Vic Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 In parts of the world where the glass is half full and not half empty, they are making great strides. The Australian "W League" starts up this month, ironically with North American "W League" veterans Leah Robinson and Brittany Timko. The league includes teams in each of the 7 clubs/cities in the Men's A League, as well as an extra team in Canberra (the A League incidentally was brought about in 2005 by the Crawford Report). "Sports Minister Kate Ellis confirmed that two payments of $16m will be made to the FFA (Australian Football Federation] over the next four years, upon certain conditions being successfully met. These conditions being that the FFA establish a football league for women and that the league be televised." ... Federal Sports Minister, Kate Ellis, said that although some other women's sports might be unhappy with the government’s focus on football, they were not “picking favorites”. "I want to make it clear we're not picking favorites, but frankly, why shouldn't there be a women's (football) league?” she said. “When you have a look at the participation rates, they're quite staggering. We want to make sure there is a solid pathway in place so these girls have role models and be encouraged to keep playing." There are currently 100,000 registered female football players in Australia Canada is in the 400,000 ballpark The landmass of Canada is 9,984,670 km² The landmass of Australia is 7,741,220 km² Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpfan68 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Let's face it Australia is a sports mad country. I know a teacher who spent a year there and she said that at her school every Wednesday afternoon everyone did a sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachRich Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Good find Vic & there is that Crawford name again Btw isn't about time we changed the name of soccer to it's proper name of football as it seems the USA & us are the only holdouts now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Westfield W-League officially launched Monday, 20 October 2008 Australia’s brand new national league competition – the Westfield W-League – kicks off this weekend with eight teams from around the country participating. “This is not only an exciting new era in women’s football, but it’s also another landmark for women’s sport,” said Football Federation Australia (FFA) CEO, Ben Buckley. (This story ran on www.bcsoccerweb.com on October 20th!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 ^ sorry, don't read your site, not enough time in a day... do you have an rss feed? I did some digging after The Ref mentioned Timko there. She play's so great when she has that smile on her face. I really hope she's in an environment where it shines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 ^ No worries, just getting in a plug :-) No RSS feed I'm afraid. Nature of the site does not lend itself to such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpfan68 Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 I just finished looking at the link Richard provided (above) and was intrigued by this announcement. I quote: "The host country of the 2009 under-17 World Cup was unclear Friday after Nigeria said it could not afford the event and Mexico offered to step in. Nigerian government and soccer officials came to FIFA headquarters in Zurich this week to explain their situation. The country is facing costs of US$30 million to prepare for the tournament, scheduled for Oct. 24-Nov. 15." Thirty Million US to have an Under-17 Women's World Cup. Doesn't that seem high. With 24 teams participating that's over one million per team. Surely travel expenses and hotel rooms are not that expensive. Unless of course they are planning on building 2 new stadiums. Have things got our of hand to spend this much money in a country that could find a better use for that money. Wouldn't the money be better spent on player development? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Mexico waits on FIFA decision for U-17 finals - SLAM!, Saturday October 25, 2008 The host country of the 2009 under-17 World Cup was unclear Friday after Nigeria said it could not afford the event and Mexico offered to step in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 This is a free autogenerated RSS feed of your archive page: http://www.ponyfish.com/feeds/45025QLqHPnLT Autogenerating one of current news off your homepage cannot be done with ponyfish and is a lot more complex. That will take some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpfan68 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 But why 30 million US to put on a 24 team tournament for 17 year old women????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 It's for men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpfan68 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 sorry, my bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 quote:Originally posted by Vic This is a free autogenerated RSS feed of your archive page: http://www.ponyfish.com/feeds/45025QLqHPnLT Autogenerating one of current news off your homepage cannot be done with ponyfish and is a lot more complex. That will take some time. I am suitably impressed, thanks! Let me know if you figure out how to create a more current feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted November 1, 2008 Author Share Posted November 1, 2008 Richard, try this in your RSS reader: http://tinyurl.com/bcsoccerweb No guarantees but works with the way you seem to be doing things now. I would test it out for a few weeks and then if it looks like it's consistent then publish a link to it. But if you change your site it will need updating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 ^ You're a star, thanks. Will you email me directly via my site so I can talk to you about how you set this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted November 1, 2008 Author Share Posted November 1, 2008 Sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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