AFL Dominates, Even During The Offseason
A year ago someone was playing cricket, soccer fans were playing with explosives and basketball would have been on at a netball centre. None of that made a big impact, especially when compared to the last pick of the 2006 AFL draft. People can’t name the leading players for a lot of the summer sports but they know that David Rodan went last in the draft a year ago. Taylor Walker, officially the final pick of the 2007 AFL draft, will also be talked about in the future a lot more than whatever is happening in the summer sports at the moment.
In a story from The Age, they explain how the AFL has become a sport that often has as much going on during the offseason as other sports do for their regular season.
From The Age: Wicket sleepers
In a story from The Age, they explain how the AFL has become a sport that often has as much going on during the offseason as other sports do for their regular season.
From The Age: Wicket sleepers
Football gradually crept into autumn and spring and, like the cane toad, its presence multiplied. Now, the month of December — traditionally, a period when cricketers are front and centre in our living rooms — has been invaded, indeed conquered, by the rapacious AFL.
This November, The Age dedicated nine sport covers to AFL. Twelve front pages pointed to cricket stories, six to horse racing, two to golf and one to soccer.
In the same 30 days, footy provided the Herald Sun with 15 back-page leads.
Whoever drives the obsession — whether it be readers, PR machines, or news media themselves — it has continued into December.
This November, The Age dedicated nine sport covers to AFL. Twelve front pages pointed to cricket stories, six to horse racing, two to golf and one to soccer.
In the same 30 days, footy provided the Herald Sun with 15 back-page leads.
Whoever drives the obsession — whether it be readers, PR machines, or news media themselves — it has continued into December.
