And how does any of that help football domestically? When I see those kids wearing domestic club shirts with domestic players names and numbers then maybe, but otherwise none of that makes the game domestically stronger.
The premier domestic league is the A-League. Its a joke in terms of general public interest, media interest, attendances and viewership, not to mention the disastrous financial situation.
The one and only thing that football has to cling to is international competition. The socceroos and...
If you're not watching as a fan of one of the teams its not fascinating to you because you're not emotionally invested in the outcome.
If you are a fan then you react with every contest win and loss.
If you've never played it, you won't appreciate the skills required either.
I'd rather stick...
The AFL obviously knows that we have the advantage of international competition.
However that advantage which comes around every 4 years hasn't made a lasting impact on football's local popularity as measured by viewership and investmen, despite 6 WC's in a row.
In fact it could be argued...
The AFL just has combined attendance of over 170,000 for two games. These weren't even finals games...they were sudden death games to *qualify" to play in the finals.
Yeah they're trembling in their shoes..