Shannon Gill
@shannongill13.bsky.social
Music / Sport enjoyer. Writes, Radio, Pods.
The winter whinge is on in AFL-land, but some clubs and coaches have forgotten that the rivers of TV money gold are not necessarily forever.
With shoutout to figures from @footyindustryAU
@TheRoarSports 🖊️ #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/28/e...
With shoutout to figures from @footyindustryAU
@TheRoarSports 🖊️ #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/28/e...
Everyone is whingeing about everything at the AFL these days - but we're all missing the brutal reality
In Canberra they’ve called it the killing season over the last 15 years - when winter hits the capital and gloom overrides rational thought…
www.theroar.com.au
May 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The winter whinge is on in AFL-land, but some clubs and coaches have forgotten that the rivers of TV money gold are not necessarily forever.
With shoutout to figures from @footyindustryAU
@TheRoarSports 🖊️ #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/28/e...
With shoutout to figures from @footyindustryAU
@TheRoarSports 🖊️ #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/28/e...
If Dimma’s point splitting fixture fix was crazy, this idea might get me target-tested. But every time I come back to it, it makes more sense.
A choose your own adventure fixture - introducing The Fixture Draft. #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/21/c...
A choose your own adventure fixture - introducing The Fixture Draft. #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/21/c...
Crazy, or genius? Introducing the 'Fixture Draft' - and how it solves every scheduling problem the AFL has
Last week, many footy fans called Damien Hardwick’s fixture equalisation idea - which included offering only two premiership points per match for 'double-up' games…
www.theroar.com.au
May 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If Dimma’s point splitting fixture fix was crazy, this idea might get me target-tested. But every time I come back to it, it makes more sense.
A choose your own adventure fixture - introducing The Fixture Draft. #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/21/c...
A choose your own adventure fixture - introducing The Fixture Draft. #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/21/c...
After Brisbane wore the throwback guernseys on Sunday, Know Your History this week had to be on the birth of the Bad News Bears
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1zBW...
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1zBW...
May 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
After Brisbane wore the throwback guernseys on Sunday, Know Your History this week had to be on the birth of the Bad News Bears
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1zBW...
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1zBW...
I love that Bailey Smith is hurling jibes at the Western Bulldogs like an 80s WWF heel…but, surely he can do better than base-level crowd-size punching down.
www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/06/t...
www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/06/t...
The inescapable irony Bailey Smith missed with 'misplaced snobbery' against the Bulldogs
Oh Bailey. Your luscious long hair is remarkable. AI wouldn’t be capable of generating cheese grater abs as perfect as yours. And as for…
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May 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I love that Bailey Smith is hurling jibes at the Western Bulldogs like an 80s WWF heel…but, surely he can do better than base-level crowd-size punching down.
www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/06/t...
www.theroar.com.au/2025/05/06/t...
Sidebottom, Pendlebury, Dangerfield.. the AFL’s senior citizens are winding back the clock in 2025.
The physical reasons why with Andrew Russell, and the numbers that show the trend towards more (and more influential) over 30s. #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/30/t...
The physical reasons why with Andrew Russell, and the numbers that show the trend towards more (and more influential) over 30s. #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/30/t...
Too old, too good: 30 is the new 25 in modern footy - here's why
Blowing out the candles on your 30th birthday cake was once symbolic of the final flicker of an AFL career, yet for the game's best, it has become an extended sweet spot.
www.theroar.com.au
April 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Sidebottom, Pendlebury, Dangerfield.. the AFL’s senior citizens are winding back the clock in 2025.
The physical reasons why with Andrew Russell, and the numbers that show the trend towards more (and more influential) over 30s. #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/30/t...
The physical reasons why with Andrew Russell, and the numbers that show the trend towards more (and more influential) over 30s. #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/30/t...
The ANZAC Day classic 30 years ago remains a gold-standard of footy, but a game two days earlier may have foretold footy’s defence-oriented future.
In 2025 though, an emphasis on scoring rather than just defending is making a mini revival #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/23/h...
