Womens Footy - Will It Really Last ??

[kruddler]

God posts like these are utterly ridiculous.
if you have a different opinion you sre short sighted, but the oracles can see it better.

Eveyone knows that the skills will improve, that doesn't mean they will (and doesn't mean they won't) ever get to a level where the brand is strong enough for a professional full time league or that enough people will pay good money to watch it.

Australian's have a lot of choices on what sports to spend their money on and only a few of them attract really big crowds. To support a 10 player (at a guess) netball roster requires a lot less cash than a full time football league.
I think most people will be happy for the women if it takes off, but it is far from sure that this this brand will be a brand that people maintain interest in and importantly people and organisations want to put enough money into so as to allow the women to turn professional.

The debate is a reasonable one for people to have on both sides and certainly isn't a foregone conclusion it will be successful.

What you say is correct, and far be it from me to stick up for Jimbo but...
When the AFL sets its mind to something it usually comes off.

The things that people are saying about the AFLW are almost word for word the type of stuff people said about South Melboune moving to Sydney.
That can be echoed further with Brisbane.
Less so with the more traditional football states WA, SA, but still uttered.
Again, GC and GWS had more detractors than supporters....and although we are still in the infancy of that, the AFL is playing the long game. It took Sydney a whole generation before that was considered 'established'.

So sure, what you say is true....but the AFL have an exceptional record in this sort of thing.
Even if it doesn't get prime time viewing, the AFLW is here to stay.