Why does it say 150 on the 50 metre line of the AFL game?
150 years of the AFL? The AFL hasn’t existed that long Why celebrate 130 years of what was a suburban comp, when the real deal has only been going 21 years ( no I’m not including the Swannies move to Sydney ). The then VFL had 2 options in the 80’s – die due to rising debt or open the comp up to interstate clubs (and their big $$ license – which the Vic clubs were not obliged to pay). And after all that they still propped up Fitzroy, St Kilda etc. way past their use by dates, using $’s provided by interstate clubs with their huge memberships. So lets not celebrate 130 years of an insipid, mismanaged local comp & celebrate the saviours of Australian Rules, clubs like West Coast, Brisbane, Adelaide etc. if not for them we’d probably be watching a delayed telecast on the ABC of Footscray v St Kilda from VFL Park in front of a huge crowd of maybe 3-5 thousand…
