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Just my thoughts and I know I will get no response but I am sick to death of it all and just wanted my own say.

Dear Mr Cooper,
As a life long supporter of football in WA it pains me to see the direction the WAFC have taken in regards to the WAFL. There is now a clear direction which can only be described as who cares.
The WAFL Grand Final on the weekend was a clear example of just how much AFL house control you people. It is clear that you are instructed by the AFL, the Eagles and the Dockers to not promote or put any work what so ever into the WAFL.
The build up was nothing short of a disgrace, virtually no advertising other than a small little paper spot every day. No pre game entertainment, no parade of past Champions, no flare, no hype. A high School could of put on a better show than what you guys did. You should be ashamed of yourselves for showing such disrespect to the WA football heritage and of course the two competing clubs which are 130 years old in East Perth and West Perth. There was as much hype the previous day at the A Grade Amateur Grand final.
Every one now understands that the AFL is the big ticket in town now, but surely one day a year you can put on a huge display of football heritage and remind us all about our great past. Lets face it other than sending the WAFC a cheque the Eagles and Dockers have done nothing for the WAFL, they have never helped or promoted it and you continue to let them do as they please.
The WAFL with the alignment teams is now dead, you have succeeded in your's and the AFL's wish to destroy all comps below them. That you censor peoples banners and thoughts because you don't like to hear the truth is even more disappointing.
You have been appointed to promote and look out for all area's of WA football, not just the AFL. That you can put your head on your pillow at night with the knowledge that you were in charge of a group of people that put a knife through a 130 year old competition begs belief.
That you don't care about what us supporters over 40 years old think is of course your choice. Read some of the forums and find out what we truly think. It might just be the wake up call you guys need to realise what you are doing. I doubt it though because you don't care and you showed that in spades on the weekend.
I don't expect a reply because you guys make a living out of not facing real issues. It is sad that I have to even write something like this, even sadder that something like this needs to be written. I would love to put this in the paper but you and the AFL clubs will censor it and not allow anyone to be seen to criticise you.
Congratulations on killing a 130 year old comp. It's future is now flaky at best. You just don't understand how many people you really have hurt in all of this.

Mate: all true, but they just don't give a shit and none of the media or population care anymore either.

42,000 packed into subi the night before mate, the media was obsessed all week with the AFL and once the dockers qualified for the AFL GF , the WAFL GF was about as important to people as the Brookton v Katanning GF.

Sad but true mate, their not goner flog a dead horse.

Good on you GreatWhiteShark,

But the ONLY REASON we (the wafl) is where it is, in because of the endless neglect it has received for so many years. And the alignment deal is the killer blow. Its easy to say the masses dont care, when they have never been given the opportunity of an option.

Nobody is naive enough to expect 17,000 people to watch a Swans v Claremont game at Bassendean, or 13,000 watch West Perth play East Fremantle, like the old days. Its about reality and fairness of numbers. If corresponding matches today attracted just 20% of these old numbers, that would be sufficient. And playing finals over 4 weeks and a Grand Final in October is a incredibly sensible and common sense thing to do.

And the alignment is a total shameful disgrace.

I noticed alot of letters in the West Australian today about this subject. It seems the Grand Final on Sunday has jolted people into expressing themselves. Its about time, but a tad too late.

Greatwhiteshark wrote: Just my thoughts and I know I will get no response but I am sick to death of it all and just wanted my own say.

Dear Mr Cooper,
As a life long supporter of football in WA it pains me to see the direction the WAFC have taken in regards to the WAFL. There is now a clear direction which can only be described as who cares.
The WAFL Grand Final on the weekend was a clear example of just how much AFL house control you people. It is clear that you are instructed by the AFL, the Eagles and the Dockers to not promote or put any work what so ever into the WAFL.
The build up was nothing short of a disgrace, virtually no advertising other than a small little paper spot every day. No pre game entertainment, no parade of past Champions, no flare, no hype. A high School could of put on a better show than what you guys did. You should be ashamed of yourselves for showing such disrespect to the WA football heritage and of course the two competing clubs which are 130 years old in East Perth and West Perth. There was as much hype the previous day at the A Grade Amateur Grand final.
Every one now understands that the AFL is the big ticket in town now, but surely one day a year you can put on a huge display of football heritage and remind us all about our great past. Lets face it other than sending the WAFC a cheque the Eagles and Dockers have done nothing for the WAFL, they have never helped or promoted it and you continue to let them do as they please.
The WAFL with the alignment teams is now dead, you have succeeded in your's and the AFL's wish to destroy all comps below them. That you censor peoples banners and thoughts because you don't like to hear the truth is even more disappointing.
You have been appointed to promote and look out for all area's of WA football, not just the AFL. That you can put your head on your pillow at night with the knowledge that you were in charge of a group of people that put a knife through a 130 year old competition begs belief.
That you don't care about what us supporters over 40 years old think is of course your choice. Read some of the forums and find out what we truly think. It might just be the wake up call you guys need to realise what you are doing. I doubt it though because you don't care and you showed that in spades on the weekend.
I don't expect a reply because you guys make a living out of not facing real issues. It is sad that I have to even write something like this, even sadder that something like this needs to be written. I would love to put this in the paper but you and the AFL clubs will censor it and not allow anyone to be seen to criticise you.
Congratulations on killing a 130 year old comp. It's future is now flaky at best. You just don't understand how many people you really have hurt in all of this.

