New stadium poll
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:04 pm
The other thread is suggesting it's about 50-50.
It's high time we put this to a vote.
It's high time we put this to a vote.
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It keeps being said, but football will never be "huge" in this country, it just wont. In summer it goes against the cricket and netball, 2 of the biggest sports in the country, plus the growth of basketball will continue.That's a no from me. Not only is it AU's home but it's footballs home too. Fully exploited it will always serve us perfectly.
Let me put it this way.. the game will become huge in time, there will be another club or two or three from Adelaide over the top two divisions. Is everyone going to play at this new stadium? Where is the point of difference? No dummed down, centralised AFL esque competition from me. But I'd have no problem with the next club becoming that blow in hipster centralised club, AU can just become that classic, traditional football club that plays just down the road. The local area will develop around the club as well, would be such a shame to lose it imo. Just grow it.
Can't wait to drive the seven hours with my kids to get there for Tuesdays match, too.
Love Hindmarsh, football must get it back, we need to own it again.
The only way that is changing is if the massive disparity in funding of AFL and rugby compared to Football changes. Clubs will continue to struggle and charge parents massive fees which I know is making parents question which sport they put their kids into. The cost differences between playing AFL and Football in a lot of communities is massive.I don't agree.
Give it a couple of generations.
You got kids? From the year of kids football I just coached 4/14 come from an enthusiastic football background. Another 4/14 kids come from a non-sport following family/background, they just like the game or want to do something with their mates and the other 6/14 come from a pretty strong to very strong aussies rules background. Only one of those kids played Aussie Rules as well but he packed it in early in the season. Around half of those kids have parents who were very cynical about the game and as a coach, quite difficult to integrate into our teams environment. Throw in extra family members etc and it can be difficult to instill the culture you wish to create in a new team of 10 year olds. Many of those kids would finish a match of sokkah on the Saturday morning and then their parents will whisk them off to the footy to show'em what a real mans game is.
Very slow process to break away from that culture and create a whole team moving in the one direction when so many parents don't respect skill development over results.
By the very nature though with so many new players playing the game, they will be entirely different with their own kids and by the time those kids have kids, I'm certain the culture of football is completely ingrained and celebrated in Australia and the general knowledge and respect for the game will be through the roof.
Two generations. I'm certain of it.
That's why the alf have created the myth of womens football. To further guarantee securing funding but also to inspire a left field generation of kids to play the game because by and large the pre-existing avenue of new players have turned their back on it, they dont want to play aussie rules, they want to play sokkah.
Aussie Rules will always be around and that's a good thing but there's not a huge dominant future in a game that most people don't want to play.
I dont have kids, but I do coach them. Even when I'm coaching football theres kids who wear AFL gear, quite a lot of them.I don't agree.
Give it a couple of generations.
You got kids? From the year of kids football I just coached 4/14 come from an enthusiastic football background. Another 4/14 kids come from a non-sport following family/background, they just like the game or want to do something with their mates and the other 6/14 come from a pretty strong to very strong aussies rules background. Only one of those kids played Aussie Rules as well but he packed it in early in the season. Around half of those kids have parents who were very cynical about the game and as a coach, quite difficult to integrate into our teams environment. Throw in extra family members etc and it can be difficult to instill the culture you wish to create in a new team of 10 year olds. Many of those kids would finish a match of sokkah on the Saturday morning and then their parents will whisk them off to the footy to show'em what a real mans game is.
Very slow process to break away from that culture and create a whole team moving in the one direction when so many parents don't respect skill development over results.
By the very nature though with so many new players playing the game, they will be entirely different with their own kids and by the time those kids have kids, I'm certain the culture of football is completely ingrained and celebrated in Australia and the general knowledge and respect for the game will be through the roof.
Two generations. I'm certain of it.
That's why the alf have created the myth of womens football. To further guarantee securing funding but also to inspire a left field generation of kids to play the game because by and large the pre-existing avenue of new players have turned their back on it, they dont want to play aussie rules, they want to play sokkah.
Aussie Rules will always be around and that's a good thing but there's not a huge dominant future in a game that most people don't want to play.
Politics, Media... there'll be slow generational change in those areas too. The sneers and the stigma will dissappear slowly. More and more kids will love and identify with the game. The culture is changing. Football just needs to focus on us and pay less regard to other leagues and other cities.The only way that is changing is if the massive disparity in funding of AFL and rugby compared to Football changes. Clubs will continue to struggle and charge parents massive fees which I know is making parents question which sport they put their kids into. The cost differences between playing AFL and Football in a lot of communities is massive.I don't agree.
Give it a couple of generations.
You got kids? From the year of kids football I just coached 4/14 come from an enthusiastic football background. Another 4/14 kids come from a non-sport following family/background, they just like the game or want to do something with their mates and the other 6/14 come from a pretty strong to very strong aussies rules background. Only one of those kids played Aussie Rules as well but he packed it in early in the season. Around half of those kids have parents who were very cynical about the game and as a coach, quite difficult to integrate into our teams environment. Throw in extra family members etc and it can be difficult to instill the culture you wish to create in a new team of 10 year olds. Many of those kids would finish a match of sokkah on the Saturday morning and then their parents will whisk them off to the footy to show'em what a real mans game is.
Very slow process to break away from that culture and create a whole team moving in the one direction when so many parents don't respect skill development over results.
By the very nature though with so many new players playing the game, they will be entirely different with their own kids and by the time those kids have kids, I'm certain the culture of football is completely ingrained and celebrated in Australia and the general knowledge and respect for the game will be through the roof.
Two generations. I'm certain of it.
That's why the alf have created the myth of womens football. To further guarantee securing funding but also to inspire a left field generation of kids to play the game because by and large the pre-existing avenue of new players have turned their back on it, they dont want to play aussie rules, they want to play sokkah.
Aussie Rules will always be around and that's a good thing but there's not a huge dominant future in a game that most people don't want to play.
That and the disparity in media coverage will always offer AFL and rugby massive advantages over football. Not just the lack of coverage but the tone of coverage as well. We're forever listening to issues about football like they're unique to our game when most of those issues (head injuries, crowd trouble, racism, match fixing, drugs) exist in most sports.
The league yes, the sport no. People still play the sport and in very very good numbers they just dont turn up to watch AUFC.Yeah but the stadium is arguably in better shape than it ever has been. we used to get a full house in to games like Sydney and Melbourne V. I think there are far more deeprooted problems with public perception of the league and the sport in general, and I don't know how that's going to change (as you said, that's for another thread).
I think we need to consolidate who we are, who we represent, and what football should be. Melbourne City have a great stadium but their crowds are worse than ours. Brisbane Roar have a big, rectangular, modern stadium with roofz, it's central and with great transport, but their crowds are nothing to write home about.