Lol, 23 matches to turn 18 teams into 8, three weeks to turn 8 into 2 and then another three weeks to decide who is actually the best team? They’re joking.
And it’s too much football. The season can’t go from first week of March to last week of October.
I’ll take a guess and say interstate clubs want it?
Is this like the night grand final one? Rar rar rar outrage. Nothing happens. Next year: rar rar rar outrage. Nothing happens.
I can’t believe people are actually falling for this. look how many Victorians they’ve baited into clicking or listening to this dumb as ■■■■ fake “idea”.
It’s just to create discussion in a limited footy weekend
I remember having a grand final party when Collingwood played St Kilda. We had a great turnout and everyone had a terrific day, but then the game ended up in a draw.
I threw another grand final party the next week, and only two people turned up. Everyone was sick of it by then. I can’t imagine entertaining three of them.
Just like st Kilda
Old mate LETHERS really does land on his feet every time he’s ousted from a high paid executive job. Wish I could land cushy jobs like this…
100,000 people turned up at the MCG.
Why the hell would they publish that?
You obviously don’t know the right people. Once you get in you are set for life
Old school tie and all that…
Dill, Lethers and BDB all move in the same circles…
What about the extraordinary amount of money gill gave to the saints during the time lethlean was CEO. The club gill supports as well.
Finnis had to be accommodated for his support to AFL against the players in the Saga ( when he was AFLPA CEO).
He was appointed CEO of the Saints, Gil’s mate Simon got the Football Manager’s job.
With Gil’s departure, the Saints were able to get rid of both of them ( Finnis a little sooner, he landed a job with a so-called ethics body that the AFL outsourced to).
THE AFL has broken its all-time crowd record for a single round of football, with more than 413,000 people attending the nine games in round one.
I guess opening round didn’t impact r1 crowds / enthusiasm.
Thursday night games help bring the focus on another game during the week.
And allow for Fox Footy to run their all day of footy back to back stuff on Sunday. Just like the NFL do it.
I expect Essendon Hawthorn will be Saturday night next year Rd 1 (figure the heat suppressed the crowd a little on Saturday) and they’ll draw the pies against a Victoria side Friday night (saints or cats). 3 mcg crowds over 80k. Then draw eagles at home against someone they can beat, Norf, 55k. Ditto crows at home for 45k v gc. Swans at home v cats saints for another 45k. Dees v dogs 40k. Freo v gws in Perth for 45k. And bang new Rd 1 record.
Hamstring awareness is actually code for cocaine in the system.
i hope bartlett takes all these ■■■■ bags down, but i fear he will be swept aside quicker than you can say “integrity unit”
