AFLW 2022

[Thryleon]

Regardless of the type of women that want to play such is a whole other kettle of fish, I think you are misunderstanding my comments.

The diluted talent is not about the number of teams exactly, it's the location of those teams and how the draft works.

Adelaide are the strongest team in the comp and have been since the comp started.
Adelaide have access to every girl in SA and NT. Their 'draft' is simply picking the best players from that group and no other team can pick those players.

Add up all the players who they have access too and compare that to the amount of players from Victoria.
Now you have 8 teams in Victoria (including Geelong) who have to pick from that list.
Unless there are 8x more girls in Vic, simple maths shows you Adelaide will get a more talented/better list.

It's been similar for freo and Brisbane up until the recent introduction of West Coast and Gold Coast.

The talent is not evenly distributed across the aflw because the draft is not a national draft. It's essentially a state draft.

It's not about the overall standard, it's about the distribution of talent and the one sidedness that has created.

I understood your point.

I think you might have missed the fact that I made a different one.

Still you might not have.  The men's competition represents the top 700 men in the country irrespective of where they want to play their footy (plenty go home).  The women's competition is the top 700 women in the country.  Most of which are talented enough to earn a crust playing a different sport, and the pool those 700 come from is a much smaller pool, than the equivalent for males.

Thats my point.  The competition is too big.  The afl clubs have ruined the women's version because they all want to show how progressive they are.