Rob's ThoughtsThoughts by the Chairman of the Australian Football Association of North America on Aussie rules football, life, TV coverage, the AFL, etc.Pay or Free- October 12, 2003 Two issues that are at the heart of the future of footy in North America. One is the future of AFANA and the other the future of TV coverage. As we plan the upgrade of the AFANA web site and look toward 2004, one issue that keeps coming back is how long we can continue to make our web site available for free to all visitors. It's been a point of pride with us that...http://www.afana.com/blog/archives/000032.html Exhibition Match in LA- October 9, 2003 As some of you will know by reading our BBS or our TV & Media newsletter there is a proposal afloat for two AFL clubs to play a match in late January, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. We know for sure that the Kangaroos are involved. Early reports indicated the other club would be the Adelaide Crows however now we believe they are no longer interested. Details on this match remain pretty sparse beyond this....http://www.afana.com/blog/archives/000031.html The AFL and International Development- October 6, 2003 Recently a frequent correspondent of mine posed a question about the AFL. He asked why the AFL sees the states of Queensland and New South Wales and the Northern Territory in Australia as the "new frontiers" of footy and does not see the 40 countries around the globe (where Aussie rules has a foothold) as that frontier I suppose only the people in the big offices on the 2nd floor at Telstra Dome can really...http://www.afana.com/blog/archives/000030.html Preliminary Survey Results, Part II- October 2, 2003 This time I want to concentrate on the opinions fans offered about the programs. Before I do, I want to make an observation in relation to an article that appeared in the USA Today newspaper yesterday. It points up again how critical fans are to the future growth of a sport. This time it's baseball. Footy would be well advised to consider the care and cultivation of fans if it wants a future in the...http://www.afana.com/blog/archives/000029.html Preliminary Survey Results- October 1, 2003 Now that the Grand Final is behind us, we've had a chance here at AFANA to do some preliminary analysis of the survey results. Here's a capsule view of what we have learned: The average age of the fans who responded to our survey is about 36 years old and about 53% of them are under 34. Over 85% of those who responded were male. We believe that this is a bit distorted since we...http://www.afana.com/blog/archives/000028.html |