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Green & Gold FC podcast

erogenouszone said:
That's amazing you got the author of that book. It's sold 250,000 copies worldwide. That was a great interview.
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Great interview.

At around 13 mins he seems to not agree with a government imprimatur similar to the French. I take issue with. The PM is using Rugby Union with Fiji, Rugby League with PNG and Football with Indonesia. AFL has traditionally been used by AusTrade where other nations have no interest and is an obvious waste of resources. Investing in football is probably the best use of resources both locally and as a Foreign Affairs and Trade tool as it is a truly a global sport that can be used everywhere, even if at the edges you use other sports.
 
patjennings said:
Great interview.

At around 13 mins he seems to not agree with a government imprimatur similar to the French. I take issue with. The PM is using Rugby Union with Fiji, Rugby League with PNG and Football with Indonesia. AFL has traditionally been used by AusTrade where other nations have no interest and is an obvious waste of resources. Investing in football is probably the best use of resources both locally and as a Foreign Affairs and Trade tool as it is a truly a global sport that can be used everywhere, even if at the edges you use other sports.
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It makes sense - today I saw some post about some AFL match involving Croatia that some government department representative was at

EDIT: here it is https://www.facebook.com/share/1B2QZiRtnX/?mibextid=wwXIfr
 
grazorblade said:
could've spoken for hours, was very knowledgeable
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Graze, congratulations on a great pod my friend... Thoroughly enjoyable listen coming back to Melbourne from regional VIC trip...

Obviously reflect ALOT of what I (and many others) have been saying on here but nice to get the validation from an expert in the field :)
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
Graze, congratulations on a great pod my friend... Thoroughly enjoyable listen coming back to Melbourne from regional VIC trip...

Obviously reflect ALOT of what I (and many others) have been saying on here but nice to get the validation from an expert in the field :)
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Speaking of experts, we have NovelStructure coming on the pod soon. Looking forward to it @grazorblade

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Sorry I couldn't help myself...lol thanks for the kind words, we have some really interesting guests coming up on the pod.
 
Monoethnic Social Club said:
Graze, congratulations on a great pod my friend... Thoroughly enjoyable listen coming back to Melbourne from regional VIC trip...

Obviously reflect ALOT of what I (and many others) have been saying on here but nice to get the validation from an expert in the field :)
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2 experts
everyone keeps forgetting about poor Roger Noll :D
 
Pasquali said:
Speaking of experts, we have NovelStructure coming on the pod soon. Looking forward to it @grazorblade

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Sorry I couldn't help myself...lol thanks for the kind words, we have some really interesting guests coming up on the pod.
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indeed some massive ones coming up!
 
Stefan saying the only country that got past the middle income trap was France through government investment made me think of the shut down of the AIS (and the AIs had some similarities with Clairfontaine!)

www.foxsports.com.au

FFA Centre of Excellence: Why do some want the AIS program to shut down?

The gamble FFA is taking with youth future
www.foxsports.com.au www.foxsports.com.au

not sure how much it was in our control, maybe the government funding cut was irreversible and out of our hands. Interesting that the article claims there were only 2 sides - closing it in 2017 and closing it in 2019
 
grazorblade said:
Stefan saying the only country that got past the middle income trap was France through government investment made me think of the shut down of the AIS (and the AIs had some similarities with Clairfontaine!)

www.foxsports.com.au

FFA Centre of Excellence: Why do some want the AIS program to shut down?

The gamble FFA is taking with youth future
www.foxsports.com.au www.foxsports.com.au

not sure how much it was in our control, maybe the government funding cut was irreversible and out of our hands. Interesting that the article claims there were only 2 sides - closing it in 2017 and closing it in 2019
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Yeah - I'd say the government funding cut was out of our hands - AIS sports funding is generally based on historical medal hauls and prospects, so having not qualified since 2008 on the mens side would have made that decision for us.

But it definitely closed in 2017 - that was the last year they played in the NPL here
 
BA81 said:
I remember on the TWG Forum back in the day, someone started a thread titled “Cricket is a big sport - it’s even played in Croatia” and below was a pic of the supposed 🇭🇷🏏 NT, even though they all looked like Reject Shop-variants of Simon Katich..
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Brad Hogg played for Croatia in T20 i believe.

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www.croatiaweek.com

Former star Brad Hogg joins ‘Croatia A’ cricket team

Brad Hogg joins 'Croatia A'
www.croatiaweek.com www.croatiaweek.com
 
NicCarBel said:
Yeah - I'd say the government funding cut was out of our hands - AIS sports funding is generally based on historical medal hauls and prospects, so having not qualified since 2008 on the mens side would have made that decision for us.

But it definitely closed in 2017 - that was the last year they played in the NPL here
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That is the problem. Government funding on sport should be on a hell of a lot more.

First of all there is the use of sport as a vehicle to maintain a healthy population. Football as such a large participation sport should be encouraged by much greater funding just because better performances will encourage more and more to participate and help slow the obesity epidemic. The other govt funding that should be beefed up is that controlled by DFAT. Giving a shitty Sherrin to a football loving PM or President just shows how naive we can be.
 
patjennings said:
That is the problem. Government funding on sport should be on a hell of a lot more.

First of all there is the use of sport as a vehicle to maintain a healthy population. Football as such a large participation sport should be encouraged by much greater funding just because better performances will encourage more and more to participate and help slow the obesity epidemic. The other govt funding that should be beefed up is that controlled by DFAT. Giving a shitty Sherrin to a football loving PM or President just shows how naive we can be.
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Yes, by all metrics of my understanding from a federal standpoint, only Rugby Union and Football should be getting federal funding.
 
NicCarBel said:
Yes, by all metrics of my understanding from a federal standpoint, only Rugby Union and Football should be getting federal funding.
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I’d be cool w/swimming and athletics getting it too if they don’t already; basically any sport that is by definition truly ‘global’ should get it(in which case Union either barely does or doesn’t qualify)

Long story short, AFL shouldn’t even get a fvcking cent💡
 
BA81 said:
I’d be cool w/swimming and athletics getting it too if they don’t already; basically any sport that is by definition truly ‘global’ should get it(in which case Union either barely does or doesn’t qualify)

Long story short, AFL shouldn’t even get a fvcking cent💡
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Yes, bingo

Essentially it's all based around how Australia performs at an Olympic level - so definitely no AFL.
 
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