MATTY MITCHAM wrote:SO WHATS THE TALK OF RIVERLKAND AND MALLEE MERGING? IS THAT REALLY ON THE CARDS OR JUST BULLSHIT?
I think it will happen eventually.
by Bum Crack » Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:18 pm
MATTY MITCHAM wrote:SO WHATS THE TALK OF RIVERLKAND AND MALLEE MERGING? IS THAT REALLY ON THE CARDS OR JUST BULLSHIT?
by silicone skyline » Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:29 pm
MATTY MITCHAM wrote:SO WHATS THE TALK OF RIVERLKAND AND MALLEE MERGING? IS THAT REALLY ON THE CARDS OR JUST BULLSHIT?
by Baron Greenback » Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:43 pm
silicone skyline wrote:MATTY MITCHAM wrote:SO WHATS THE TALK OF RIVERLKAND AND MALLEE MERGING? IS THAT REALLY ON THE CARDS OR JUST BULLSHIT?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT
by Not Scared » Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:46 pm
MATTY MITCHAM wrote:SO WHATS THE TALK OF RIVERLKAND AND MALLEE MERGING? IS THAT REALLY ON THE CARDS OR JUST BULLSHIT?
by OXnFOX » Fri Dec 18, 2009 2:58 am
by aceman » Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:17 am
OXnFOX wrote:WELL IM GONNA FRIKKIN YELL!
OK its rant time!
Some are obviously gonna love what ive gotta say, and other will hate it. Thats why opinions are like assholes.....everybody has one.
SANFL - Pahtooey! Dont get me started on them. DOLLARS is all they care about and all they ever will. - I know there are many, many dedicated-to-football people who work for the SANFL, but its not them its the system. (Why does the SANFL play with 21 players and the AFL 22? - Do different codes of Soccer/rugby play with less men in their teams? - Does SACA play the Redbacks with 10 players?) - Why do grass roots footy teams have to sell raffle tickets FOR the SANFL when they could be using that time and manhours to raise money for their own club. fees to clubs keep going up and up and up and more and more rules and regulations and "big stick weilding" just so Clubs can pay all these administrators to tie them up in red tape!
Independent League has always been to me a league of choice, not THE league of choice. But about having a choice.
Cant make training due to work? - RFL cant justify getting you a game, so Indy clubs benefit, otherwise, these guys wont (or cant) play at all.
New to the region or wanna take up playing footy again and you just wont cut it in the RFL teams, go INDYS
Live in one of these small towns and just wanna represent it? Go INDYS
Dont like going to Waikerie? Well you'll hate going to East Murray or Browns Well or Ramco - Go RFL!
Now all the INDY clubs have been working their butts off to survive over the years and some still struggle, others ebb and flow.
But it THEIR LEAGUE - NOT THE SANFLs
The SANFL knows how to run the IRFL as well as the AFL knows how to run grass roots footy.
I dont want to see a club fold because it has nowhere to play. I personally would want to strengthen the INDYs and think BSR would be great for the comp as Ramco were.
The RFL were talking of mergers with Mildura about a decade ago and players were not keen due to travel. Yet the draw would be set so that RFL teams would on play the Mildy teams once each throughout the season, splitting 6 games home and away meant only three trips to MIldura a season. But then there were a whole heap of other issues as well.
But if the INDYs were to get any bigger, then they should become TRULY independent and break away from the RFL, as i think the INDYS help prop up the RFL in more ways than one.
One last point i want to make is about Club delegates.
Who are they?
Do most players even know who is representing their clubs and what their motives are?
Getting people to give up their time for nothing is hard and finding delegates can be hard in itself.
But i know from experience that the 1 or 2 people in that room are voting for an ENTIRE clubs viewpoint, and too often its just really just that person/s viewpoint on what THEY think is best for the club.
Information is given to Clubs by the League and they send delegates to a meeting to represent them. But in a lot of cases in grass roots footy, the Club Secretary opens the mail and says out aloud "hey honey, we gotta go to some meeting and vote about something next Monday night" ............ The questions that should be asked to each player, committee member, sponsors, ect ect dont even get past the delegates themselves. - I've personally seen this happen on multiple occasions.
So in closing i'd like to add that, whatever the reasons, right or wrong, no league should be forced to do something they voted against. Have a re-vote, with some better info and more delegates, but dont wave any stick saying "YOU WILL DO IT!" "PERIOD!"
By the way SANFL, any player at any age group not getting a game is YOUR fault.
Can someone that has access do some number crunching for me?
How many Aussie Rules Football clubs are there registered in SA?
Times that by 3 (an average of how many teams/grades each Club has)
The answer will be how many players around SA are not getting a game because the SANFL plays with 21 players not 22.
And any club member/delegate or official that replies " Do you know how hard it is to find players these days, we have trouble filling 21 spots as it is!"...........Well you should stand down because your time is up if you cant get players to your club, and you must also ask yourselves, "WHY did they leave your club in the first place?"
Peace out, rant over.
by Dogwatcher » Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:40 am
by Bum Crack » Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:44 am
Dogwatcher wrote:Wow Ox! That rant rivals one from you a few years back - the one about junior coaching!
Good on ya.
by Dogwatcher » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:58 am
by Peter Griffen » Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:08 am
by Baron Greenback » Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:50 am
by cod master » Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:47 pm
Chuck Norris wrote:Nope, Wunkar.
by Goldberg » Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:57 pm
Chuck Norris wrote:Nope, Wunkar.
by Baron Greenback » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:02 pm
Goldberg wrote:Chuck Norris wrote:Nope, Wunkar.
Who's a Wunkar??
R u a Wunkar??
Nothing wrong with a little Wunkar
by Peter Griffen » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:04 pm
Chuck Norris wrote:Nope, Wunkar.
by spoonbill » Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:52 pm
by Bum Crack » Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:55 pm
spoonbill wrote:Should someone let Darren Perry know that he's apparently signed up with barmera?
by BOM » Fri Dec 18, 2009 4:41 pm
by Dogwatcher » Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:10 pm
by BIG SEXY » Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:48 am
BOM wrote:Hi guys
Just wondering if you can tell me how competitive you think BSR would be in the Indy’s? I know we will loose a couple of our top players from last year but I would hope we would keep the main group as well as some b graders who just won 4 flags in a row.
Is this the issue with us joining or is it more about travel?
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