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Does Aussie Rules Football Have The Fastest Freedom In World Sport?
https://footy4freedom.com/ ^ | 15th April, 2025 | Ozguy1945

Posted on 04/14/2025 8:42:06 AM PDT by Ozguy1945

I have been watching Aussie Rules Footy seriously since 1967.

It astonishes me now just how much fun it can be to watch local football.

I cannot remember seeing more scintillating evasion of tackles in any code of football at any level than the play of number 68 for North Footscray in yesterday’s game against Wyndham Vale.

First of all a “Don’t Argue.” (the act of fending a player off with an outstretched arm) when not in possession of the ball. Then four blind turns in four seconds. 180 degrees clockwise. 90 degrees clockwise. 90 degrees clockwise again.. Then 90 degrees anticlockwise.

Is this the Fastest Freedom in World Sport

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Hobbies; Sports
KEYWORDS: athleticism; aussierules; football; spectacle

1 posted on 04/14/2025 8:42:06 AM PDT by Ozguy1945
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It doesn’t seem as if the term “fastest freedom” is defined for us who don’t know the game. What does that mean?


2 posted on 04/14/2025 8:46:41 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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It looks like a bunch of guys running around before they decided what the actual rules of the game would be.


3 posted on 04/14/2025 8:51:59 AM PDT by tcox4575
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“It doesn’t seem as if the term “fastest freedom” is defined for us who don’t know the game. What does that mean?”

Thanks Douglas.

I am not sure if I can precisely define it or if I want to.

What I would ask you to do is look at the film clip in the original article to see if player number 68’s incredibly quick reactions look very fast to you.


4 posted on 04/14/2025 9:04:26 AM PDT by Ozguy1945
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To: tcox4575

“It looks like a bunch of guys running around before they decided what the actual rules of the game would be.”

Thanks Y Cox.

You are describing the game’s freedom.


5 posted on 04/14/2025 9:07:14 AM PDT by Ozguy1945
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When I was in Woomera I managed to go to Adelaide and see the Power. This was at the old Adelaide Oval.

I don’t remember who they played, I had a lot of West End Draughts, but very fun times, great game!


6 posted on 04/14/2025 9:32:43 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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Remember watching footy in the early 80s on ESPN, when they actually cared about sports.

Became a fan of Carlton, and especially Bruce Doull, the Flying Doormat - very quietly did his job, no fuss, no wasted motion, just kept his man from getting the ball for four 30-minute quarters.


7 posted on 04/14/2025 1:17:25 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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Used to watch it some back in the early days of ESPN - looked like Calvinball to me.


8 posted on 04/14/2025 7:19:54 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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Excluding kickers and punters, at least a half dozen professional rugby and soccer players have tried out for the NFL.

As I recall, none of them got past Summer Camp.

Bottom Line - very few white athletes are competitive against Black athletes for speed, agility, and power.

Around 80% of white NFL players are on the offensive line, quarterback, or tight end

9 posted on 04/15/2025 9:03:52 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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Just give me a good old fashioned haka anytime!
10 posted on 04/15/2025 12:16:42 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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