If the AFL really wants to grow it needs to embrace lower crowds
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The Australian Football League is a great competition. It is fast, skilful, physical and exciting.
It is also Australia’s biggest sporting league in terms of public interest.
Prior to the coronavirus disaster which adversely affected sporting crowds here and abroad, the AFL had the fourth-largest crowd average of all major sporting leagues around the world at 36,000.
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Nevertheless, the AFL can promote the sport further to make the league bigger and fairer, even though this may mean a lower crowd average.