Below: June 28, 2016, Brisbane Lions telecast a report of young girls at the Gabba taking part in Auskick.
Below: On September 22, 2016, the AFL released a promotion introducing three of the women players who will be part of the national competition in 2017.
Below: An AFL promotion released in June 2016 for the 2017 national women's competition.
Below: On June 20, 2016, Eddie McGuire gave a non-specific ''apology'' in the event his remarks about drowning sports reporter Caroline Wilson were construed as an encouragement of domestic violence.
Below: On June 19, 2016, the ABC?s Offsiders produced a segment dealing with the establishment of the AFL women's competition.
Below: On September 8, 2016, the ABC?s Australian Story featured a segment titled ''A League of Their Own? looking at the development of a women's AFL competition and focusing on the stories of Susan Alberti and Moana Hope.
Web links, documents
Internet information
On September 5, 2016, Sportette published a comment by Sally Thompson titled 'Why Women's AFL Isn't Just Good Business - It's Big Business'
Thompson outlines the numerous features of the new competition that are likely to make it a commercial success.
The full text of this comment can be accessed at http://www.sportette.com.au/womens-afl-isnt-just-good-business-big-business/
On September 4, 2016, Eureka Street published a comment by Erin Riley titled 'AFL women's league may threaten not boost diversity'
The comment explains the various features of the new competition which may exclude many women from competing.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=49831#.V90WYjUnL7V
On September 4, 2016, Mashable Australia published a comment by Danielle Warby titled 'Australian's women football players must be paid better'
The comment criticises the pay rates proposed for the new women AFL players.
The full text can be accessed at http://mashable.com/2016/09/04/australian-football-women-underpaid/#mwN8J7z_lkqi
On September 1, 2016, The New Daily published an analysis by Anthony Colangelo titled 'AFL's gender pay gap "unfair" and "unreasonable"'
The article looks at arguments for and against the pay scale being offered women playing in the new AFL competition.
The full text of the article can be found at http://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/afl/2016/09/01/afl-womens-salary/
On September 1, 2016, The New Daily published a report by Anthony Colangelo titled 'AFL's gender pay gap "unfair" and "unreasonable"'. Though the report presents a range of views on the pay rate being offered the new women players in the AFL, its focus is on the views of those who consider the rate insufficient.
The full text of this report can be accessed at http://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/afl/2016/09/01/afl-womens-salary/
On June 28, 2016, The Conversation published a comment by Suzanne Dyson, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, titled 'To eliminate misogyny, the AFL needs social change, not just crisis management'.
The comment argues that the AFL's response to sexism is too reactive and does not reflect a broadly-based cultural commitment of change.
The full text can be accessed at https://theconversation.com/to-eliminate-misogyny-the-afl-needs-social-change-not-just-crisis-management-61575
On June 21, 2016, The Melbourne University magazine, Pursuit, published a comment by Professor Cathy Humphreys and David Gallant titled 'Welcome to the club? Women in football'
The comment criticised the misogynistic attitudes expressed by some prominent men within the AFL.
The full text can be accessed at https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/welcome-to-the-club-women-in-football
On June 20, 2016, The Guardian published a comment by Catharine Lumby titled, 'Eddie McGuire is the poster boy for an era we should have waved goodbye to'
Lumby is a professor of media at Macquarie University, a former journalist and a pro bono gender adviser to the NRL. Her comment is critical of the out-moded, misogynistic attitudes of some prominent men within the AFL.
The full text can be read at https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/20/eddie-mcguire-is-the-poster-boy-for-an-era-we-should-have-waved-goodbye-to
On June 15, 2016, The New Daily published a comment by Angela Pippos titled 'Why a women's AFL comp is a win for equality'
Pippos argues that the new competition will supply women and girls aspiring to play AFL football with valuable role models.
The full text of the comment can be accessed at http://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/afl/2016/06/15/afl-women-league/
On June 10, 2016, The North West Star published a report by Samantha Lane titled 'Melbourne questions plans for eight teams in AFL women's league'
The report details the reservations of the Melbourne club about the AFL's intention to run an initial women's competition with eight rather than six teams.
The full text of this report can be accessed at http://www.northweststar.com.au/story/3961830/melbourne-questions-plans-for-eight-teams-in-afl-womens-league/?cs=12
On August 19, 2015, the ABC's current affairs program, The Drum, published a comment by Amanda Shalala titled 'Here's how we can set up a women's AFL league'
The comment makes a range of suggestions as to the most effective ways to establish the women's competition.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-19/shalala-afl-women's-league/6707646
On May 8, 2016, The Conversation published a comment by Tony Ward, a Fellow in Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne titled 'Female fans are AFL's secret weapon in drawing crowds'
The comment considers the importance of female supporters in maintaining the AFL's profitability.
The full text can be accessed at https://theconversation.com/female-fans-are-afls-secret-weapon-in-drawing-crowds-41173
