Ken Sutcliffe would not have hosted... he'd have been seen as "too Sydney"
Also, Dwayne Russell was ahead of BT on Nine's pecking order at the time.
Here's my guess as to how a Nine GF commentary team would have looked (assuming Tim Lane left Nine like he did IRL):
HOST: Eddie McGuire...
Agreed.
I especially appreciate the sponsors, considering SANFL clubs have had billboard-esque guernseys for years and the AFL is only catching up in this regard.
There's a few headscratchers there (Sturt being sponsored by Sanctuary Cove, and later an Italian restaurant in Glenelg [wouldn't...
If it's Geelong vs Brisbane with the Cats as the home team:
Geelong - traditional jumper, navy blue shorts
Brisbane - away (Fitzroy) jumper, white shorts
NFL coverage is, and always has been, minimal... 1 PbP, 1 analyst (although Monday Night Football has often had 2 analysts throughout its history) and 1 sideline reporter (and it's only been in the past few years that the majority of games have even had sideline reporters)
Admittedly, NFL games...
Matt Hill was brilliant. Hopefully it's not a one-off (would it be asking too much to have him co-call with either Bennett or Nicholson?)
And was he always scheduled to call games this year, or was he a late COVID-related fill in?
If I hadn't had to work this morning, I probably would have gone to the game in my Suns gear for a laugh (and held up a sign with photos of the aforementioned players when they were with us)
That's exactly what I was thinking earlier this morning... both sportsmen who transcended their sport and became household names in popular culture, and both dead before their time.
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