schedule to view a game or two.
Cheers,
mike
 Thanks | bonecrusher | Sunday, 6 August 2000, at 7:57 p.m. US Eastern Time |
 Re: Thanks | Rob de Santos | Sunday, 6 August 2000, at 10:56 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Thanks | Van Dieman | Sunday, 6 August 2000, at 11:33 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Thanks | Rob de Santos | Monday, 7 August 2000, at 8:10 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Thanks | Van Dieman | Tuesday, 8 August 2000, at 12:50 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Thanks | Rob de Santos | Wednesday, 9 August 2000, at 3:00 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Thanks | Van Dieman | Thursday, 10 August 2000, at 12:05 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Thanks | mike | Monday, 14 August 2000, at 10:46 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Thanks | Rob de Santos | Tuesday, 22 August 2000, at 6:47 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Thanks | mike | Sunday, 27 August 2000, at 9:21 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Thanks | Rob de Santos | Sunday, 27 August 2000, at 11:53 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Thanks | Bob | Monday, 7 August 2000, at 2:50 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Thanks | RW "KC Swan" Lipp | Tuesday, 8 August 2000, at 1:20 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Thanks | RW "KC Swan" Lipp | Tuesday, 8 August 2000, at 1:23 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Thanks | Rob de Santos | Wednesday, 9 August 2000, at 2:42 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: Thanks | Rob de Santos | Wednesday, 9 August 2000, at 2:46 p.m. US Eastern Time |
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