In 2025 though, an emphasis on scoring rather than just defending is making a mini revival #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/23/h...
High-scoring footy is making a comeback - but how long can it last?
At the moment, that average figure is greater than any end-of-season average we’ve had since 2017 by three points per team per game.
www.theroar.com.au
April 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The ANZAC Day classic 30 years ago remains a gold-standard of footy, but a game two days earlier may have foretold footy’s defence-oriented future.
In 2025 though, an emphasis on scoring rather than just defending is making a mini revival #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/23/h...
In 2025 though, an emphasis on scoring rather than just defending is making a mini revival #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/23/h...
Want to know where proper intelligent footy analysis started?
Pick up a copy of the AFL Record this week - chatted to icons McAvaney, Sheahan and Healy about the revolution that was ‘Talking Footy’ 30 years ago on Channel 7 and the continuation via ‘On the Couch’ and others #AFL
Pick up a copy of the AFL Record this week - chatted to icons McAvaney, Sheahan and Healy about the revolution that was ‘Talking Footy’ 30 years ago on Channel 7 and the continuation via ‘On the Couch’ and others #AFL
April 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Want to know where proper intelligent footy analysis started?
Pick up a copy of the AFL Record this week - chatted to icons McAvaney, Sheahan and Healy about the revolution that was ‘Talking Footy’ 30 years ago on Channel 7 and the continuation via ‘On the Couch’ and others #AFL
Pick up a copy of the AFL Record this week - chatted to icons McAvaney, Sheahan and Healy about the revolution that was ‘Talking Footy’ 30 years ago on Channel 7 and the continuation via ‘On the Couch’ and others #AFL
Sports marketing can be riddled with prescriptive nonsense to appease sponsors and/or KPIs.
Whether by design or accidental, the AFL’s #GatherRound has worked by getting out of the way and letting fans find their groove. #SportsBusiness READ: www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/16/a...
Whether by design or accidental, the AFL’s #GatherRound has worked by getting out of the way and letting fans find their groove. #SportsBusiness READ: www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/16/a...
April 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Sports marketing can be riddled with prescriptive nonsense to appease sponsors and/or KPIs.
Whether by design or accidental, the AFL’s #GatherRound has worked by getting out of the way and letting fans find their groove. #SportsBusiness READ: www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/16/a...
Whether by design or accidental, the AFL’s #GatherRound has worked by getting out of the way and letting fans find their groove. #SportsBusiness READ: www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/16/a...
The white shoe brigade, meter maids, schoolies week, fake tans… the Gold Coast has always had a problem with authenticity.
So how would footy heartlands react if the Suns are playing major finals in September?
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/09/1...
So how would footy heartlands react if the Suns are playing major finals in September?
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/09/1...
15 years in, Gold Coast are finally good. Here's why you should care
The white shoe brigade, meter maids, schoolies week, fake tans… the Gold Coast has always had a problem with authenticity. And when it comes…
www.theroar.com.au
April 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The white shoe brigade, meter maids, schoolies week, fake tans… the Gold Coast has always had a problem with authenticity.
So how would footy heartlands react if the Suns are playing major finals in September?
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/09/1...
So how would footy heartlands react if the Suns are playing major finals in September?
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/09/1...
Bubble gum, flicks, dodgy photos, mistaken identities..
it’s Know Your History on Footy Cards
Listen 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/1Fa8...
it’s Know Your History on Footy Cards
Listen 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/1Fa8...
April 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Bubble gum, flicks, dodgy photos, mistaken identities..
it’s Know Your History on Footy Cards
Listen 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/1Fa8...
it’s Know Your History on Footy Cards
Listen 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/1Fa8...
Is this it? Dissecting the Dees’ past, present and future for @TheRoarSports.
Spoiler alert: the underachiever tag is unfair, and what is happening now is no great shock #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/02/t...
Spoiler alert: the underachiever tag is unfair, and what is happening now is no great shock #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/02/t...
