by therisingblues » Tue Oct 27, 2015 3:54 pm
Jim05 wrote:therisingblues wrote:Jim05 wrote:Collingwood v Essendon to be the only game on ANZAC day this year
I'd say that in 2016 it should be Eagles v.Hawthorn. I can't really understand why it should be awarded to Pies Bombers year after year.
Did a disproportionate amount of Anzacs come from those two clubs or something along those lines? If there's a good explanation for it I'll take those sentiments back, but as it is it doesn't make much sense.
Because they were the only two clubs who wanted ANZAC day initially, every other club was opposed to it. Both clubs have a long term agreement on it now
I don't think that's true Jim.
The AFL seriously lacked any ideas about what to do with the day. Then Kevin Sheedy had an idea to honour the
the servicemen and women with a well promoted game. Bruce Ruxton the president of Collingwood was chairman of the RSL and Sheedy asked him to play the game, and he thought it was a wonderful idea to have Collingwood center stage on Anzac Day. I wonder what his decision would have been had Sheedy approached Carlton or Richmond with the idea? Both clubs have drawn massive Anzac day crowds previously. Anyway, it was that and the Collingwood supporter base got them in.
Credit to Sheedy for thinking up the concept and of course he'll want to favour his own club so the Bombers were right to roll the dice on it. The AFL were led by the Bombers though when they should have been making policy for the competition as a whole.
I'm gonna sit back, crack the top off a Pale Ale, and watch the Double Blues prevail
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