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I remember reading a piece in the paper quite a few years ago, might have been 20 years ago about Australian Rules Football's global expansion plans.

The journalist writing the article suggested that AFL should re- jig the rules of their game so that they played the sport in a rectangular stadium. Apparently the cost of building large oval shaped cricket-like grounds in places like the US, Asia and mainland Europe would restrict the AFL's ability to expand into these territories....🤣

They could use existing rectangular stadiums to showcase AFL tonnew audiences and all of that...

I was never really sure if the guy was being serious.

But AFL has never changed it's rules to suit rectangular grounds and never expanded beyond Australia bar the odd amateur park competitions in the UK and places like that.
 
Football us life said:
I remember reading a piece in the paper quite a few years ago, might have been 20 years ago about Australian Rules Football's global expansion plans.

The journalist writing the article suggested that AFL should re- jig the rules of their game so that they played the sport in a rectangular stadium. Apparently the cost of building large oval shaped cricket-like grounds in places like the US, Asia and mainland Europe would restrict the AFL's ability to expand into these territories....🤣

They could use existing rectangular stadiums to showcase AFL tonnew audiences and all of that...

I was never really sure if the guy was being serious.

But AFL has never changed it's rules to suit rectangular grounds and never expanded beyond Australia bar the odd amateur park competitions in the UK and places like that.
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Surprised they haven’t come up with a slight rule tweak where they can’t use their hands, make the ball round, restrict the game to 11 players, make the goals smaller and then carry on like they invented it.
 
tsf said:
Surprised they haven’t come up with a slight rule tweak where they can’t use their hands, make the ball round, restrict the game to 11 players, make the goals smaller and then carry on like they invented it.
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Football us life said:
I remember reading a piece in the paper quite a few years ago, might have been 20 years ago about Australian Rules Football's global expansion plans.

The journalist writing the article suggested that AFL should re- jig the rules of their game so that they played the sport in a rectangular stadium. Apparently the cost of building large oval shaped cricket-like grounds in places like the US, Asia and mainland Europe would restrict the AFL's ability to expand into these territories....🤣

They could use existing rectangular stadiums to showcase AFL tonnew audiences and all of that...

I was never really sure if the guy was being serious.

But AFL has never changed it's rules to suit rectangular grounds and never expanded beyond Australia bar the odd amateur park competitions in the UK and places like that.
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AFLX - Wikipedia

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They tried ... lol
 
tsf said:
Surprised they haven’t come up with a slight rule tweak where they can’t use their hands, make the ball round, restrict the game to 11 players, make the goals smaller and then carry on like they invented it.
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It's probably the only football code I cannot 'get'... it does absolutely nothing for me.

Rugby League and Union - fine
NFL - fine
Even Gaelic football is reasonably watchable.
 
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Albo just did a phone call with the Palestinian Authority apparently. Recognition of Palestine in a very subtle way it seems.
 
Nice retort by Burke.

www.abc.net.au

Australia stands firm in face of Israeli leader's blistering attack on PM

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke rebukes the Israeli prime minister's attack on Anthony Albanese as he defends the decision to cancel the visa of a member of Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition.
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au

"Strength is not measured by how many people you can blow up or how many children you can leave hungry," he said.
 
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Bruce Lehrmann is Australia's most hated person. His life in Australia is doomed beyond doomed....

Hed be better off fucking off somewhere else and starting again.

Somewhere where they don’t have internet because this is going to follow him around forever.

If I was him I'd kill myself. The bloke is an absolute travesty.
 
Football us life said:
Bruce Lehrmann is Australia's most hated person. His life in Australia is doomed beyond doomed....

Hed be better off fucking off somewhere else and starting again.

Somewhere where they don’t have internet because this is going to follow him around forever.

If I was him I'd kill myself. The bloke is an absolute travesty.
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Kerry Stokes and the liberals seemed to like him
 
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