Re: AFLW Rd 1: Carlton vs Collingwood at Ikon Park
Reply #11 –
Of course there is no possibility that people just don't like the women's game is there?
You can expect a different product and not like that product.
I might think differently about women's football in the future, but at the moment I don't find it interesting at all. I only know the names of a few players because they are on the front page of the Carlton site, but I don't both reading almost any of the women's articles.
I don't want the women's game to be shutdown, I fully support their being a women's competition, I support the AFL putting time and money into the competition in the aim that eventually it will generate it's own revenue streams and give women a similar chance to make a living out of football as men if the public are prepared to put their money behind it.
Personally though, I currently find the game boring. If I had a niece or someone playing, of course I would show more interest, but then I would show interest if I had a niece or nephew playing any sport at the highest level available to them.
All for Carlton having a team, I would just like the option of reading about the team I want to read about.. The Carlton Football Club's AFL team without having to siphon through the AFLW stuff.
It should be something that is easy enough to do as well, have 3 options.. Show All, Show Men's, Show Women's.
The same goes with the AFLX concept.. It might be a fun game, but there are hundreds of sports out there and the team could also play water polo in the preseason and I wouldn't be interested in that either, other than wishing it would go away so the preseason proper can get started.
I generally hold the same opinion. Its all just fluff until the real stuff starts, and I hope our AFLX doesnt detract from the main stuff.
Where i think the future of Carlton as a sporting club lies is the european model of operations. Generally, the sporting clubs in europe are sports clubs, and have teams that are represented in multiple sports.
Sure they have some main events, but you will see the same team name, and same colours being represented in all manner of different sports, starting with Basketball, Soccer/Football, Handball, Water Polo, Ping Pong, both mens and womens varieties, and all manner of other sports that escape me at the moment. It gives us good news stories about Carlton, gives us something to enjoy in the meantime until the big stuff starts, and we can celebrate a victory against Collingwood in arm wrestling if thats all thats on tv, but generally I see this as the way forward for sporting clubs.