The Dees have been cooked since last year. Here's what they need to do next
The problems seen in 2025 have been gradually widening since 2022; The contest and defence combination are physically and mentally gruelling.
www.theroar.com.au
April 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Is this it? Dissecting the Dees’ past, present and future for @TheRoarSports.
Spoiler alert: the underachiever tag is unfair, and what is happening now is no great shock #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/02/t...
Spoiler alert: the underachiever tag is unfair, and what is happening now is no great shock #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/04/02/t...
The first Friday night VFL/AFL at the MCG was held 40 years ago this weekend.
Why Friday nights may have been an accident, how it was an initial flop, and its rise to prestige.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Fea...
Why Friday nights may have been an accident, how it was an initial flop, and its rise to prestige.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Fea...
40 Years of Friday Night Footy - 'Know Your History' with Shannon Gill (27.03.25)
Whateley · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The first Friday night VFL/AFL at the MCG was held 40 years ago this weekend.
Why Friday nights may have been an accident, how it was an initial flop, and its rise to prestige.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Fea...
Why Friday nights may have been an accident, how it was an initial flop, and its rise to prestige.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Fea...
The Western Bulldogs copped an umpiring shocker on Friday.
But when it comes to lopsided free kick matches like that one, is the ‘Noise of Affirmation’ fact or fiction?
Diving into the last 12 months of free kick discrepancies for The Roar #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/25/w...
But when it comes to lopsided free kick matches like that one, is the ‘Noise of Affirmation’ fact or fiction?
Diving into the last 12 months of free kick discrepancies for The Roar #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/25/w...
Were Collingwood really gifted a win by the 'noise of affirmation'... or is it just our anti-Pies bias?
Even to the neutral observer, it seemed the Western Bulldogs got a raw deal in the last quarter of their six-point loss to Collingwood…
www.theroar.com.au
March 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The Western Bulldogs copped an umpiring shocker on Friday.
But when it comes to lopsided free kick matches like that one, is the ‘Noise of Affirmation’ fact or fiction?
Diving into the last 12 months of free kick discrepancies for The Roar #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/25/w...
But when it comes to lopsided free kick matches like that one, is the ‘Noise of Affirmation’ fact or fiction?
Diving into the last 12 months of free kick discrepancies for The Roar #AFL
www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/25/w...
It’s been a lot of fun delving into the history of the @westernbulldogs.bsky.social and the club’s meaning to the community with the help of historian Darren Arthur and many more.
Buy the AFL Record this week to read and 🎧 to segment on Whateley SEN: megaphone.link/NTETP4961254679
#AFLDogsPies
Buy the AFL Record this week to read and 🎧 to segment on Whateley SEN: megaphone.link/NTETP4961254679
#AFLDogsPies
March 20, 2025 at 4:45 AM
It’s been a lot of fun delving into the history of the @westernbulldogs.bsky.social and the club’s meaning to the community with the help of historian Darren Arthur and many more.
Buy the AFL Record this week to read and 🎧 to segment on Whateley SEN: megaphone.link/NTETP4961254679
#AFLDogsPies
Buy the AFL Record this week to read and 🎧 to segment on Whateley SEN: megaphone.link/NTETP4961254679
#AFLDogsPies
Will Geelong ever be bad?
How renovating, not rebuilding, has bucked the AFL equalisation system and led to almost 4 decades of extraordinary consistency.
#WeAreGeelong
www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/19/r...
How renovating, not rebuilding, has bucked the AFL equalisation system and led to almost 4 decades of extraordinary consistency.
#WeAreGeelong
www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/19/r...
Renovation not rebuild: Why Geelong's four decades of excellence aren't even close to over
There’s always a little bit of envy for that couple that buys an expensive house, tricks it up with a few minor renovations then…
www.theroar.com.au
March 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Will Geelong ever be bad?
How renovating, not rebuilding, has bucked the AFL equalisation system and led to almost 4 decades of extraordinary consistency.
#WeAreGeelong
www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/19/r...
