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    I don't know why they feel the need to entertain us.
    We go to the footy to watch footy.

    "Are you not entertained?"

    I think it's a generational thing. They need to entertained constantly, otherwise their lives won't be fulfilled!!??

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScottH View Post
    I don't know why they feel the need to entertain us.
    We go to the footy to watch footy.

    "Are you not entertained?"

    I think it's a generational thing. They need to entertained constantly, otherwise their lives won't be fulfilled!!??
    Yep. They can cut the dance cam too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ScottH View Post
    I don't know why they feel the need to entertain us.
    We go to the footy to watch footy.

    "Are you not entertained?"

    I think it's a generational thing. They need to entertained constantly, otherwise their lives won't be fulfilled!!??
    Spot on. I understand the need for ads - sponsors are important to us.

    But I feel insulted by the presumption that my passion for the Bloods is not enough and that I need a song and a dance to make my day complete.

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    Aarrgh! touched a very sore point. And while they are "entertaining" us we can't hear ourselves talk about the game. And this club is supposed to be dickhead-free!
    He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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    It's an AFL directive to enhance the game day experience for fans 😊

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    I'm watching the Brisbane International tennis tournament and they just played Sweet Caroline during the change of ends 😊.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mel_C View Post
    I'm watching the Brisbane International tennis tournament and they just played Sweet Caroline during the change of ends .
    Was Caroline Wozniacki playing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mel_C View Post
    It's an AFL directive to enhance the game day experience for fans 😊
    Do people need their game day experience enhanced?

    I don't!!

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    My game day experience would be greatly enhanced if the loudspeakers went on the blink.
    He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScottH View Post
    Do people need their game day experience enhanced?

    I don't!!
    They aren't marketing to you, or the die hards who mark the scores on their footy records.
    They are marketing to young families, women, and easily bored kids.
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    (Not so) sweet caroline

    Quote Originally Posted by CureTheSane View Post
    They aren't marketing to you, or the die hards who mark the scores on their footy records.
    They are marketing to young families, women, and easily bored kids.
    AFL/Swans ‘die hards’ and ‘women’ are not mutually exclusive you know .... .

    But I know what you mean and I agree with you. There’s a lot of grumbling about not much in regard to Sweet Caroline. It’s just a bit of fun for a lot of people - I see plenty of people joining in around me, and I sit in a largely Swans Members area in the Brewongle.

    However I do strongly agree about the need to turn down the volume on the public address system on all the interviews and other ‘entertainments’. Fine to have them (the fact some people join in means there is an audience) but please allow the rest of us a chance to ignore them and have our own conversations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Meg View Post
    AFL/Swans ‘die hards’ and ‘women’ are not mutually exclusive you know .... .

    But I know what you mean and I agree with you. There’s a lot of grumbling about not much in regard to Sweet Caroline. It’s just a bit of fun for a lot of people - I see plenty of people joining in around me, and I sit in a largely Swans Members area in the Brewongle.

    However I do strongly agree about the need to turn down the volume on the public address system on all the interviews and other ‘entertainments’. Fine to have them (the fact some people join in means there is an audience) but please allow the rest of us a chance to ignore them and have our own conversations.
    You assumed that I was referring to men when I said die hards lol
    I probably should have said that the AFL are targeting attracting new fans is the form of families and women, and the Swans and probably most of the other clubs are playing along.
    Actually Collingwood probably aren't.
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