Doug wrote: > > Mark Salkeld wrote: > > Aussie Rules is of > > course the most popular spectator sport in Aust. ... in terms of crowds > > at games, and TV ratings etc. > > > > Mark. > > > > Out of curiosity, do you have fantasy leagues in Australia? >
you mean the kind where you pick a team, and each player gets points based on how well they do each week? if so, then yep, there are quite a few around the place ... the official Australian rules football website (www.afl.com.au) has one in their competition section, if its Aussie rules that you're after ... there's sure to be lots of others around too, but thats probably one of the biggest for Aussie rules football. 'Footytipping' is still the more popular thing here though ... most workplaces, (even some churches and schools etc!), have tipping competitions going on during the AFL season ... everyone puts in a few dollars at the start of the season, and each week you pick the teams you think will win & the person who ends up being the best 'tipper' at the end of the year wins the money! BTW, the AFL season's just ended; (Brisbane were this years Premiers (i'm not a Brisbane Lions supporter, but i was born there, so i was pretty happy with that!)), so you'd have to wait till next year to join in a competition :-) I'm currently participating in a Yahoo!Sports English Premier League soccer fantasy comp. with some friends for a bit of fun ... and doing pretty badly :-) cheers, Mark.
