Player names on jumpers

[saintspremiers]

http://m.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl ... 31poo.html

Finally happening but only for one round unfortunately.

With all the new players it would be handy!

[mr six o'clock]

Good for the tv audience but a big dumb four eyed lamo like me is hardly going to be able to read a player's name from more than 50 metre's away .

[WellardSaint]

This is to cater for Pies "supporters" who buy a 3 game membership and watch most games on the box anyway. They "support" the Pies from the pub only when the filth is way in front, and the names on the jumpers are for them.
They can drunkenly slur the players' names, to pretend they are knowledgeable.

[Enrico_Misso]

Lucky Dipper has retired

[WellardSaint]

Commentators on a Gold Coast game-
G Ablett, J O'Meara, easy to call.
Karmichael you know who...will be a challenge

[avid]

Just another irritating step in dumbing the game down.
Is there going to be nothing left that you're not going to be TOLD? -- the 1/4 by 1/4 time scores by some nit on the PA; "!*!GOAL!!*!*" on the big screen when there's goal -- etc
Learning to recognise players by their numbers is part of learning how to watch the game. It's something you discover, and develop and become good at, as you learn how to read the game.
We're in a sad era of instant gratification -- where instant gratification is taken for granted as a need, where instant knowledge is the assumed norm.
Player names on jumpers? -- just more clutter in the service of the no-effort theatre-goer.

[saintspremiers]

This is to cater for Pies "supporters" who buy a 3 game membership and watch most games on the box anyway. They "support" the Pies from the pub only when the filth is way in front, and the names on the jumpers are for them.
They can drunkenly slur the players' names, to pretend they are knowledgeable.

Better than pur supporters who neither go to games nor buy memberships sadly.

[gringo]

I always try to get my international guests to games and it will save me running off names for most of the night. All good to me.

[Dr Spaceman]

Better than pur supporters who neither go to games nor buy memberships sadly.

Geelong has actually got heaps of members

[Eastern]

It will definitely highlight how inaccurate commentators like Eddie Maguire and Brian Taylor really are !!

[Dis Believer]

I wouldn't have thought the players needed their names on the jumpers? You would think they could tell which is their jumper by the number on the back..........

[WinnersOnly]

It is another step in winning over the non AFL states and assist the uneducated begin to warm to the game. The A League do it, NRL during State of Origin games I think it is a great marketing ploy and hope it comes in permanently. People need to consider the game is now played in most states and is battling to get a foot hold in the league states!

[spiral3]

what a load of dumbed down americana rubbish. are the players gonna run on the ground one at a time with an intro now?
if you're at the game you won't be able to read the names from a distance and if you're watching TV the commentators will tell you the names (correctly about 99% of the time)
don't get it...

[plugger66]

what a load of dumbed down americana rubbish. are the players gonna run on the ground one at a time with an intro now?
if you're at the game you won't be able to read the names from a distance and if you're watching TV the commentators will tell you the names (correctly about 99% of the time)
don't get it...

Well you dont understand marketing then because they will sell so many more jumpers now if they sell ones with the names on them.

[Cairnsman]

what a load of dumbed down americana rubbish. are the players gonna run on the ground one at a time with an intro now?
if you're at the game you won't be able to read the names from a distance and if you're watching TV the commentators will tell you the names (correctly about 99% of the time)
don't get it...

Well you dont understand marketing then because they will sell so many more jumpers now if they sell ones with the names on them.

I reckon an even better marketing idea would be to sell that space where they are proposing to put the names as advertising space.

[Johnny Favier]

Just another irritating step in dumbing the game down.
Is there going to be nothing left that you're not going to be TOLD? -- the 1/4 by 1/4 time scores by some nit on the PA; "!*!GOAL!!*!*" on the big screen when there's goal -- etc
Learning to recognise players by their numbers is part of learning how to watch the game. It's something you discover, and develop and become good at, as you learn how to read the game.
We're in a sad era of instant gratification -- where instant gratification is taken for granted as a need, where instant knowledge is the assumed norm.
Player names on jumpers? -- just more clutter in the service of the no-effort theatre-goer.

Agreed!

Let's not be forced to use our brains too much eh?

[Playon]

what a load of dumbed down americana rubbish. are the players gonna run on the ground one at a time with an intro now?
if you're at the game you won't be able to read the names from a distance and if you're watching TV the commentators will tell you the names (correctly about 99% of the time)
don't get it...

Well you dont understand marketing then because they will sell so many more jumpers now if they sell ones with the names on them.

I reckon an even better marketing idea would be to sell that space where they are proposing to put the names as advertising space.

Why not a combo? All the players could change there names to Whiskas.
It'd be easy to tell them apart by the numbers on their back.

[Cairnsman]

Well you dont understand marketing then because they will sell so many more jumpers now if they sell ones with the names on them.

I reckon an even better marketing idea would be to sell that space where they are proposing to put the names as advertising space.

Why not a combo? All the players could change there names to Whiskas.
It'd be easy to tell them apart by the numbers on their back.

As in like a pussy?

[SainterK]

How am I going to sound clever now?

[spiral3]

what a load of dumbed down americana rubbish. are the players gonna run on the ground one at a time with an intro now?
if you're at the game you won't be able to read the names from a distance and if you're watching TV the commentators will tell you the names (correctly about 99% of the time)
don't get it...

Well you dont understand marketing then because they will sell so many more jumpers now if they sell ones with the names on them.

why SO many more jumpers? fans tend to have one favourite player and noobs will get the marquee player

[kosifantutti]

what a load of dumbed down americana rubbish. are the players gonna run on the ground one at a time with an intro now?
if you're at the game you won't be able to read the names from a distance and if you're watching TV the commentators will tell you the names (correctly about 99% of the time)
don't get it...

They're getting new commentators this year?

[plugger66]

what a load of dumbed down americana rubbish. are the players gonna run on the ground one at a time with an intro now?
if you're at the game you won't be able to read the names from a distance and if you're watching TV the commentators will tell you the names (correctly about 99% of the time)
don't get it...

Well you dont understand marketing then because they will sell so many more jumpers now if they sell ones with the names on them.

why SO many more jumpers? fans tend to have one favourite player and noobs will get the marquee player

Yep they do but number 7 last year and the year before was number 7. Not sure people bought 2 of them but Hayes is a different jumper.

[avid]

How am I going to sound clever now?

Exactly what I mean.

[spiral3]

Yep they do but number 7 last year and the year before was number 7. Not sure people bought 2 of them but Hayes is a different jumper.

it takes a while for a new number 7 to establish themselves and who's to say your new favourite player wears no 7, could be 25
the good players stay in their numbers for 5-ish years, so it's not a high turn over, the only change to that would be rampant free agency
I would think alternate strips would encourage more multiple sales (they don't have to be actually worn in the season, e.g. reissue the candy stripe, just good design)

[spiral3]

what a load of dumbed down americana rubbish. are the players gonna run on the ground one at a time with an intro now?
if you're at the game you won't be able to read the names from a distance and if you're watching TV the commentators will tell you the names (correctly about 99% of the time)
don't get it...

They're getting new commentators this year?

haha, they do get it mostly right, but they really should never get it wrong