SA Footy

daysofourlives wrote:

MW wrote:

Sheik Yerbouti wrote:

whufc wrote:Womens comp has been fantastic and is being brilliant supported albeit free entrances.

If nothing else im glad my 3 girls now have further options/passions/sport involvement they can look at as they grow older.

Bingo, that right there.
12 years ago when my eldest went on to play seniors there were a fair few older & past players who had only daughters, they used to have a beer with us & tell me how lucky I was to be able to see my two play footy & they were stuck with a lifetime of netball & soccer clubs. Once the ammys picked up on the girls teams Fitzroy started up a couple of junior girls teams, these were players daughters who literally dragged out their netball & soccer mates to play. After a couple of years they made & won a u15s flag, these blokes who always came out & encouraged my son were in tears, they were so proud & delighted that they could experience a footy premiership with their girls, even if it was a junior c grade or whatever.
They need a goal to go for & the AFLW is just that.

Bingo. That was me last year.

So I think we can all agree its only people that have family members involved that have any interest in womens football.

Brett wrote:Daysofourlives .................chuck in an entry fee , little media exposure considering the spectacle and watch it fade. Compare the pair . Its an AFL driven scheme to involve females. They were already involved ! Some of you have blinkers on.

amber_fluid wrote:

Brett wrote:Daysofourlives .................chuck in an entry fee , little media exposure considering the spectacle and watch it fade. Compare the pair . Its an AFL driven scheme to involve females. They were already involved ! Some of you have blinkers on.

You could of just stopped at entry fee.
No one is paying to watch female footy.........ever!

Brett wrote:Daysofourlives .................chuck in an entry fee , little media exposure considering the spectacle and watch it fade. Compare the pair . Its an AFL driven scheme to involve females. They were already involved ! Some of you have blinkers on.

RustyCage wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:

Brett wrote:Daysofourlives .................chuck in an entry fee , little media exposure considering the spectacle and watch it fade. Compare the pair . Its an AFL driven scheme to involve females. They were already involved ! Some of you have blinkers on.

You could of just stopped at entry fee.
No one is paying to watch female footy.........ever!

Not with that attitude

Dutchy wrote:

Brett wrote:Daysofourlives .................chuck in an entry fee , little media exposure considering the spectacle and watch it fade. Compare the pair . Its an AFL driven scheme to involve females. They were already involved ! Some of you have blinkers on.

Why is it so offensive to you?

daysofourlives wrote:

MW wrote:

Sheik Yerbouti wrote:

whufc wrote:Womens comp has been fantastic and is being brilliant supported albeit free entrances.

If nothing else im glad my 3 girls now have further options/passions/sport involvement they can look at as they grow older.

Bingo, that right there.
12 years ago when my eldest went on to play seniors there were a fair few older & past players who had only daughters, they used to have a beer with us & tell me how lucky I was to be able to see my two play footy & they were stuck with a lifetime of netball & soccer clubs. Once the ammys picked up on the girls teams Fitzroy started up a couple of junior girls teams, these were players daughters who literally dragged out their netball & soccer mates to play. After a couple of years they made & won a u15s flag, these blokes who always came out & encouraged my son were in tears, they were so proud & delighted that they could experience a footy premiership with their girls, even if it was a junior c grade or whatever.
They need a goal to go for & the AFLW is just that.

Bingo. That was me last year.

So I think we can all agree its only people that have family members involved that have any interest in womens football.

gazzamagoo wrote:what's the hoo-haa, if you don't like it, don't watch it, I attempted to watch 2 games over the weekend, I turned them off,
simples.

gazzamagoo wrote:...and perverts

gazzamagoo wrote:I attempted to watch 2 games over the weekend,

Pseudo wrote:

gazzamagoo wrote:...and perverts

gazzamagoo wrote:I attempted to watch 2 games over the weekend,

Dutchy wrote:

Brett wrote:Daysofourlives .................chuck in an entry fee , little media exposure considering the spectacle and watch it fade. Compare the pair . Its an AFL driven scheme to involve females. They were already involved ! Some of you have blinkers on.

Why is it so offensive to you?

Brett wrote:

Dutchy wrote:

Brett wrote:Daysofourlives .................chuck in an entry fee , little media exposure considering the spectacle and watch it fade. Compare the pair . Its an AFL driven scheme to involve females. They were already involved ! Some of you have blinkers on.

Why is it so offensive to you?

I find it it very unfair the money being spent on comparison. I never heard anyone here a few years back screaming for it ?

Dutchy wrote:Many would find it unfair and unusual that it has taken so long to get Womens footy to this level.

All this talk about growing the game over the years and we haven't tapped* into 50% of the population.

gazzamagoo wrote:what's the hoo-haa, if you don't like it, don't watch it, I attempted to watch 2 games over the weekend, I turned them off,
simples.

whufc wrote:

Brett wrote:

Dutchy wrote:

Brett wrote:Daysofourlives .................chuck in an entry fee , little media exposure considering the spectacle and watch it fade. Compare the pair . Its an AFL driven scheme to involve females. They were already involved ! Some of you have blinkers on.

Why is it so offensive to you?

I find it it very unfair the money being spent on comparison. I never heard anyone here a few years back screaming for it ?

In fairness the money being spent on womens football over the last 5 years pales into comparison the hundreds of millions of dollar that has been spent on Male/Country/Amatuer/Junior football over the last 100 years.