This mapping identifies 1,504 Australian rules and 861 rugby league clubs nationally. Where Aussie rules was dominant, it was clearly dominant, with league making up just 15% of the two-code-preferred at most in Aussie rules states League on the other hand, even when the dominant code, still had a much higher percentage of Aussie rules clubs. But the distribution of clubs is particularly illuminating, noting: (Of course, as primarily a creative work, it is possible some clubs were missed in this mapping project). Here, the Wikidata fellowship work visualising community football clubs is insightful. Given the Barassi Line represents a metaphorical battlefront, however, real progress is perhaps best measured at the frontline. Similarly, NRL matches held an average rating in Sydney of about 197,000, compared with ratings typically between 5,000 and 20,000 across southern markets. Yet despite ever-increasing media coverage and professionalisation, it is remarkable how intact the line remains.Ĭome 2019, AFL free-to-air telecasts averaged 261,000 Melbourne viewers, compared with 21,000 and 23,000 in Sydney and Brisbane, respectively (when not featuring a local team). In the past decade, the AFL has distributed A$220 million in additional funding to its four northern expansion clubs (the Sydney Swans, GWS Giants, Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns).
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Where is the Barassi Line and how has it changed?Īustralian rules authorities have actively attempted to shift the Barassi Line.Īs early as 1903, Australian rules administrators began investing in game development, spending more than £10,000 on footballs, jumpers, and school coaches to promote the code in Sydney. While basketball’s popularity is linked to inner-city urbanisation and baseball retains a rural stronghold, Google search volume data nonetheless reveals that 48 of America’s 51 states exhibit an identical hierarchy of sport league popularity (being gridiron, basketball, baseball and ice hockey).
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In the United States, for instance, where terrain can range from snow fields to desert landscapes, the variance in popularity between mainstream professional sports leagues is comparatively minimal. If you’re Australian, you might be thinking, “Yeah – of course!” But this is not the international norm. For example, rugby league interest is nearly half as prevalent in North Sydney (28%) as compared to Sutherland (52%). Notably, however, support for the rugby codes varies significantly across Sydney’s geographic subregions. In a similar Sydney sport pub, 73% would support a rugby code.
If you entered a Melbourne pub filled with people interested in football (of any variety), 82% of them would AFL supporters.
If you walked down the streets of Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart or Perth, every third person you walked by would be interested in Australian rules and no other football code. Where one is raised has a remarkably strong bearing on likely football preferences.
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