         |
| |
Re: real football
Posted By: Van Dieman In Response To: real football (deni ferich)
Date: Wednesday, 8 November 2000, at 11:17 p.m. US Eastern Time
> Gee Wee weel I am really impressed with the interest that my anti AFL
> stance has created amongst you supporters of what you call football and
> the rest of the world doesnt call anything at all.American football
> players have basicly no value beyond their respected borders,so if a NFL
> player is lets say worth 100 million at home he is not worth a cent
> overseas,same goes for aussie rules,while lets say Michael Jordan or
> Ronaldo are worth their worth anywhere because thier sport is global andLet's see, Ronaldo's worth in OZ - about nill because most Australian soccer clubs are near bankrupt or have been bought by European clubs so that they get
cheap Aussie players so that they can pay those obsene transfer fees of which the player gets only a tiny fraction. Don't think for a moment that becuse Ronaldo might have a $30 million transfer fee that he gets $30 mill it's more like $3 mill and even including his match payments (which are peanuts compared to a gridiron player's.) he's still on poor street compared to the average gridiron player. Oh and Ronaldo's worth would be peanuts in the US too, I mean a league whose average attendances are only 15-16,000 can't pay million either.> they compete against the worlds best.
> Some of you claim that the australian game,lets not call it football is
> on the way up I guess that claim is judged by the number of kids aroundBut it is on the way up, just look at the growth figures for the USA, and given your spelling of international in an other thread I'd guess you to be Spanish speacking so would it surprise you that Aussie Rules is played in Argentina, Chile and El Salvador.
> the world who have thrown away the round ball and their Manchester united
> tops and opted instead for the funny shapped ball and the CollingwoodNo, but a Canadian children's show had one of the main characters wearing a Footscray jumper most every episode.
> stripes tops,this is a phenomenom of a global scale people playing aussie
> rules on the beaches of brasil,the townships of Soweto and on the steps ofStrange you should mention Soweto, as the South African government is activly promoting Aussie Rules as the new 'national sport' as it doesn't cary any of the 'apathiet'(sp?) bagage.
> Mongolia they know all the Carlton players by name and so on.Sorry but
> keep on dreaming you know to well that aint true and that will never
> happen,because the world has its football and its round just like godJust tell us where did any of us ever suggest that it would be the world game (any time soon)
> wanted it to be.Its big and its just getting bigger
> and your silly game will just get swallowed by the world game and theirAnd soccer could go the way of Rugby Union which at one time was the world's most popular 'football' game.
> is nothing you can do about it.
> Another one of you claims that Gridiron will swallow football no way do
> you just know Manchester United anual turnover,do you know the anualAbout equall to any NFL's clubs petty cash bill for the year.
> number of spectators watching football worldwidenevery country every club
Not as many as you'd like.
> Join or perish
Is that you Nick?
 real football | deni ferich | Tuesday, 7 November 2000, at 11:23 p.m. US Eastern Time |
 Re: real football | Van Dieman | Wednesday, 8 November 2000, at 11:17 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: real football | Bob | Tuesday, 14 November 2000, at 10:44 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: real football | Van Dieman | Tuesday, 14 November 2000, at 11:21 p.m. US Eastern Time |
| Re: real football | Bob | Friday, 17 November 2000, at 11:27 a.m. US Eastern Time |
| |
AFANA Footy WebBBS Discussion Board is maintained by AFANA BBS Administrator with WebBBS 5.12mod.
Home * TV Info *
AFL Reports * Local Footy *
Merchandise * Footy FAQ *
Links * BBS *
Chat *
Calendar * Search * Subscribe *
AFANA Info * Feedback
Copyright © 1997-2006, The Australian
Football Association of North America.
All rights reserved. Redistribution of any posting from this BBS is not allowed except by prior permission except for limited quotes for journalistic purposes only and with proper
credit. You cannot forward BBS content to a mailing list, another BBS, or listserv without
prior permission however links back this BBS are permitted. You must ask our permission before re-posting BBS content on the web or distributing it via other means. Any other use, in whole or in part, without prior permission, is prohibited. All trademarks and prior copyrights acknowledged.
By posting content to this BBS, you grant AFANA the copyright and royalty free and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish that material worldwide. Material reproduced from other sources remains the right of the copyright holder. You grant AFANA the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such content (in whole or part) worldwide and / or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed.