Talk:South Australia Australian rules football team

Introduction

There's an issue with the final paragraph of the introduction:

"The rivalry with Victoria stems from before State of Origin started, the Victorian Football League being the richest league, used to buy a lot of the best players from interstate, and the standard rules prior to 1977 was that all VFL players played interstate football for Victoria.[7] This contributed to Victoria's dominance in the pre-State of Origin era,[8] it created a culture of disdain towards Victoria.[9][10] Another component of the rivalry is a historical feeling in South Australia that Victoria doesn't rate any player or league outside Victoria.[11] Another contributing factor is a feeling in South Australia that Victorians think they own the game.[12]"

a) I feel the style could be tidied up. The first sentence for instance reads awkwardly.

b) The VFL never bought players from interstate rather it was clubs who recruited players. "Recruiting" being different from "buying" as buying implies a transfer fee was paid from club to club which was usually not the case.

c) Use of the word "Victoria" when referring to the VFL in pre state of origin era football. Both the VFA and VFL competed at these carnivals thus, use of "Victoria" is ambiguous.

I've edited this article a several times and clearly explained my reasons, but these edits have repeatedly been reverted by a user (currently using the name of "Balmey"). I've attempted to compromise edits but they're still reverted.

Suggestions? Striker161 (talk) 13:18, 15 June 2017 (UTC)