Media influence on players' careers

[Rosy]

The way people have been wishing for a few names in the draft, yet most would have seen limited, if any, game time of them, and also people claim that a certain player, whose name is fast becoming a 4 letter word to me, is the best in the league makes me wonder how much luck and external influences help shape a player's future.

There are probably dozens and dozens of kids who would make it at AFL level yet they don't get the chance. I doubt most of us here would know how much better the players favoured to go top 5 are than those expected to go later in the draft. Same thing with the best player tag. Someone can win a few Brownlows and Normies and suddenly (naturally) their media profile rises and their value sky rockets, yet there are probably a dozen players who could equally be considered best in the league.

It certainly pays for a player to stand out in a crowd and get their name mentioned in the media to my way of thinking. In the end they still have to perform but it does give them a better chance to do so.

What do others think?

 

[benny_furs]

Big influence.

Also look at Tambling, supporters of other clubs think he is pathetic because of the comparisons. Look at him on his own and he's an exciting young player who shows a lot. The media even suggest Tambling is trade bait!! This influences opinions even further... so yes the media play a large role in the perception of players by supporters.

 

[Col.E.Kurtz]

I really hope that it's not that important, lets face it a lot of people report on football who can't or don't bother to take the time to understand the details of the game