Talk:Australian (rules) Football Hall of Fame

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[edit] Sucked in

Ladies and Gentlemen - why on Earth did we get sucked in by Tancred's claim that the soccer hall of fame has the exact same name as the real Australian Football Hall of Fame? I looked at Tancred's link to his so-called hall of fame, and this is what it says (direct copy):

FOOTBALL FEDERATION AUSTRALIA - FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
Introduction Select Other InformationFull List Hall of Honour Hall of Champions Roll of Honour - Distinguished Medal of Excellence Roll of Honour - Meritorious Award of Distinction 1956 Olympic Team The 1974 Socceroos Honours Committee Criteria
For over one hundred years, Australians from all walks of life have been involved in soccer, dedicating themselves to all aspects of the game, from the highest echelons right down to the grass roots.
So at a meeting of Soccer Australia Commissioners on June 2, 1996, it was agreed in principle to form an independent committee to acknowledge and honour outstanding services to national soccer.
The committee was to establish criteria, consider nominations and work towards completion of the project.
The first meeting, on October 30, 1996 at Soccer House in Melbourne also decided to consider people who might be able to provide input or who could be nominated as members of the committee.
The inductees into the Australian Soccer Hall of Fame come from a wide range of walks of life, however they all have one thing in common; they have dedicated a large part of their lives to the development, growth, exposure and professionalism of the game in this country.
The Australian Soccer Hall of Fame Ceremony is set to become one of the major annual events in the soccer calendar.

You will all note you can see every name mentioned except Australian Football Hall of Fame (obviously). So why have we allowed the soccer fraternity to pull the wool over our eyes and allow them to use the name all of a sudden? If people love nil all results and want to dedicate a hall of fame to it, that is their business, but they should not seek to appropriate the name that already exists for Australia's own football code. I repeat, those that have been involved in this have been sucked in by a lie from someone with an obvious agenda. ρ¡ρρµ δ→θ∑ - (waarom? jus'b'coz!) 02:48, 13 March 2006 (UTC)


  • Comment - a google search restricted to site footballaustralia.com.au gets two hits for "australian football hall of fame" ([1], [2]); and five hits for "australian soccer hall of fame" ([3], [4], [5], [6], [7]). Snottygobble 03:55, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
    • According to the Australian Trade Mark On-line Search System, "Australian Football Hall of Fame" is trademark number 898836, registered to the Australian Football League. Under Australian trademark law, the AFL has exclusive rights to the phrase, and it would be illegal for the FFA to use the name for their Hall of Fame or to market themselves using the phrase. Let's move it back. Snottygobble 04:07, 13 March 2006 (UTC)