Footy Chick wrote:Yeah I'm not sure College footy has as much clout or is as prestegious as it was back in the 80's and 90's.
Nothing better than a Saints v PAC game,
I always went for Saints - and because I went to St Ignatius, which was a crap footy school at the time, it was a good opportunity to see some decent footy
Back in the day, the big news was the fact that Rostrevor had allegedly offered Ben Hart a BMW to attend and play for Rostrevor, instead of Blackfriars.
I just went waaaaaaaay off topic, didn't I?

Girls always support other girls
Sport and other extra curricular activities are a major part of the private schools total learning and maturing process.
It is as prestigious now as it was back in the 80's and 90's (so is spelling)
PAC would have between 5 - 10 kids also playing for SANFL clubs when not playing for the school.
The commitment to the school programme is one condition for the student. Dont like it - dont go to that school. A lot of parents send their kids to certain schools to get the coaching and to get noticed. The big schools have ex AFL players as their senior coach. I remember going to Rostrevor one day and they handed out what I thought was a match programme, but it was actually a précis on every player for the AFL scouts that were there.
I remember Greg Anderson left St Micks because they wouldn't let him play for Port Adelaide
But its not just football - look at rowing - multi million dollar sport now - the big schools would have assets in the $1m - $2m range for rowing.
dedja: Dunno, I’m just an idiot.