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Message: [QUOTE="Sproj, post: 2843033, member: 8423"] AFL is the model that the NRL should be looking at and trying to imitate. 90% of what the AFL does is just pure professionalism, the other 10% is channel 9's Footy Show. Coincidence? They are run by a truly independent commission and don't have old boys club guys trying to influence every decision with an us against them mentality and a tribalism at board level. Tribalism is fine for supporters, not management. Channel 7 has done such a wonderful service to the AFL as they play live games every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Yes you have your popular teams like Richmond and Hawthorn who feature almost every week bad teams like the Lions get like one game a year on tv down here but they suck anyway. More on that later. In Brisbane itself though, as far as I'm aware you still get most Lions games live on 7? Down here, the Storm are rarely featured on 9's coverage and even the NRL is not on the main channel anyway. Channel 9 is one of the worst thing a about league in general. Channel 7 has selected good commentators who try really hard to leave their biases out of the coverage and simply commentate what is in front of them. They have Victorians, Nswelshmen, Qlders, WAians as all part of their coverage and they work really well together. AFL players both past and present are far more articulate in general anyway. If an umpire's decision is blatantly wrong, they comment on it and quickly move on. As a result the stand of officiating seems far better in general as the umpires are not scared of being crucified for every 50/50 call. The NRL and specifically Channel 9 and the newspapers could learn a lot from that. Gould is the equivalent of one or two blokes down here on the Footy Show but those two guys are not usually part of the commentary team for games and DEFINITELY not the main callers like Gould, Johns or Fittler. There is no balance in the NRL commentary and it just comes across like a bunch of old bogans having a rant. There are also other free to air footy shows that are actually serious and have good analysis and discussion, etc. the NRL has Beau Ryan, enough said. The draft system is another big plus for the AFL...unless you are the Lions because they can't seem to keep any good kids and their facilities are garbage. QLD doesn't need two AFL teams BUT at least the AFL is committed to them and support them. Thy also don't hold successful clubs like Hawthorn and popular clubs like Richmond back simply to prop up clubs like the Lions who are simply poorly run and poorly supported. The AFL pours money into expansion, even into China for what will probably amount to little return in the long run but at least they are forward thinking and committed to growth. The NRL is committed to propping up useless, poorly supported clubs simply because. Rugby league is ka far better product and even people in Melbourne enjoy it but they have such little access to it. Ask anyone if they know the Australian and NZ CAPTAINS play for their club side and most of them would have no idea. Why? Because the NRL doesn't even bother promoting the game down here. If the NRL could get a CEO who isn't club affiliated, a board that is truly independent, a TV station with a plan (which they had in the last tv rights negotiation!!) and think forward as opposed to the here and now by outing money back into the game and not struggling clubs, this great game could leave the AFL in the shade, unfortunately they are 20 years too late. [/QUOTE]

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