AFLW - Contract Dispute

[madbluboy]

I think match day openers / double hearders makes sense, but I suspect it doesn't suit the AFL's political agenda, they seem to be deliberately trying to make AFLW compete head to head for resources with other sports. Using AFLW as a political tool to freeze out other sports when AFL is out of season!

The NRL play the NRLW in parallel and it works fine.

Agreed.

[dodge]

You could start the AFLW season from the bye weekend after the H&A fixture.

Showcases the competition on a dead weekend before the finals, then gives fans something to watch during the finals if their team isn't playing in AFL finals.  Effectively, finding five weekends of crossover...then AFLW continues through Spring until Xmas.

I think they want the AFLW players to be available for the VFL and other state comps, as depth is still an issue - but may not be long until depth arrives.  But wouldn't it be great one day to have all AFLW games as the curtain raiser.  Then sometime in the future have their standalone games.

[LP]

Then sometime in the future have their standalone games.

I don't see the need for this, I appreciate the desire but it seems completely superfluous.

For years I'd be at the ground from the U19 bounce, match the reserves until half-time, have some lunch then come back out for the seniors. Why not ride the existing pony rather than break in a new one?

And from home for TV I'd much rather be watching the AFLW / VFL curtain raisers than putting up with BT, Darcy or Ling delivering another pre-match diatribe! FFS, it's like being lectured to by Dumb and Dumber, they make The Three Stooges look like Einstein, Heisenberg and Hawking!

[madbluboy]

Daisy Pearce on radio this morning pretty much blamed one entire team (without naming them) for the vote not getting up.

[DJC]

Daisy Pearce on radio this morning pretty much blamed one entire team (without naming them) for the vote not getting up.

Well, she does work for CheatsTV  :

[LP]

Well, she does work for CheatsTV  :

I'd hate to be on the inside of this debate, when it comes to bitterness, hatred and prejudice the men have nothing on the girls, and in my opinion this leaves a disaster just waiting to happen.

What they need is for some "Bastard Misogynist" to step forward and offer them a reason to unite, or else they may well rip each other apart!

[kruddler]

I'd hate to be on the inside of this debate, when it comes to bitterness, hatred and prejudice the men have nothing on the girls, and in my opinion this leaves a disaster just waiting to happen.

What they need is for some "Bastard Misogynist" to step forward and offer them a reason to unite, or else they may well rip each other apart!

Sorry LP, thats BS.

I think what the girls are asking for is more than fair.

They are uprooting their lives to play AFLW.....and they do not even have any dates, or length of season in front of them.

In the first year, the girls had to pay for their own boots.
AFLW exceeded all expectations, including the players and the AFL.
Now the AFL has started fasttracking the whole thing by introducing 6 new teams in 2 years and have forgotten to structure a competition that can make it all work.

Yes, the girls are kicking up a fuss....and so they should.
What do the men have to complain about? A minimum salary of 100k a year, plus perks for the worst player on the list? Meanwhile, thats more than all the girls on a list combined.
The men have certainty for years.
The girls don't even know when their next game is......or even what month it is in.

[LP]

Sorry LP, thats BS.

I think what the girls are asking for is more than fair.

What I posted has nothing to do with their claims.

It's about the internal doings exposed by Pearce on radio yesterday, they are basically pointing knives at each other already, there is an obvious cliqué or maybe more than one, and they are nowhere near united like the AFL men. The girls have fired up the whisper drive and have their rumor engine running ready to point the blame!

[madbluboy]

Yeah a bit rich for Daisy Pearce and Erin Phillips telling the others to do as they're told and just accept what's on offer.

[Baggers]

Sorry LP, thats BS.

I think what the girls are asking for is more than fair.

They are uprooting their lives to play AFLW.....and they do not even have any dates, or length of season in front of them.

In the first year, the girls had to pay for their own boots.
AFLW exceeded all expectations, including the players and the AFL.
Now the AFL has started fasttracking the whole thing by introducing 6 new teams in 2 years and have forgotten to structure a competition that can make it all work.

Yes, the girls are kicking up a fuss....and so they should.
What do the men have to complain about? A minimum salary of 100k a year, plus perks for the worst player on the list? Meanwhile, thats more than all the girls on a list combined.
The men have certainty for years.
The girls don't even know when their next game is......or even what month it is in.

Well said.

At best the AFL has treated the gals with a kind of reduced and limited respect. At worst the AFL has treated the gals with a kind of arrogant disregard.

It would never have come to this adversarial stage had the AFLW/VFLW been given the respect and subsequent proper planning it deserved.

Now we have policy on the run. Gil at his best.