: Wed May 06, 2009 1:03 am  

http://stats.rleague.com/afl/crowds/summary.html

http://stats.rleague.com/afl/crowds/summary.html

: Wed May 06, 2009 4:38 pm  

fredie wrote:

http://stats.rleague.com/afl/crowds/summary.html

AFL is one of the best attended sporting leagues in the world, mainly due to the fact that Melbourne is the exact opposite of Sydney, a sports-mad city.

: Wed May 06, 2009 4:50 pm  

Anyone know how Martin Clarke of Collingwood is doing this year? Comes from around my area, big news when he reached the AFL.

: Wed May 06, 2009 5:19 pm  

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,,21 ... 19,00.html martin clarke

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,,21 ... 19,00.html martin clarke

[Durham Giant]

: Wed May 06, 2009 11:26 pm  

here is an example of its Finacial power
The AFL is the most attended sporting league in Australia; it is also the most popular sport competition in terms of TV ratings in the nation.[4] The AFL is currently the fourth-most attended professional sports league in the world in terms of attendance per match, with an average attendance of over 36,000. The AFL is the dominant football code in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory and Tasmania.[5] In addition, Australian rules football is the most participated football code in these states and territories.[6]


A salary cap (known as the Total Player Payments or TPP) is also in place as part of the league's equalisation policy.

In 2007, this is AUD$7 million per club. Salaries of draft selections are fixed for two years. Salaries for senior players are not normally released to the public, although the average is estimated at over A$200,000 [13] and the top few players can expect to earn up to AUD$800,000 a year.[

: Sat May 09, 2009 7:36 am  

sydney swans were behind by 28 points at half time. then the geelong cats powered on to win

: Tue May 12, 2009 10:57 am  

1 melbourne club has over 51,000 paid up .over $250 a year members

: Sun May 17, 2009 5:56 am  

over 100,000 crowd collingwood magpies vs carlton blues today M.C.G.

: Sun May 17, 2009 1:21 pm  

I love a bit of AFL. Got a bit hooked on it when I went over to Oz to watch State of Origin the other year. We ended up in the pub with an Essendon and a Sydney fan near the SCG and they explained the rules to us. Great game if you give it a chance.

: Sun May 17, 2009 3:36 pm  

is there any big 100,000 fans games of sport in uk . for a club round