06-19-2016, 04:48 AM
I was a bit gobsmacked to hear my father state not long ago that he will go watch women's footy if Carlton get a team up. As far as he was concerned, if they wear a cfc then he will go watch. Now will get to hold him to it.
The success or failure of this venture will be well discussed, but as a poster below alluded, comparing the emerging women's game to the men's is perhaps an unfair comparison. Women's aussie rules may be better comparing (if it must be compared at all) itself to soccer, in so far as participation and number of teams, as this seems fairer, than to the AFL which has well over a century of evolution behind it. This might be a better benchmark, and support the game to become its own thing, rather than constantly being compared to league football played by men, which always lets naysayers have a crack on the basis of sponsership and tv ratings. If tv ratings are the benchmark then why dont we compare footy to masterchef or home reno shows.
As for us, a longer term vision of the cfc is (could be) a club that fields a league team, a reserves team, a women's team, a couple of other development teams and does a whole lot of other things related to football, sport and community health more generally. The potential for revenue sources is expanded, as is a foundation for sustainability and intergenerational support via memberships. Women's footy is just part of the picture.
The success or failure of this venture will be well discussed, but as a poster below alluded, comparing the emerging women's game to the men's is perhaps an unfair comparison. Women's aussie rules may be better comparing (if it must be compared at all) itself to soccer, in so far as participation and number of teams, as this seems fairer, than to the AFL which has well over a century of evolution behind it. This might be a better benchmark, and support the game to become its own thing, rather than constantly being compared to league football played by men, which always lets naysayers have a crack on the basis of sponsership and tv ratings. If tv ratings are the benchmark then why dont we compare footy to masterchef or home reno shows.
As for us, a longer term vision of the cfc is (could be) a club that fields a league team, a reserves team, a women's team, a couple of other development teams and does a whole lot of other things related to football, sport and community health more generally. The potential for revenue sources is expanded, as is a foundation for sustainability and intergenerational support via memberships. Women's footy is just part of the picture.