How renovating, not rebuilding, has bucked the AFL equalisation system and led to almost 4 decades of extraordinary consistency.
#WeAreGeelong
www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/19/r...
Reposted by Shannon Gill
Recently, Shannon Gill (ESPN au) did his "Know Your History" segment on Gerard Whateley's SEN show. AFANA and it's co-founder gets mentioned in several places. Fascinating history of the early years of Aussie rules on TV in North America.
afl.fan/xk2y9
#AFL #ESPN #TSN #AFANA
afl.fan/xk2y9
#AFL #ESPN #TSN #AFANA
afl.fan
March 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Recently, Shannon Gill (ESPN au) did his "Know Your History" segment on Gerard Whateley's SEN show. AFANA and it's co-founder gets mentioned in several places. Fascinating history of the early years of Aussie rules on TV in North America.
afl.fan/xk2y9
#AFL #ESPN #TSN #AFANA
afl.fan/xk2y9
#AFL #ESPN #TSN #AFANA
Are we all getting a little bit too outraged about the AFL’s new Saturday TV arrangement?
New weekly footy column for The Roar. #SportsBusiness #AFL #TV
www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/12/s...
New weekly footy column for The Roar. #SportsBusiness #AFL #TV
www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/12/s...
Saturday surrender: Is new AFL broadcast deal disaster or distortion?
Elton John sang that it was alright for fighting, Chicago spent it in the park and De La Soul recommended wearing roller skates. Yet…
www.theroar.com.au
March 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Are we all getting a little bit too outraged about the AFL’s new Saturday TV arrangement?
New weekly footy column for The Roar. #SportsBusiness #AFL #TV
www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/12/s...
New weekly footy column for The Roar. #SportsBusiness #AFL #TV
www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/12/s...
Best band in the world right now?
@fontainesdc.bsky.social ☘️✅
@fontainesdc.bsky.social ☘️✅
March 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Best band in the world right now?
@fontainesdc.bsky.social ☘️✅
@fontainesdc.bsky.social ☘️✅
Northern states propaganda rounds coupled with weather havoc postponing games?
It’s all been done before…
🎧Know Your History on SEN
#AFL
open.spotify.com/episode/7Cbd...
It’s all been done before…
🎧Know Your History on SEN
#AFL
open.spotify.com/episode/7Cbd...
The History of Postponement in Footy - 'Know Your History' with Shannon Gill (06.03.25)
Whateley · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Northern states propaganda rounds coupled with weather havoc postponing games?
It’s all been done before…
🎧Know Your History on SEN
#AFL
open.spotify.com/episode/7Cbd...
It’s all been done before…
🎧Know Your History on SEN
#AFL
open.spotify.com/episode/7Cbd...
Reposted by Shannon Gill
this is such a fun yarn
After the Foxtel/Kayo purchase by DAZN, thought it a good time to explore when Aussie Rules found itself a staple of the fledging @espn.com with the man who sold to the world, Jim McKay.
Along the way found a very surprising legacy. @espnaustralia.bsky.social #AFL
www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/...
Along the way found a very surprising legacy. @espnaustralia.bsky.social #AFL
www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/...
'Exactly what we need': How Aussie Rules helped launch ESPN
When ESPN was a fledgling station without any meaningful TV rights, it needed content. Enter Aussie Rules football and the VFL, and a partnership which left a lasting impact on both league and broadca...
www.espn.com.au
February 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
this is such a fun yarn
Reposted by Shannon Gill
You may or may not know that ESPN and the then-VFL had a very close relationship in the 1980s
Footy was one of the TV station’s first rights deals, and helped launch ESPN into the juggernaut it is today.
www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/...
Footy was one of the TV station’s first rights deals, and helped launch ESPN into the juggernaut it is today.
www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/...
'Exactly what we need': How Aussie Rules helped launch ESPN
When ESPN was a fledgling station without any meaningful TV rights, it needed content. Enter Aussie Rules football and the VFL, and a partnership which left a lasting impact on both league and broadca...
www.espn.com.au
February 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
You may or may not know that ESPN and the then-VFL had a very close relationship in the 1980s
Footy was one of the TV station’s first rights deals, and helped launch ESPN into the juggernaut it is today.
www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/...
