It is submitted that a formal association between the IAFC and ICC could be held up as a model to clubs worldwide. For example, an Australian football club in the USA forms an association with a cricket club in the USA, which no doubt has access to a suitable ground. Not only is access to a ground secured, but potential players and supporters as well. Come the commencement of the cricket season, the cricket club will have access to new members and supporters, the lifeblood of development. It is exactly this sort of grass roots activity that leads to bigger and better things, a point we are sure the administrators of both codes will appreciate.
Expansion Below is a list of the countries where cricket is played.
We have noted whether Australian football is played in each particular country. A strong association between the IAFC and the ICC, backed up by grass roots associations between Australian football and cricket clubs, will see Australian football and cricket strengthened in existing countries and introduced in new countries. This might sound strange to conservative ears, but it s got to be better than seeing American football and Baseball colonising the sporting world.