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I'm not sure what I like most about this dream Team concept, the fact that the Victorians are getting so excited about playing in it or that they went to so much effort not to design a jumper for the Not Victoria side. I'm hanging out for the point in the match when Victoria realise how irrelevant the big v is to everyone else's lives.
Your key to a game like this is that both sides care. A point shown by the fact that a Derby sells out in about 5 minutes and a you can buy tickets at the gate to the same game in the NAB Cup.
Which brings me back to the State of Origin Lightening Carnival or, to be hip and happening, Twenty-20 football.
You have two twenty minute halves, no time on. Basic AFL top 8 finals system. So 1 plays 2, 3 plays 4, 5 plays 6, 7 plays 8 and so forth.
1. WA v SA
2. Vic Metro v Vic Country
3. Tas v Qld
4. Nth Ter v NSW
You could play double headers with the main games at the MCG and the leper states playing at the same time at Telstra Dome with highlights and score updates on opposite grounds big screen.
Have a day session with the first rounds and an evening session so the players can rest up for the last two rounds with the Grand Final.
If you had a squad of 30 players for each team they'd probably end up playing not much more than a full game of football spread out over an entire the day so it wouldn't be too taking and, being twenty 20, it would have the added benefit of keeping stilt walkers off the streets for the afternoon.
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What, no cheerleaders or a ducking stool, with We Will Rock You playing after every goal?
You clearly haven't thought this through, have you shane?
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In the tradition of the IPL I've already sold a couple of licenses to famous movie stars (although I think Cate Blanchett might have been a bit confused about what she was getting involved in).
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Vic country and Vic Metro?
that's not nearly enough Victoria teams for one AFL competition! What an oversite, shane.
To truly be a state competition we need Vic Central, Vic North, Vic South, Vic East, Vic West, and Vic Country, THEN you can start thinking about other states.
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And the other states should subsidise all those Vic teams so they can manage to get on the park.
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I'm not all that much enthusiasm for the idea so I reckon it's time to take another leaf from the book of IPL and get some catchy names - obviously heavily influenced by Kolkata.
Western AUstralian Dukes of Hazzard
South Australian MacGyvers
Vic Metro Airwolves
Vic Country A Team
New South Wales Chopper Sqauds
Queensland Miami Vices
Tasmanian Tour of Dutys
Northern Territory Magnum PI 's
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Get on the Magnum!!!!
Do ya, punk?
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I'm all for it because then Shane Parker and Clive can come out of retirement.
Although I'm not sure who our icon player would be. Bell is the obvious choice but i'm not sure if a 4 foot Vietnamese lawyer is the best look for our footy team.
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Belly's of Korean descent, has evolved into a property developer, and is at least 4ft 6in...
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