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Guys this has been the case for years, and its the same in most representitave sports. $500.00 really isnt alot, especially when the AFL is paying for the kid to travel Europe or wherever they want to take the touring party each year.

From my experience at WAFL development footy at the start of the 2000's if the players could not come up with the money then the clubs usually ran a raffle to help out.

You get nothing in life for free now, and while that might be difficult for a single parent in Midland or Armadale, there are options for everyone and its the same rules for everyone.

$500.00 is about half a weeks wages for most people, and most parents will make the sacrafices to get their kids there.

Guys this has been the case for years, and its the same in most representitave sports. $500.00 really isnt alot, especially when the AFL is paying for the kid to travel Europe or wherever they want to take the touring party each year.

From my experience at WAFL development footy at the start of the 2000's if the players could not come up with the money then the clubs usually ran a raffle to help out.

You get nothing in life for free now, and while that might be difficult for a single parent in Midland or Armadale, there are options for everyone and its the same rules for everyone.

$500.00 is about half a weeks wages for most people, and most parents will make the sacrafices to get their kids there.

premiership hangover wrote: Guys this has been the case for years, and its the same in most representitave sports. $500.00 really isnt alot, especially when the AFL is paying for the kid to travel Europe or wherever they want to take the touring party each year.

From my experience at WAFL development footy at the start of the 2000's if the players could not come up with the money then the clubs usually ran a raffle to help out.

You get nothing in life for free now, and while that might be difficult for a single parent in Midland or Armadale, there are options for everyone and its the same rules for everyone.

$500.00 is about half a weeks wages for most people, and most parents will make the sacrafices to get their kids there.

Well said, it deserved to be said three times.

Pert of each & any $35 000 draft fee should be set aside for any associated U18 personal costs - one to two grand would be perfect , a trust fund even better

They can scrap those tours overseas for a start.

Yeah, yeah, of course the players "love it".

Why wouldn't they - going to London at 17 years of age.

I watched one of those games on youtube. 17 year old kids playing against F-grade level ammos on a dog walking park in South London in front of 60-70 people. What does it achieve?

Unless of course you're preparing these kids for the spoilt AFL lifestyle that lays ahead. I guess it's of some value if that's the case.

I agree La Hincha

La Hincha wrote: They can scrap those tours overseas for a start.

Yeah, yeah, of course the players "love it".

Why wouldn't they - going to London at 17 years of age.

I watched one of those games on youtube. 17 year old kids playing against F-grade level ammos on a dog walking park in South London in front of 60-70 people. What does it achieve?

Unless of course you're preparing these kids for the spoilt AFL lifestyle that lays ahead. I guess it's of some value if that's the case.

Good point LH. The poms aren't really interested in our game anyway.

premiership hangover wrote: Guys this has been the case for years, and its the same in most representitave sports. $500.00 really isnt alot, especially when the AFL is paying for the kid to travel Europe or wherever they want to take the touring party each year.

From my experience at WAFL development footy at the start of the 2000's if the players could not come up with the money then the clubs usually ran a raffle to help out.

You get nothing in life for free now, and while that might be difficult for a single parent in Midland or Armadale, there are options for everyone and its the same rules for everyone.

$500.00 is about half a weeks wages for most people, and most parents will make the sacrafices to get their kids there.

obviously not Markie Olsen it seems...............who do I make the cheque out to MO?

Freeze as an avid Colts & State 18's observer it would be fair to say $500 would be a fair amount of money to some families who have sons running around at that level of footy ..maybe not to you on your massive Kiwi salary but to others from difficult backgrounds it is ..and dont forget if the parents want to watch little Johnny running around in the Interstate 18's games they are then up for flights & accomodation expenses probably worth a grand or so as well.
But that is getting off the actual reason for the topic thread and that is why on earth are the AFL not paying for these kids to play for their respective States at the 18's championships especially seeing as tho Fox Footy cover a few games and the AFL received $1.25 billion from the bloody TV rights did they not!

Beasley Hutton wrote: Did anyone else hear what Percy Johnson remarked on 91.3 yesterday morning in his regular Monday morning review of the weekends footy?
Apparently Perc was chatting to a mate who has a son in the State 18's side this year and they apparently have to kick in $500 for the privilege of playing in our very own State 18's side!
Unbelievable to think you would have to pay for that privilege in this day and age when half of these blokes end up playing in the AFL and you have blokes like Demetriou on $3.8 million a year and some of his executive also on around the 7 figure mark pa, there was a 1.25 billion dollar TV rights deal, the average AFL players wage is close to $300k a year, also not too mention the money wasted on overseas junkets, new franchises, hopeless cases like Melbourne, Footscray etc!!
As Perc commented that may be ok for boys from the private schools & Claremont zone but for single parent families from Midland, Kwinana, Mirrabooka where a few lads in the squad are from that is a hell of a lot of money!
The old working class game of footy has now becoming a game mainly for the elite under the greek it would seem!

That fat greek bloke has shit me since the beginning of time...always tip toeing around the tough questions with his bs responses instead of actually answering the q's...thank fk hes gone...