A club or league first mentality: GWS is bad for the game
A code first mentality: GWS is essential to survival and growth.
The exponential growth in sports rights is over. Cricket, rugby, soccer etc are in for a tough time over the next decade financially. What the AFL did to secure the financial stability of the game will set us up as the premier code for a generation.
Once you stop growing, you're dead.
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