AFL

AFL AFL football is one of the most loved sports in Australia. This popular game attracts over 13.9 million people a year. It has, according to research conducted in 1999 the 3rd highest number of registered players in any Australian sport with the figure standing at 447,436. As the AFL is a premier sporting competition it commands high levels of corporate sponsorship, massive media coverage for 12 months of the year and huge attendances. AFL’s main sponsor is Coca-cola with other major sponsorship deals with Mc Donald’s, CUB, Ansett and Norwich Union. AFL also requires a corporate partner and this is the seven network which holds all television rights. The AFL competition is played in Victoria, Queensland, NSW, South Australia and Western Australia, beginning in March every year and finishing in September. Although this year the grand final is to be played earlier than usual so it doesn’t clash with the Olympic games. During this time the 16 clubs play 176 matches and 9 finals, these matches are split between 9 venues including the year, afl, game, football, australia, vfl, corporate, competition, sydney, stadium, sponsorship, south, played, operations, matches, key, clubs, club, areas, wins, western, victoria, vfa, venues, venue, usual, until, union, throughout, they’re, television, teams, swans, superb, stopping, states, standing, sports, sporting, sport, sponsor, split, significant, seven, september, secure, rights the, research