How do AFL commentators memorize all the player’s names and are able to identify them on the ground when they don’t have the view/screens the spectators have?
How do physicist know all those formulas and theories? How do musicians know how to play instruments so well? How do political pundits and talking heads on news shows speak so smoothly on all current topics.People who specialize in something (as in, putting in 10,000 or more hours), become experts relative to the lay person (non-specialist in that area). The experts can be quite impressive. This is background to what you saw. These guys played the sport for decades, worked with other players, learned the business, and after retiring from active sports, kept up an active interest, reading about players being traded, new players, etc.
Who is the softest player on your AFL team?
I'd go with Kane Pettifer, the blokes a sook.
What is the best last name for Sam?
For a character in a story. Pick the best one, please? Sam Monroe Sam Hawthorne Sam Oliver Sam Olivier (Oh-LIV-ee-ay) Sam Marks Would it not be good to use Olivier as a name in a book, because of the pronunciation?
Has anyone ever cheated with an AFL player? as its quite common. if so who?
No never.. ever.. ever, besides who knows what you might pickup.\uaghhhhhh! Some power boys from old (in particular one who has recently left and has a brother) are know to more than cheat.... dare i say it out loud FORCE themselves onto women. Seems a very common theme in a few leagues.
NFL trivia! Answer 10 trivia questions?
1. Who founded the AFL? Lamar Hunt 2. Name the first QB to pass for 4,000 yards in a year? Joe Namath 3. Name all 4 players to win both the heisman trophy and the super bowl MVP? Roger Staubach,Jim Plunkett,Marcus Allen, and Desmond Howard 4. Who was the first commissioner of the NFL? Jim Thorpe 5. Name the only team to win 3 consecutive NFL titles twice? Green Bay 6. In what year did the NFL and AFL merge? 1966 officially 1970 7. Which expansion franchise went 0- 14 in 1976? Tampa Bay 8. In what year did the Detroit Lions last win a championship? 1957 9. How many yards did Dan Marino throw for in his record setting 1984 season? 5,084 10. In what year was the first overtime playoff game played in? 1958
Who do think is the biggest sook in the AFL?
Paul Medhurst. Rember when Glen Archer played on him? Medhurst had two possessions. Remember when Daniel Chick played on him? Medhurst had three possessions. A touch behind the ear early in the first quarter & Medhurst spends the rest of the game looking behind him - & not at the ball.
Is AFL better than Rugby?
People will say that you cannot prove one sport is better than another sport but I can logically show you why Australian (Rules) Football is better and where people have chosen Australian (Rules) Football over rugby and continue to do so.Australian (Rules) Football is better than rugby on many fronts. The rules for Australian (Rules) Football are simple in complete contrast with the thick rule book of rugby. Australian (Rules) Football is a free-flowing spectacular game with quick transference of the ball. Rugby, at best, has some quick movements. The idea of Australian (Rules) Football is to move the ball by kicking and catching, running and hand-balling to get with range of kicking a goal through two tall posts - that’s very simple and logical. The idea of rugby is to throw the ball backwards and to run into an endzone and then kick for goal - simple but illogical. The major caveats on Australian (Rules) Football are two - you cannot throw the ball and you cannot run more than 15m without bouncing the ball. Rugby is one big caveat - at every play there is an offside involved, where a player can stand, where a player can move, where the ball can travel and how the ball is handled.Australian (Rules) Football is a better game than rugby because people have chosen Australian (Rules) Football over rugby. The Australian people have simply chosen Australian (Rules) Football over rugby. Where rugby maintained a foothold in Australia is where rugby recognised Australian (Rules) Football is being a better game, modified rugby as a result then banned Australian (Rules) Football when rugby still couldn’t compete. Rugby refuse to reciprocate international tours in playing Australian (Rules) Football in England because they feared Australian (Rules) Football would be become more popular than rugby in England. In effect rugby banned Australian (Rules) Football from England. That was with good reason because at the time that rugby was still only being played in the the private schools of the empire Australian (Rules) Football had developed community football clubs, playing in leagues for a premiership - the basis of modern football today.Finally all the k.p.i.’s that matter show that by per head of population Australian (Rules) Football is the most popular sport in the world and expanding all the time.
If the AFL bad boys formed a football team who would you pick to play?
B: Dean Soloman, Ty Zantuck, Dale Kickett HB: Chad Morrison, Karl Norman, Ben Johnson C: Ashley Sampi, Alan Didak, Chad Fletcher HF: Brendon Fevola, Wayne Carey, Chris Tarrant F: Byon Pickett, Gary Ablett snr, Jeff Farmer Foll : Brad Ottens, Daniel Kerr, Ben Cousins Inter: Micheal Gardner, Aaron Edwards, Andrew Krakouer, Fraser Gherig
Why does Australia allow 'slavery' in the form of AFL draft?
"Why does Australia allow 'slavery' in the form of AFL draft."What ridiculous hyperbole! Any drafted AFL player can walk out and go home anytime they like. AFL stands for Australian Football League, otherwise known as Aussie Rules, a form of football played mostly in Victoria, but increasingly in other states.The draft is called an equalisation scheme, whereby up and coming players, especially those just leaving school, are chosen for a place at a club, with the lowest ranking club from the previous year getting the first pick, the second lowest the next and so on. This counters the 'free market' system which usually ends up with four or so rich clubs always getting the best recruits, and always winning the comp (sounds familiar, doesn't it!). Historically, this led to decreasing interest, poor game attendance and low player recruitment in poorer areas.Economists often recognise and name 'market failure', and it happens all the time. Otherwise there would never be any need for government subsidies of industries or agriculture. So even Americans accept that intervention is needed sometimes. It is neither 'socialist' nor 'slavery'. Just, where done appropriately, fair. (Appropriateness is a whole other, big, argument.)The draft works against these effects, which is good for the game as a whole. It also allows a method for clubs to recruit the sons of previous loyal players in their team. And it makes it easier for new clubs to form and be successful, important in a game that is transitioning from being a state competition to being a national one.Those who advocate for a return to the "free market" system are usually those who think it would be more profitable for them personally.