The Problem with AFL Football

Australian Rules Football, Australia’s indigenous game. Never before has the game been been faster, players as skilful, stadiums more comfortable, playing surfaces as pristine, sports science as relevant, had a greater number of clubs, been so comprehensively covered across all media formats and coaching departments so large.

So why is the game, at the moment so, so…well so unwatchable?

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Australian Sport’s Day of Shame

AFL CEO Andrew DemetriouJust a few short weeks ago yours truly wrote a blog about Lance Armstrong and how his scandal was just another in a long list of scandals that is ruining sport.

To that list you can now add Australian sport, well Australian professional sport at the very least. A year long secret investigation by the Australian Crime Commission has found evidence of systematic, doping, corruption and infiltration by organized crime.

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Has Professionalism Ruined AFL?

As a Melbournian I’ve been a fan of Aussie Rules Football for as long as I can remember. My allegiance to the game has been tested over the years, in part, because of my undying support for the Richmond Tigers who haven’t won a Premiership in over 30 years.

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