What sort of first impressions do Americans have of Australian Football?
Paul O’Keefe: The biggest thing that the Americans notice is the goal umpire, thats the funniest thing. They always talk about showing the two fingers and the flags, and the guy with the lab coat. The other comment you get is, Well its football without pads, and thats mainly because they dont understand sort of the nature of the sport. What we find is when we actually get guys coming out and playing, that they run around the first quarter, having no idea whats going on, the first time they get the ball they usually throw it because they want to get rid of it as quickly as they can, and then they actually pick it up pretty quickly after that. And once theyve played a couple of games that we usually dont lose that many players, they really like it and stick it out. Amanda Smith: Well if its true that an indigenous football code reflects something of the character of the people and the country in which its been created, youd have to say that Australian Football displays a kind of anarchy,
