Comments on: 2007 Douglas Wilkie Medal

By: eric

eric — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:16:47 +0000

Would not the awarding of the Douglas Wilkie Medal on the same day as the “dreaded game” so called highest award (something with low in it), have more impact? We are after all supposed to be “anti”.

By: Jacqui Edgecombe

Jacqui Edgecombe — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:01:54 +0000

Hi – I would like to nominate myself! I grew up in an “ethnic” household, where football was never seen, mentioned or recognized in any way. I once saw an AFL game at the Telstra Dome because I was given free tickets and a free meeal – the meal was great.

As one half of husband-wife entertainment duo ‘String Fever’ I am now a proud co-performer of one of my husband’s songs “Planet Sports” which does much to promote anti AFL sentiment.

Click on this link to download your (free) copy of the song from You Send It

http://download.yousendit.com/6668108A3492D961

By: Purple

Purple — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:54:23 +0000

I would like to nominate Michael Leunig, referring to his poem book “A bunch of Poesy, page 68″ Have a look, it’s great.

By: Cathryn

Cathryn — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:26:36 +0000

My vote is for David Hicks (or me). Either of us would be great recipients. David for being sensible and living outside this pigskin ridden county for five years and me for living here but still managing to ignore (and publically denigrate where possible)the “game” for all of my 53 years!

By: AFL RULES!!!!

AFL RULES!!!! — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:16:51 +0000

You guys seriously make me sick. Have you really got nothing better to do than slag on the single greatest game in australia, if not the world. A true australian icon, a part of aussie culture, a symbol of evrything great about this nation. The Anit-football League is one of the most un-australian things i’ve ever come across and is simply a ****** discrase. Go kill yourselves all you low life pricks.

By: Wolfie!

Wolfie! — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:02:07 +0000

I find this amusing, not just about football, but by most other sports too.

If you live a fairly sedate lifestyle, it’s a terrible sin, you’ll get fat, you’ll have diabetes… but if you play sport then you’ll be healthy for the rest of your life.

Well it’s all a great con.

Have you seen the list of injuries people who play sport get? broken bones, fractures skull, gouged eyeballs, pulled groins, kneecaps displaced and other bits misplaced and bruised and bleeding.

And parents still force their kids into this, it’s insane!

I have known of the real AFL since I was a kid, I’m 41 now.

I’ll join as soon as I can.

Wolfie!

By: katlyn schrape

katlyn schrape — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:02:27 +0000

Horray I’ve finally found an anti football site. Good work guys! Trying to avoid football in Melbourne is difficult, but no where near as difficult as avoiding country football when you live in a country town. Surrounded by football heroes, congratulating themselves with cerimonies such as jersy night, coaches awards, umpires awards, players awards, presentation night, team selection night, numerous photos in local paper, including mug shots and player profile for each team, grand final night celabration, day after grand final night celebration, week long celebration, footy trip and few weeks later pre season training starts again.
In no other sport do they congradulate themselves so many times.

By: Lindsay Hocking

Lindsay Hocking — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:30:58 +0000

I want to nominate myself.

I’ve never been to a footbrawl match of any sort and I was one of the first to sign up for the original AFL (and I’ve signed up here, of course!)

I don’t know who the teams are, which particular neanderthal’s knee is presently trashed, and I don’t know who won any of the games that have ever been played, let alone who won any Grand Finals.

And who the hell was Cazaly?

I have spent an entire lifetine either studiously ignoring or taking the piss out of footbrawl.

Some years ago, to prove a point about the complete waste of time it was to indulge in “footy tipping”, I entered the competition at my office by filling out ALL the results up to the finals series in one hit… then tossed coins to determine the selections for the finals… I came second and I won $350 from the suckers!

Mark you, I was nearly lynched as well, but that would have been a small price to pay.

Finally, I believe that Keith Dunstan should be canonised… I’m sure that what he’s done for us all is nothing short of a miracle.

Yours in utter grass-roots anti-footyness…

Lindsay Hocking

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:49:54 +0000

I nominate our Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon for spending $15 million dollars to sponsor the hawthorn football club while our Department of health and Human Services is chronically underfunded. He answered criticisms in parliament by saying he dared those criticising to say they were against football displaying to all wiht a capacity for reason and critical thought what selfrighteous, selfish, foul vermin football supporters are.

By: Brendan James

Brendan James — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:39:54 +0000

I’d like to nominate Andrew Johns for his recent drug revelations. He has certainly done little positive for the sport.