Incredibly well said GWS.
As someone who is still in their 30's and is lucky enough to be attending my 3rd AFL GF this week I can honestly say nothing means more to me than my beloved Swan Districts FC winning the WAFL Premiership.
I have attended 32 of the last 33 WAFL Grand Finals & although I was happy that the never say die WPFC beat the WCEP Eagles Reserves on Sunday I walked out of the gate saddened that this great 130yo WAFL competition that I have followed religiously for the last 33 years was about to embark on the farce that is the compromised Host Club Rubbish yet again not to mention the inept effort from the WAFC in providing the so called pre game/half time entertainment (something as simple as a club 100m sprint or a club long kicking competition was obviously too much too provide)!
Hopefully common sense will prevail in the end but I have my doubts this time around that the WAFC will see the light only the AFL clubs $$$$!

Great letter but don't bother addressing it to "Wake Up" Frank Cooper because he couldn't give a stuff about the WAFL. He's an acolyte of the AFL and does their bidding for them. He wouldn't know one end of a football from the other and cares even less.

Boring little myopic accountants like him should never be in charge of something as important and fundamental to the WA football community as the WAFL because all they ever do is reduce it to an economic argument. He has no idea and that's exactly why he's in the job in the first place.

Good letter GWS but it has all been said before and over the next few years it will get worse. All these cronies are interested in are their Yuppy do's and privileges they receive While the True WAFL supporter has to battle on.
Good to get some water off your chest though hey. Well done mate

I did a similar thing on a topic earlier in the year will see if I can dig it up

Dazzler wrote: Great letter but don't bother addressing it to "Wake Up" Frank Cooper because he couldn't give a stuff about the WAFL. He's an acolyte of the AFL and does their bidding for them. He wouldn't know one end of a football from the other and cares even less.

Boring little myopic accountants like him should never be in charge of something as important and fundamental to the WA football community as the WAFL because all they ever do is reduce it to an economic argument. He has no idea and that's exactly why he's in the job in the first place.

Spot On Dazzler..they dont give a shit, even some so called WAFL greats dont give a shit,,a heap of them in the WAFL life members there Saturday night next day,, virtually empty...

people are voting with their feet.

Beasley Hutton wrote:

Greatwhiteshark wrote: Just my thoughts and I know I will get no response but I am sick to death of it all and just wanted my own say.

Dear Mr Cooper,
As a life long supporter of football in WA it pains me to see the direction the WAFC have taken in regards to the WAFL. There is now a clear direction which can only be described as who cares.
The WAFL Grand Final on the weekend was a clear example of just how much AFL house control you people. It is clear that you are instructed by the AFL, the Eagles and the Dockers to not promote or put any work what so ever into the WAFL.
The build up was nothing short of a disgrace, virtually no advertising other than a small little paper spot every day. No pre game entertainment, no parade of past Champions, no flare, no hype. A high School could of put on a better show than what you guys did. You should be ashamed of yourselves for showing such disrespect to the WA football heritage and of course the two competing clubs which are 130 years old in East Perth and West Perth. There was as much hype the previous day at the A Grade Amateur Grand final.
Every one now understands that the AFL is the big ticket in town now, but surely one day a year you can put on a huge display of football heritage and remind us all about our great past. Lets face it other than sending the WAFC a cheque the Eagles and Dockers have done nothing for the WAFL, they have never helped or promoted it and you continue to let them do as they please.
The WAFL with the alignment teams is now dead, you have succeeded in your's and the AFL's wish to destroy all comps below them. That you censor peoples banners and thoughts because you don't like to hear the truth is even more disappointing.
You have been appointed to promote and look out for all area's of WA football, not just the AFL. That you can put your head on your pillow at night with the knowledge that you were in charge of a group of people that put a knife through a 130 year old competition begs belief.
That you don't care about what us supporters over 40 years old think is of course your choice. Read some of the forums and find out what we truly think. It might just be the wake up call you guys need to realise what you are doing. I doubt it though because you don't care and you showed that in spades on the weekend.
I don't expect a reply because you guys make a living out of not facing real issues. It is sad that I have to even write something like this, even sadder that something like this needs to be written. I would love to put this in the paper but you and the AFL clubs will censor it and not allow anyone to be seen to criticise you.
Congratulations on killing a 130 year old comp. It's future is now flaky at best. You just don't understand how many people you really have hurt in all of this.

Incredibly well said GWS.
As someone who is still in their 30's and is lucky enough to be attending my 3rd AFL GF this week I can honestly say nothing means more to me than my beloved Swan Districts FC winning the WAFL Premiership.
I have attended 32 of the last 33 WAFL Grand Finals & although I was happy that the never say die WPFC beat the WCEP Eagles Reserves on Sunday I walked out of the gate saddened that this great 130yo WAFL competition that I have followed religiously for the last 33 years was about to embark on the farce that is the compromised Host Club Rubbish yet again not to mention the inept effort from the WAFC in providing the so called pre game/half time entertainment (something as simple as a club 100m sprint or a club long kicking competition was obviously too much too provide)!
Hopefully common sense will prevail in the end but I have my doubts this time around that the WAFC will see the light only the AFL clubs $$$$!

Hang on lucky to be atteneding a AFL GF..arent you a full on WAFL man???

why bother with AFL???

they can shove AFL up their clackers as far as i am concerned.

Once again a great letter and as someone else said Cooper will just respond, if he bothers, saying what he said in the ABC interview, we have to move on!

He could not careless about how I feel or you feel about our teams that we have all supported the competition over 50 years, for me at least.

The saddest thing for me is that I will still support EP and do what I can do with developing our colts and future albeit darkened.

Just a pic I made up for The Trash the WAFL thread.. Well the WAFC are a BIT DICTATORIAL