Originally Posted by
Bloods05
Yeah, not quite what I meant, as you know. By any objective measure, it doesn't come close to matching the spectacle of Australian Rules, either on television or in the flesh. Neither does soccer, American football, or any other code. The global spread of soccer and the rugby codes has more to do with empire than any intrinsic virtues of the games themselves.
I'm happy to live and let live, I'm sure there's a place for all sorts of games, but Australian football stands alone. And one glorious day in a far-off utopian future, the rest of the world will catch up.
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