Footy was one of the TV station’s first rights deals, and helped launch ESPN into the juggernaut it is today.
www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/...
After the Foxtel/Kayo purchase by DAZN, thought it a good time to explore when Aussie Rules found itself a staple of the fledging @espn.com with the man who sold to the world, Jim McKay.
Along the way found a very surprising legacy. @espnaustralia.bsky.social #AFL
www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/...
Along the way found a very surprising legacy. @espnaustralia.bsky.social #AFL
www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/...
'Exactly what we need': How Aussie Rules helped launch ESPN
When ESPN was a fledgling station without any meaningful TV rights, it needed content. Enter Aussie Rules football and the VFL, and a partnership which left a lasting impact on both league and broadca...
www.espn.com.au
February 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
After the Foxtel/Kayo purchase by DAZN, thought it a good time to explore when Aussie Rules found itself a staple of the fledging @espn.com with the man who sold to the world, Jim McKay.
Along the way found a very surprising legacy. @espnaustralia.bsky.social #AFL
www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/...
Along the way found a very surprising legacy. @espnaustralia.bsky.social #AFL
www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/...
The first (and only) ‘Australia Games’ happened 40 years ago.
A full report on this week’s Know Your History @WhateleySEN 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/6ne1...
And no, we didn’t make this up, @Quartermain10 has proof.
A full report on this week’s Know Your History @WhateleySEN 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/6ne1...
And no, we didn’t make this up, @Quartermain10 has proof.
February 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The first (and only) ‘Australia Games’ happened 40 years ago.
A full report on this week’s Know Your History @WhateleySEN 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/6ne1...
And no, we didn’t make this up, @Quartermain10 has proof.
A full report on this week’s Know Your History @WhateleySEN 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/6ne1...
And no, we didn’t make this up, @Quartermain10 has proof.
My first part-time job as a teen was selling the AFL Record at the MCG, so it was great to be involved in the Record’s annual top 50 AFL Movers and Shapers list. Out now.
🎧 chat on SEN 1116 about the list: open.spotify.com/episode/6bNw...
Check out a preview of the list online: sen.lu/4aUBzgA
🎧 chat on SEN 1116 about the list: open.spotify.com/episode/6bNw...
Check out a preview of the list online: sen.lu/4aUBzgA
February 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
My first part-time job as a teen was selling the AFL Record at the MCG, so it was great to be involved in the Record’s annual top 50 AFL Movers and Shapers list. Out now.
🎧 chat on SEN 1116 about the list: open.spotify.com/episode/6bNw...
Check out a preview of the list online: sen.lu/4aUBzgA
🎧 chat on SEN 1116 about the list: open.spotify.com/episode/6bNw...
Check out a preview of the list online: sen.lu/4aUBzgA
The city of New Orleans and the @Chiefs are together at a Super Bowl again.
✍️ for @TheRoarSports on their origin @NFL stories that helped build the league and the event into the behemoth it is today.
www.theroar.com.au/2025/02/09/t...
#SuperBowl #NFL #ChiefsKingdom
✍️ for @TheRoarSports on their origin @NFL stories that helped build the league and the event into the behemoth it is today.
www.theroar.com.au/2025/02/09/t...
#SuperBowl #NFL #ChiefsKingdom
https://theroar.com.au/2025/02/09/the…
February 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The city of New Orleans and the @Chiefs are together at a Super Bowl again.
✍️ for @TheRoarSports on their origin @NFL stories that helped build the league and the event into the behemoth it is today.
www.theroar.com.au/2025/02/09/t...
#SuperBowl #NFL #ChiefsKingdom
✍️ for @TheRoarSports on their origin @NFL stories that helped build the league and the event into the behemoth it is today.
www.theroar.com.au/2025/02/09/t...
#SuperBowl #NFL #ChiefsKingdom