Karmichael Hunt. a meathead trying to become a sophisticate

he could play til he's fifty in AFL.

Any sport where you get a point for missing is a celebration of mediocrity...

Its like a sport for kiddies, "oh great kick little timmy, you missed the goal but we'll give you a point for trying"

rugby union internationals own anyway...

 

More money, better sport and he doesn't have to stick his head up another bloke's bum. Win Win Win

 

more money? elite union/league players have the capacity to earn a lot more than any AFL player ever could on the world stage because other countries actually play these sports...

p.s. if you can't represent your country its not a sport.

 

So pro boxings not a sport?

 

referring to football codes, not a boxing thread.

 

So what about the International Rules series vs Ireland?

 

you wrong mate, the new Gold Coast side has cap consessions because there a new side, To get players to join them and hunt comes under this, look AFL will do anything to get at league, They won't to destroy the sport in AUstralia, the quicker NRL publicly say this and tell the People of QLD and NSW the better and they can start doing things about it and deleiver a message to AFL and victorian's.

 

is that AFL?

 

Sorta kinda mostly almost.

 

Heh, I don't really know mate. Brisbane get fairly good crowds, they usually average between 25 - 35 thousand per game. Melbourne Storm should really be getting a lot more crowds, they've pretty much had a winning team from the word go, but the locals are just struggling to embrace league, though they do turn up to the events, like state of origin, etc.

As for Sydney, well I know for a fact that Souths have a very big fan base. 80,000 people marched in Sydney to protest their expulsion back in 1999. Unfortunately many of those people fail to get to the games week in, week out. I myself would fall into that category.
When I first moved to Sydney I used to go to all the home games, but later on I only really went to Sunday games, as I didn't like going to the Sat night games before I went to work.

The bottom line is that the AFL has a more passionate supporter base, and is more national than league is. It's also run by better officials too. League has really dropped the ball in the last 20 years, and many people just don't give a **** anymore.

 

The great thing about the posts on ESB is their fairmindedness & lack of bias.
Karmichael Hunt is a very good rugby league player giving 1oo% effort every game. A tough durable , courageous 80 minute player. Not like some of the half a game prima donnas going around at the moment.

Will he succeed at AFL ? No doubt about it.

Favourite current players. Steve Price
Preston Campbell
Jonnathan Thurston
Scott Prince
Greg Ingliss

Sound like a northerner ? You betcha !

 

No its true thats what has been going around.

1 Million over 3 years. You really have no clue about how much money the Gold Coast outfit will be able to throw around.

Just think they targeted Gary Ablett Jr aswell as Nick Reiwoldt. But came up empty. They will have money to splash.

Here are some numbers.
Hunt making $333,000 a year is not that big of deal.

310 players in the AFL make between $100,000 to $300,000 a Year.

There are only 28 players in the League that make over $500,000 and 2 of them make 1 million dollars a year. Those being Chris Judd and Jonathon Brown.

$330,000 is nothing really.

 

Boppa it's suppose to be $3 million over 3 years

 

There you go it could be that. Because when a new team comes into the league they dont have a salary cap.

Theres a article here in the cuorier mail that says his contract is exempt from the salary cap.

So if it is 3 mill over 3 years who could blame him. I know he had a session with Nathan Buckley to see if he would be good enough and Hunt passed it.

So he will get a million dollars for playing AFL.

Were the Broncos offered him a $300,000 a year and you said the game isnt in trouble from other codes.

I bet allover QLD and NSW parents are thinking why should i sign my son up to play League which is more physical on the body. There image isnt great lately.

If league doesnt need to pull there finger out. Mate you are blind to what im seeing then.

I have kids why sign my kid up to play Rugby or even AFL when they are safer playing soccer.

Even so 1 million a year for a guy that hasnt really played at any type of level except junior football.

Thats alot of money.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25855108-10389,00.html