http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/afl-enters-the-tank-end-of-the-season/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/afl-enters-the-tank-end-of-the-season/#comment-33314 Heathdon McGregor Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:46:16 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/afl-enters-the-tank-end-of-the-season/#comment-33314 the afl now have the competition it has been aiming for. The melbourne based teams fund their interstate meanderings they get to pretend they are executes on a worlds best level, the melbourne teams have to lose to improve and the results aren't as important as how the team looks in the press. Just as the draft manipulation from Port and Freo being included is leaving(are there any players left from that draft) they are introducing two new teams to screw with teams. As a Richmond fan who saw a player get paid well for one season because Port wanted him, even though he had hardly earned his wage for the previous five, I wonder who will be the next over paid trade bait? the afl now have the competition it has been aiming for. The melbourne based teams fund their interstate meanderings they get to pretend they are executes on a worlds best level, the melbourne teams have to lose to improve and the results aren’t as important as how the team looks in the press. Just as the draft manipulation from Port and Freo being included is leaving(are there any players left from that draft) they are introducing two new teams to screw with teams. As a Richmond fan who saw a player get paid well for one season because Port wanted him, even though he had hardly earned his wage for the previous five, I wonder who will be the next over paid trade bait?

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/afl-enters-the-tank-end-of-the-season/#comment-33226 meski Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:35:28 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/afl-enters-the-tank-end-of-the-season/#comment-33226 Yes, make it a disincentive to lose. Promising the top draft picks to the bottom team is daft. Yes, make it a disincentive to lose. Promising the top draft picks to the bottom team is daft.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/afl-enters-the-tank-end-of-the-season/#comment-33192 Gavin Moodie Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:35:27 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/04/afl-enters-the-tank-end-of-the-season/#comment-33192 Another option is to relegte the bottom 2 sides, which livens up competition at both ends of the table of the English premier soccer league. Another option is to relegte the bottom 2 sides, which livens up competition at both ends of the table of the English premier soccer league.

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