Women's League

[LP]

Waiting for the first female installment of Sheik's "Backed, Cracked and Sacked"...lol.

Sounds funny and we can make some jokes about it, but that would be every bit as legitimate as the male version, and rightly so.

[LordLucifer]

At the moment.

A major golf tournament only goes for four days, Wimbledon only goes for two weeks, surfing just two, who'd put there money into those?

Sorry Sheik, but your arguments are sounding slightly old world like Alan Jones, Ray Hadley or John Singleton! It's 13 year old girls and social media that determine what is on TV or Youtube, which music gets streamed and what colour is the hottest fashion.

A major golf tournament may run for four days but it is fully televised across all four days locally as well as internationally, ditto Wimbledon. The viewing market is enormous when compared to what this womens league may have.

[LordLucifer]

Waiting for the first female installment of Sheik's "Backed, Cracked and Sacked"...lol.

Cheeky !!!

Don't know enough about the players to put up anything remotely authorative on the matter.





** waits for some smart alec to say "well that hasn't stopped you in the past" ** 

[LP]

A major golf tournament may run for four days but it is fully televised across all four days locally as well as internationally, ditto Wimbledon. The viewing market is enormous when compared to what this womens league may have.

Advertising is not syndicated globally, it's sold/re-sold locally, that is why when you go to an Ad break the advertisers content is local.

The part that is syndicated globally is the right to re-broadcast, the sport or event itself. The local broadcaster must still find local advertisers and sponsorship.

I suppose I'm an oldie these days, over 50s, but I am not oblivious to how the corporate world thinks about me. They make sure we oldies perceive them as treating us with respect, but in terms of determining where they market and the directions they take, they are mostly ambivalent to our opinions. The only time they will take me seriously is if I have money to invest, and with that money I'll want them to invest in the market that offers the most growth and ROI, I want them tapping into the youth market.

Pensioners don't spend, period riddled emotionally wrecked teenage girls do! You know who taught me this, one of Australia's top retail marketing executives, a woman!

PS; It's not right, it's just reality!

[LordLucifer]

I'm not claiming I do.

You don't like the idea of womens footy, we get it. Because you get called out for your disdainful comments on the sport you turn to a matter of which you are equally ignorant, the business case, to try and maintain some legitimacy.

It's not that I don't like the idea of women's footy, I'm very sceptical about not only it's long-term viability but also us being one of the first licencees.

Why should we be part of it initially when there will be 5 new teams in 2018 ??

Surely the smarter approach would be to let another club have that spot and we can watch them all from the outside to see what errors they make plus how the clubs & league deal with the teething problems initially.

I don't believe we are in a strong enough position financially to take on such a thing just yet.

[laj]

Cheeky !!!

Don't know enough about the players to put up anything remotely authorative on the matter.





** waits for some smart alec to say "well that hasn't stopped you in the past" ** 

Well, that hasn't stopped you in the past...lol!

[LordLucifer]

You rotten sod !!!     

[LP]

It's not that I don't like the idea of women's footy, I'm very sceptical about not only it's long-term viability but also us being one of the first licencees.

I think the AFL will subsidise it heavily knowing if they can't make a rivalry like Carlton / Collingwood work then there is not much short term hope for rapid growth. I am sure that is why we go the nod ahead of other clubs. I doubt it will cost us a lot and every dollar we spend is targeted at more than half the population.

Long term it should work regardless, I think our club wants to be in on the ground level, for the same reason CheatsFC got into the ground level at Docklands. The sweetest deals will be done early.

[bratblue]

The Sheik is taking a bit of flak. I wonder if BBB will step in to help him out.

I read that only 30% of our members are female and is below average. There must be a lot of potential female members out there that the old Carlton have ignored much the same way they ignored many things that have been detrimental to the club.

It may well prove timely for us that BB and a new admin has stepped in just as the female league has developed.

[DJC]

The Sheik is taking a bit of flak. I wonder if BBB will step in to help him out.

I read that only 30% of our members are female and is below average. There must be a lot of potential female members out there that the old Carlton have ignored much the same way they ignored many things that have been detrimental to the club.

It may well prove timely for us that BB and a new admin has stepped in just as the female league has developed.

I saw that too and it seems that we're well off the pace.  Hopefully our women's team will boost female membership.