How Ron Barassi changed football forever, leaving premiership glory for a new challenge

[@SpookyMooky]

Thank god there’s some good footy history content

[@EjayB]

RIP - a legend.

[@JC4.80]

What a legend he was.

[@benpetrie4896]

Good video. It is worth noting that the father son rule was in fact introduced specifically for Barassi himself - we can all thank the leadership of Melbourne at the time for introducing this great rule.

[@allymayful]

You have covered one of the most heartbreaking chapters of my childhood, excellently. It took me decades to forgive him for leaving Melbourne.

[@allymayful]

But looking back, l totally admire what he has contributed to our game of football. A genuine legend of the game. Thrilled that he was still around to see Melbourne get the cup back.

[@allymayful]

Ron Barassi reminiscing/celebrating :- kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmKcY52VattshtE

[@markfinnigan4994]

A great overview of a tumultuous time. Barassi was a genius.

[@joememphis1571]

Ron Barassi is one of the most formidable, influential and legendary figures in AFL history.

[@extraverse]

This was a heap of fun to make, and something a bit different for me. I'm really keen to delve more into the history of the AFL. My next video should be out in around a week's time, and it's to do with a guy that could become a Norm Smith Medallist years after he retired...

[@JemeremMazza]

HE'S BACK! AFL'S GREATEST KZbinR! Welcome back mate, don't leave for a year again please!

[@Justin_G_Bryan]

I;ve now watched both history vidoes you have done and won't be missing another! You've found the perfect niche!

[@Troublemaker2004]

I remember rewatching your countdown of the top 50 goals of all time years and years ago. I actually just went back and watched it again a few days ago, as well as the marks countdown. I'm loving that more footy KZbinrs are starting to upload this sort of video-essay-type-content about out great game. Keep it up!

[@athan5019]

Great vids, clearly a ton of effort you've put in. Got yourself a new sub here

[@89Corvera]

Great work man, after seeing the video essay format kick off on other channels focusing on basketball and soccer, I’ve been really keen on watching something similiar on the rich history of the AFL

[@extraverse]

That's the idea! Trying to shine a light on things that might not be covered by other channels.

[@strauchanside]

Another excellent, well-researched video. Your content is getting better and better each time you post.

[@nsera9462]

Really informative video. I always knew that Barassi left Melbourne to go to Carlton, however the detail that you have provided is very insightful. I'm looking forward to seeing a video about the sacking of Norm Smith or how North Melbourne back in 1975 won their first premiership in regard to the 10 year rule.

[@bobleponge9150]

Great vid cheers

[@paullaschon6089]

Loved this! Well done. And call it anything you like to get attention, providing it's great material. Love to see you dig deep into Brereton and the 1989 Grand Final. Surely inner of the most insane performance's in history in one of the greatest Grand Final's in history. And I'm a Carlton can still those guys were my arch enemies! Playing an entire game with broken ribs is incredible, as is Ablett's 9 goals in a losing aside after an incredible comeback. There has been a good doco on this before but would love to see how you put it together.

[@johnclifford1537]

One more thing to add about Ron's career as a player was that his suspension for the 1963 finals could reasonably be argued to have cost the Demons another flag.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

It wasn't a trade; that terminology belongs to the draft era that began in 1986. It was a transfer, or clearance. Melbourne received nothing in return. But what really changed the landscape in terms of player movement was the brief era of the 10-year rule in 1972-73.

[@extraverse]

Indeed, re: the terminology I mentioned that in the description

[@Wildlifeonwheels]

It was a trade; we got 57 years of misery.

[@Magpie_Mark92]

Jezza left Carlton after captain coaching a premiership

[@MisterPolitical1]

Jezza left carlton 4 saints after george Harris left as the club's president because of a boardroom brawl

[@MisterPolitical1]

I like watching ausssie rules viddies than rugby viddies of any kind

[@andrewwilkins1979]

Great vid mate, a dick reynolds / John coleman would be a great watch too

[@carlrayson3104]

Ron was good but even he said that Ted Whitten was Mr Football.

[@adrianbarichievich7756]

Most of your facts are right but there are also plenty of other reasons also there was no trade back then and also even when barrassi went to carlton and other players there was still loyalty.

[@extraverse]

I agree, I don't think loyalty as a concept disintegrated until the late 2000s when money became a big enough factor to make moving clubs attractive.

[@adrianbarichievich7756]

I totally agree the salary cap takes away the loyalty away. Also I disagree about attractive because winning games is what makes it attractive that why the Carlton players were loyal because they were powerful

[@adrianbarichievich7756]

Not the money I might add

[@stephenbarbieri3269]

and that was the start of the demise of the MFC

[@extraverse]

The Norm Smith curse! I hope for Dees supporters that it can be broken soon enough. No one likes long premiership droughts

[@leftovercrass5210]

here after the dogs demise last night :( 3 points is better than 1 I guess

[@australianvaletraincuthber9294]

Literally footys equivalent of the decision

[@JaxTheGat]

Was it really a trade though?? I ask this question because I genuinely don’t know.. what did Melbourne get back in return? It seems like Barassi just walked from the Demons to the blues. If that’s the case then it really has no connection to all the trades that followed. As we all know the trade involves an exchange of two assets. One entity gaining an asset from another (by definition) is not a trade. It might be The first time a legend of one club left to go play at another. But it’s not a trade.. Unless you considerI Barassi being traded for an apology letter the same thing. This is why you had all the clearance BS going on. Because Melbourne were essentially losing their favourite son for nothing. (unless you tell me otherwise, then I will stand corrected) but a great piece of footy content nevertheless. Well done !!

[@extraverse]

Thanks, no it wasn't really a trade as such but if I called it a clearance or transfer I'm not sure anyone would have clicked on the video as those terms don't really relate to Aussie Rules. Thanks for the kind words!

[@JaxTheGat]

@@extraverse yeah fair enough 🙂👍

[@latenightlogic]

First 15 seconds describes everything wrong with the game these days.

[@adrianbarichievich7756]

carlton and melboune are not rilvals they mid rilvals

[@shanejbackx]

Please dont call it a trade because it wasnt. No one went from Carlton in return. Back then players sought clearances and Barass certainly wasnt the first player in League Football to seek a clearance to another club. As Norm Smith said at the time, he applied for the vacant coaching position at Carlton to better himself and take the next step.

[@extraverse]

I've taken a bit of creative license with the title because there haven't really been 'transfers' or 'clearances' since the 80s and truthfully it would get about a tenth of the audience if I called it the biggest clearance in history. People associate transfers with soccer, not with footy. Also, every single trade period when the biggest deals of all time are brought up, Barassi always features. Despite not being a 'trade' in the traditional sense, you could call it a trade for money - it was definitely the most impactful that had ever occurred in VFL history up until that point. I know he wasn't the first to seek a clearance either, but the magnitude of the move and the fact that there were so many hoops that needed to be jumped through meant that I thought this is a story that should be told, particularly to a whole new generation of AFL fans who probably don't appreciate Barassi's standing as a true legend of the game. Thanks for your feedback though, all the same.

[@stephenhoward358]

The ten year rule is free Agency where you can just walk to the club of your choice