I can already see the article in Mondays paper after aflx weekend:
AFL Chief Gillon McArrogance has hailed the opening weekend a success and begun hinting at an expanded competition of the concept format in 2019. “AFLX captures all the speed and excitement that is unique to my game in a shortened format” said McFarkstick today.
When questioned about the low attendances at the events, McSlimybastard quickly pointed out the favourable comparisons of crowd sizes to the JLT fixture. “We saw far more fan engagement in these events and much bigger and varied crowds than the JLT games” said McSleaze ignoring the fact that JLT games were played on grounds with no crowd capacity.
McFirethisprickalready also pointed out how the revised format made it easier to grow the game internationally. “We want to make more money” McGreedyshit said, “and pandering to the core AFL supporter just won’t do that. We’re tapped out on them. We need this new format to crack new markets and the traditionalists will just have to learn to deal with it.”
The round did end on a sour note with Lance Franklin’s knee injury, but but McStalin quickly pointed out that injury could easily have occurred during a training session. “Besides, since when have the afl given a fark about player welfare anyway”.
They’ll just jog around and chip the ball a bit. I’m not a betting man but if I could get odds on this being really really really really boring I might just have a punt.