We need to be entertained on every day cos were so boring we cant spend a day at home with our families.
Its just todays society.
It has no regard for anything pure. It just needs a quick fix of something .
That is called progress. Meanwhile divorce rates are up, drug use is up, alcoholism is up, mental disease is up and suicide is up ad families are more fragile than ever.
Modern familes have no concept of pure time together.
So i suppose we can have footy games on the one and only days where a family can be together without distraction.
Its just too much to wait for the next day.

Its just pathetic really...

We need to be entertained on every day cos were so boring we cant spend a day at home with our families.
Its just todays society.
It has no regard for anything pure. It just needs a quick fix of something .
That is called progress. Meanwhile divorce rates are up, drug use is up, alcoholism is up, mental disease is up and suicide is up ad families are more fragile than ever.
Modern familes have no concept of pure time together.
So i suppose we can have footy games on the one and only days where a family can be together without distraction.
Its just too much to wait for the next day.

Its just pathetic really...

We need to be entertained on every day cos were so boring we cant spend a day at home with our families.
Its just todays society.
It has no regard for anything pure. It just needs a quick fix of something .
That is called progress. Meanwhile divorce rates are up, drug use is up, alcoholism is up, mental disease is up and suicide is up ad families are more fragile than ever.
Modern familes have no concept of pure time together.
So i suppose we can have footy games on the one and only days where a family can be together without distraction.
Its just too much to wait for the next day.

Its just pathetic really...

The AFL is short-sightedly missing a massive opportunity every year that Good Friday is footy-free.

The religion issue just doesn't wash, as has been pointed out in this thread already.

I think Christmas time is far more recognized and accepted as family time, which is a good thing.

I have no religious alignment and have no problem with sport being played on Good Friday, but would like to see a major focus continue to be on the RCH appeal.

Boring people are bored.
And need other people to excite them.

Thats a problem in itself,

If you have boring days.. it means youre boring.... thats not the days fault....

but im guessing you have alot of boring days... its not just Good Friday youre bored....Heres an idea.. volunteer your services to go to work on that day.....why do you need the holiday????

Im boring but you spout the same boring crap 200 times in every thread .....only a really boring person would be bothered doing that...can you imagine someone that boring ...then.....this boring up himself person goes and spouts the same crap another 1000 times on BF under the name The Heatley Stand

Ireckon The Heatley Stand should get a life away from footy forums before he starts calling other ppls life boring champ

Or maybe he should go and rattle a few tins instead of posting 7890 times calling Sticks and Ratten dipshits

THS can be a really boring dipshit

The AFL is short-sightedly missing a massive opportunity every year that Good Friday is footy-free.

The religion issue just doesn't wash, as has been pointed out in this thread already.

The AFL is short-sightedly missing a massive opportunity every year that Good Friday is footy-free.

The religion issue just doesn't wash, as has been pointed out in this thread already.

im not boring... i dont complain about boring days... and i dont need you to entertain me.....

i make my own fun .....

unlike you....

you need to be tickled ....

everyones job is to work while u get a day off so u can not feel bored......

and then u whine... im bored... can they play footy for me... i cant find anything to do on my day off on a religious holiday.....

lol

nice one....

make your own fun.... dont rely on others.....

youre saying youre bored and calling me boring...

thats rich coming from you....

cos u complain about boredom...

My point is that even in Italy, one of the most archly conservative religious countries, they play Serie A soccer on Good Friday. So that argument is a non-starter.

If it was about religion, then we wouldn't have Sunday footy at all.

And to appease Jewish supporters, we wouldn't have it on Saturday either.

So where would that leave us?

Did the AFL listen remotely to requests by Melbourne to have more matches for them scheduled for Sunday, to allow Joe Gutnick and other Jews to watch matches? So much for taking any religious concerns into account.

The mask of religion is a silly reason not to play footy on Good Friday. If you don't wish to go to a footy match on Good Friday, then that's your call if you don't feel it doesn't fit in with your beliefs. Plenty of posters have pointed out that there's no reason that Good Friday matches couldn't be played at a time which would fit in with peoples' observance of religion. And on top of that, all tickets could have a $2 surcharge to go to the RCH appeal.

In modern Australia, people with more devout faiths have to accept that some people don't wish to be held to ransom by a minority, and their desires to watch footy on a day like Good Friday should be considered maturely, not dismissed outright for specious reasons.