27 July 2006

Kangaroo's in Canberra

27 July 2006 | PigDog

An observation from the Canberra Centre yesterday;

The Kangaroo’s, that AFL team that play on the Gold Coast, had a stand next to Superbarn selling raffle tickets (where Oxfam and other charities have a stand occasionally). The prize? A new Mazda – Presumably to drive to the Gold Coast to watch their games.

While I applaud the club for trying to squeeze every drop of money they can out of Canberra, they didn’t seem to be doing to well.

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Growling Ferret7:38 pm 28 Jul 06

Toad

Again, you talk sense. The ‘awks have got nothing tonight. See you on the hill on sunday – I’ll be the bloke sucking down 100 cans of Carlton Draught…

bonfire3:30 pm 28 Jul 06

what saddens me as an afl fan is that with auskick going from hundreds to 3700 participants that surely indicates a growing base.

in ten years those kids will have $$ of their own.

for blokes like me who loved footy but couldnt make the 3rd 18 we watch and buy the afl product.

i remember peter mackenna coming to my school and handballing to me when i was 6.

im sure canberra kids feel the same way.

by abandoning long term development the afl will never grow beyond its base.

barking toad2:35 pm 28 Jul 06

Slightly O/T, but does anyone seriously think the dorks have a better chance than a fart in a hurricane against the mighty Pies tonight?

Growling Ferret11:26 am 27 Jul 06

Pig Dog

The raffle you saw was the Kangaroos 2006 major raffle – a lazy 250,000 tickets at $5 each.

The more info that comes out of the move shows it was the AFL who pushed them to move through the desperate need for $, and as a blocker to the NRL Titans – with the Kangas playing at Carrara, Carrara has to stay an oval rather than being redeveloped into a rectangular ground for NRL…

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