We are looking forward to further developing the list structure through the AFL National Draft and are encouraged by the prospect of having five picks inside the top 22.
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It would help in getting a few AFL players dropping back, that's a big benefit,
I'd be pretty surprised now if anyone had any cause to go to the courts. I think the AFL have worked the tribunal to the stage where it almost becomes court-proof,
We're thrilled to have Danny and are confident that this is the first critical step in bringing a championship caliber professional football team to Utah. Coach White was our first and only choice. Not only is he a legendary football player, but he's also one of the most successful coaches in the 19-year history of the AFL.
Besides that, the weather is great, the travel is a piece of cake, you can focus entirely on baseball and the facilities are first-class because games are played at Spring Training stadiums. I had a blast. Whoever thought of the AFL, it was a great idea.
If the program grows and grows, which I know it will, with the commitment from Qantas and the AFL's indigenous foundation, then I couldn't see why not - in the next five or 10 years - possibly (the number of) indigenous players (increasing) from 52 (in the AFL and) doubling,
If we can improve the awareness of the AFL as a sport (in Japan), we can also use it as a vehicle for business activity.
Back in the '60s to the '70s, the NFL was 'The Man League,' and the AFL was 'The Fluff League,' ... Go ahead, wear those white shoes and high white socks and throw it around. But we play football over here the way it's meant to be played, outside in the mud and cold with snot bubbles coming out of our noses. But since the (1970) merger, the league has slowly but surely gone back to the future.
There is no doubt that this is a bonanza for AFL generally.
I'm getting the basics with the AFL, but the NFL is a different animal.
We're giving kids the opportunity to come to Melbourne, from across Australia, from the cape to Shepparton in Victoria and from the Kimberleys to the Tiwi Islands - this is part of an initiative from Qantas and the AFL and we're looking at the new Adam Goodes or Andrew McLeod.
Winning the flag -- that's the one most people identify with -- but I think the thing I feel most content with is that we have actually given AFL a chance in this market.
I have always liked the AFL because it gives the best prospects in the game a chance to play against each other and polish their skills in a competitive environment, ... It also can give them confidence going into the next season if they do well. The results have been pretty darn good.
AFL ratings would be expected to go up, but they will only get the big increases if the Swans continue to draw an audience in Sydney.
So from the 2003 season to the 2004 season we cleaned house. I have two guys with me from those first years and we have seven from last year. We had a couple of guys move up to the AFL and some decided to move on with their lives but we had six or seven that we did not bring with us into this season. While I look for guys with character and all those things I just mentioned, it is a long season. Most guys are use to a 10-week season in college and we play sixteen. Some guys taper down towards the end of the season. That was something we couldn't see in guys when we recruited. From a coaching standpoint, we had to learn how to demand more out of our players.
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