Weird Article in the herald sun

[Hawka]

Did any 1 get the sun today and read bottom of pg 30 and 31 weird idea basically it was a opion piece by a yr 10 student on that they should change the name of australia rules or afl so that it could b succesful overseas

[pyronerd]

Did any 1 get the sun today and read bottom of pg 30 and 31 weird idea basically it was a opion piece by a yr 10 student on that they should change the name of australia rules or afl so that it could b succesful overseas

how else would people distinguish it from other football codes  ::) seriously i think what the sport is called is going to make much difference

[Hawka]

well he made a point that for it to be succesful it cant be wat it is he said that golf isnt called scotball or cricket britainball

[pyronerd]

well he made a point that for it to be succesful it cant be wat it is he said that golf isnt called scotball or cricket britainball

the only reason aussie rules is aussie rules is because aussies are awesome  ;D in all seriousness though they dont have 2 different sports that can be called golf, or cricket, but there are many different sports that are recognised as football (soccer, rugby, gridiron etc.)

[Boomz]

It's not a bad point but it will never happen...

[Junktimer]

I'm not a huge fan of the article personally.

First off-

While there are some sports which don't have the country in which they are based in their names, there is, unlike he suggested, some who do. 

-Gaelic Athletic Association (Gaelic Football) is one, Gaelic refers to Celtics (Irish)
-Canadian Football League is another.

As such, having Australian Rules Football as its label is not entirely unique amongst sport codes.

Another issue is, how do we know that is even the case?  It has never been tried without the "Australian" in it, so how do we know the 7100 that attended the Shanghai Showdown would have been more without the Australian label?  Just a uneducated assumption made there.

Lastly, what is the alternative?  He mentioned a few, but I'm not having any of it.

They were:

Marn Grook- The Aboriginal term for AFL.  So this guy wants to take the "Australian" part of AFL, so he replaces it with a name devised by Australian Aboriginals?  Not sure what that would achieve.  Besides, with a name like "Marn Grook", it would never make it through the Western world.

Game Ball- Does he want to get more general?  Game ball is one of the most unoriginal, boring games of a sport I have ever heard.  I wouldn't want to play a game called Game Ball, dunno about you.

Willsball- Tom Wills, great guy, inventor of the game, so we credit him with a round in our footy season, doesn't mean we name the game after him.  What kind of name is Willsball?  It's a laughing stock, that's what it is.  If anything, it would be more a testament to him if we kept the game that he made up.

The only one that isn't horrible, but if the AFL do expand, apart from New Zealand, I strongly doubt they will invest in the Pacific, not much revenue to be made there, which is all they care about.

Overall just a bunch of boloney IMO, well written for a year 10, but poor idea.

P.S Sorry about my rant.

[pyronerd]

I'm not a huge fan of the article personally.

First off-

While there are some sports which don't have the country in which they are based in their names, there is, unlike he suggested, some. 

-Gaelic Athletic Association (Gaelic Football) is one, Gaelic refers Celtics (Irish)
-Canadian Football League is another.

As such, having Australian Rules Football as its label is not entirely unique amongst sport codes.

Another issue is, how do we know that is even the case?  It has never been tried without the "Australian" in it, so how do we know the 7100 that attended the Shanghai Showdown would have been more without the Australian label?  Just a uneducated assumption made there.

Lastly, what is the alternative?  He mentioned a few, but I'm not having any of it.

They were:

Marn Grook- The Aboriginal term for AFL.  So this guy wants to take the "Australian" part of AFL, so he replaces it with a name devised by Australian Aboriginals?  Not sure what that would achieve.  Besides, with a name like "Marn Grook", it would never make it through the Western world.

Game Ball- Does he want to get more general?  Game ball is one of the most unoriginal, boring games of a sport I have ever heard.  I wouldn't want to play a game called Game Ball, dunno about you.

Willsball- Tom Wills, great guy, inventor of the game, so we credit him with a round in our footy season, doesn't mean we name the game after him.  What kind of name is Willsball?  It's a laughing stock, that's what it is.  If anything, it would be more a testament to him if we kept the game that he made up.

The only one that isn't horrible, but if the AFL do expand, apart from New Zealand, I strongly doubt they will invest in the Pacific, not much revenue to be made there, which is all they care about.

Overall just a bunch of boloney IMO, well written for a year 10, but poor idea.

P.S Sorry about my rant.

agree with u totally JT, also i dont see the relevence in naming it something esle, even if it were to increase popularity overseas, there will never be australian rules league that includes countries not near australia as well as australia, it is just impractical

sorry for going slightly off-topic there  :P

[nas]

Leave things alone is my motto.

[Junktimer]

something the AFL do not understand.

hey naste, is your name pronounced like an alternative way to nasty or nAste?

[ossie85]

I think it makes sense, changing the name to get more attention! I'd love a competitive international competition.

How about Aerial Football? Think of it, soccer's on the ground, as is Rugby and NFL for the most part

[nas]

something the AFL do not understand.

hey naste, is your name pronounced like an alternative way to nasty or nAste?

Barring the A = (And) the other letters represent the first letter of each family members name = being a house of 4.

[Junktimer]

I think it makes sense, changing the name to get more attention! I'd love a competitive international competition.

How about Aerial Football? Think of it, soccer's on the ground, as is Rugby and NFL for the most part

at least your suggestion isnt horrible like his.  i could play Aerial Football

[BoredSaint]

Aeriola?? :D

[ossie85]

As a Saints fan, I'd be careful with comments like that :P

[BoredSaint]

LOL :P