The AFL has consistently put the women's game second. Is it the best organisation to run AFLW?
- Written by Matthew Klugman, Research Fellow, Institute for Health & Sport, member of the Community, Identity and Displacement Research Network, and Co-convenor of the Olympic Research Network, Victoria University
Saturday’s Adelaide Crows versus Melbourne Demons grand final is full of promise. Two superb teams matched up on a day forecast to be warm and clear, playing in front of tens of thousands of passionate fans.
But while the Crows and Demons have been busy preparing for the match, the rest of the league has been in an all-too familiar state of...