St Kilda Football Club

In the Journal of Sport and Social Issues, William J. Morgan posed that, “sport is an essential instrument of the social order to be used to promote economic and political agendas” and in a larger sense that, “this sport ideology is but a reflection of the larger, ideological hegemony of advanced industrial society” and “a reflection of the prevailing economic order” (Morgan 1983). Through this work, I intend to argue that this prevailing economic order can be viewed through the lens of the Australian Football League’s (AFL) contentious desire to professionalize. While critics and proponents of capital-based approaches may argue the benefit of the league’s development, the opportunity cost of alienating fans and degrading tradition is greater. The AFL should retain its current philosophy and prevent professionalization allowing the sport to preserve its traditional values, relationship with Australian communities, and prevent the development of damaging capitalist ideals. It is through the AFL’s current philosophy that it has established its success, collected a dedicated fan…

Essendon Football Club (Essendon) found by the Court of Arbitration (CAS) to have breached clause 11.2 of the Australian Football League (AFL) anti-doping code as a result of their part in the Essendon supplements saga in 2012. Hibberd, along with 33 other past and present Essendon footballers were “sanctioned with a period of ineligibility of two years as of 31 March 2015”. Currently, Hibberd is serving a provisional suspension from all competition expiring on 13 November 2016. As a result of…

that the game takes place on ice there is much more skill and dexterity on ice that requires much more training. However, the actions done in hockey are quite repetitive, only navigating, passing, and shooting a puck with a hockey stick. However ice hockey seems to breed much more aggression than with footy. Players seem to be more aggressive with their opponents to gain control of the puck, and more so every player for themselves, when in the AFL fellow team mates seem to be more collectively …

Games like the Heritage Match are played throughout the year to celebrate the history and anniversaries of clubs. To represent these matches clubs will wear throwback uniforms more commonly known as Heritage Guernsey's. During these matches clubs and fans can commemorate their succeses and also show football fans the old guernsey's that would have been worn in their first matches being part of VFL/AFL history. Clubs and the Year they joined: Carlton - 1897 Collingwood - 1897 Essenden -…

Australian Football also known as Aussie Rules, AFL or footy has been around since the 1850s and is now one of the most popular sports in Australia. Although Australian Football was developed in Australia, it is now played by more than 100,000 people in over 80 countries. In 1858 the first game of Australian Football was played. The idea for the game came from a Victorian man called Thomas Wills. There is a statue next to the MCG in remembrance of the first match Melbourne Grammar Vs Scotch…

Australian football is played across the whole of Australia and China are also giving it a go. In 1857, Tom Wills, one of the founders of Australian Football, returned to Australia after schooling in England where he was football captain of Rugby School and a brilliant cricketer. The new game was devised by Wills, his cousin H.C.A. Harrison, W.J. Hammersley and J.B. Thompson. The Melbourne Football Club was formed on August 7, 1858 – the year of the code's first recorded match between Scotch…