GWS wrote:
40,000 people at the SCG for just the 14th time!
It’s a great story!
Yeah Nah.
More attended the Sydney vs Melbourne game in last years H & A game.
AFL beating their own drum. O round hasn't made any difference to winning new hearts and minds in non traditional footy states
There's still more rugby going on in Sydney than AFL. in fact, more NRL games to watch over 4 days than AFL, day and night.
0 round is a dud imo. Unsettling in many ways, heres just a few:
*Earlier start for players means less prep time, pressing Finals players to catching up to fitness of non Finals players. Some players underdone
*Doesn't work for Footy tipping comps which for 3 fails before being knocked out. Works out that some rounds teams play twice.
*Ladder is disrupted till all teams miss the bye
*No Football to watch live for traditional footy states (Vic, SA, WA)
*Free hit to NRL in traditional AFL heartland: Storm v Panthers whilst Carlton play Brizzy
*Assumption of playing AFL whilst the NRL is in US is misleading: NRL played last night Canberra vs Newcastle, Cronulla v Warriors plus 4 other games over weekend.
*Carlton lose the only marquee game they get in the season: Opening game of season
*Means Pies have both Marquee games on Anzac day and Queen's Bday, Bombers have Anzac day, giving them advantage over other clubs to be destination clubs
Come on AFL, its about time you designed a fair and equitable fixture, and stop being so Collingwood and Effendope centric amd giving them a leg up every year.