A Diamond’s best friend? The impacts of the AFL’s corporatisation of Aussie Rules on grassroots competitions

“This is about control and money. We’re talking about trying to pull away from a peak body that has billions of dollars, because we don’t like some of what they do.” At the Annual General Meeting of the Black Diamond AFL earlier this month, Warner’s Bay Junior AFL Club President Mark Philpott summed up the … More A Diamond’s best friend? The impacts of the AFL’s corporatisation of Aussie Rules on grassroots competitions