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  1. Re:The Importance of Explaining Acronyms. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on AFL-CIO and Big Content Advocate For SOPA

    I'd hope the AFL-CIO would shape up if enough members threatened to quit.

    Well they've had players quit before. I dont see what the CIO can do about that when keeping players is up to the clubs. What, we aren't talking about the Australian Football League's Chief Information Officer?

    As an Australian, an avid Aussie rules fan (sadly my team has never won a premiership and I don't think my team will *ever* win a premiership while I'm alive), an amateur player, and a network admin, that too was the first thing that came to my mind.

  2. The Importance of Explaining Acronyms. by mjwx · · Score: 1 · on AFL-CIO and Big Content Advocate For SOPA

    I'd hope the AFL-CIO would shape up if enough members threatened to quit.

    Well they've had players quit before. I dont see what the CIO can do about that when keeping players is up to the clubs.

    What, we aren't talking about the Australian Football League's Chief Information Officer?

  3. Re:Times change by nosfucious · · Score: 2 · on Average Web Page Size Triples Since 2003

    Agreed with the lite option.

    I'd even go a step further.

    Accessibility options. A page done almost entirely in Flash is almost guaranteed to be inaccessible to someone with a screen reader.

    Another pet peeve is cropping a page so that it has only one page of info on it. I can use the scroll bar on the site. Give me (at least the option) of reading the entire article on one freeking page. It can contain ads every 'x' lines of text, I don't want to keep clicking!!!! (Carpel tunnel here I come).

    If anyone wants to see just how bad a web page can be, try http://www.afl.com.au/. Australia's most popular web site. The intern was obviously given a list of technologies to include, but bugger the content and usability.

  4. Re:Hmm.. by Dan-DAFC · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Becomes Wembley Stadium's Backer

    In Australia it rather depends on which state you are in. In Victoria and Western Australia, "football" generally refers to Australian Rules Football, in some parts it means to Rugby League and in others it is the one true football.

  5. Re:Damn by robertjw · · Score: 1 · on EA Obtains Exclusive NFL Licensing Rights

    Or Australian Rules Football?

  6. Lions v Roos by CoopersPale · · Score: 3, Funny · on African animals to roam Australia ?

    The results do vary, but here is the result of a recent clash...

  7. This was done before, and could lead to worse... by Tyketto · · Score: 2 · on Baseball Fans Must Pay To Listen Online

    In another sport, on the other side of the planet.. called Australian Rules Football. 3 years ago, radio stations down there (MMM, 3AW, and I believe JJJ) gave us int'l fans who couldn't afford to fly down there every week to watch a game, or turn on the TV, live RealAudio feeds of the game, including Ch. 7 (TV station) giving a live feed of the Grand Final. That was when the AFL found out "wow... there's money to be made in internet broadcasts!" So they started to offer it at a subscription price, and for AFL members only. Members and fans alike complained, and I believe they suffered a drop in membership, and are involved in a battle for Internet and broadcast rights, with the football clubs. clubs claim it's their property, since they're doing the playing, AFL believe it's theirs for it being their league.

    This is still going on with the clubs and the AFL, but with MLB, it could get worse. Who will have the rights to the coverage? Remains to be seen.

    BL.