Roast AFL 'round zero' What a load of crap ...

[Elmer_Hauser]

‘Stop being so precious’: AFL’s ‘Round Zero’ fixture plan declared ‘stupid’ as Vic issue blamed

‘Stop being so precious’: AFL’s ‘Round Zero’ fixture plan declared ‘stupid’ as Vic issue blamed

www.foxsports.com.au

Sounds like a load of pretentious clap trap/garbage to me.

For the record, I don't mind if Carlton and Richmond don't kick off the season officially in round round 1 or if we have to the play the Brisbane Lions in round one, the whole concept of this NSW and QLD led Round Zero round one concept is cheap and unnecessary US Sports commercialised crap that our game can do without

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Who cares what the name is? The idea is a good one in terms of growing the game in non-traditional states. Are there any objections besides the name?

 

[RUNVS]

Reminds me of a train station in Sydney were there was platforms 1 to 5 and for the Olympics they built a new line next to platform 1 and instead of renaming all the platforms in correct order some genius decided to call the new platform "platform 0"

 

[Partridge]

‘Stop being so precious’: AFL’s ‘Round Zero’ fixture plan declared ‘stupid’ as Vic issue blamed

‘Stop being so precious’: AFL’s ‘Round Zero’ fixture plan declared ‘stupid’ as Vic issue blamed

www.foxsports.com.au

Sounds like a load of pretentious clap trap/garbage to me.

For the record, I don't mind if Carlton and Richmond don't kick off the season officially in round round 1 or if we have to the play the Brisbane Lions in round one, the whole concept of this NSW and QLD led Round Zero round one concept is cheap and unnecessary US Sports commercialised crap that our game can do without

The AFL sold its soul long ago. Covid brought the naked greed into the open; now nothing is above being changed.

Give them time, they'll have a game of six 12 minute quarters, extra posts worth 2 points if you run backwards into them, a 29 game season, 14 round finals series, and a Grand final without a scoreboard because losing hurts feelings.

 

[Partridge]

Who cares what the name is? The idea is a good one in terms of growing the game in non-traditional states. Are there any objections besides the name?

You mean apart from having those states each having two teams that have been there for years?

 

[Johnny Bananas]

You mean apart from having those states each having two teams that have been there for years?

Yes, and? What's your point?

 

[spudmaster]

Reminds me of a train station in Sydney were there was platforms 1 to 5 and for the Olympics they built a new line next to platform 1 and instead of renaming all the platforms in correct order some genius decided to call the new platform "platform 0"

You sure that wasn't from a Harry Potter novel?

 

[RUNVS]

You sure that wasn't from a Harry Potter novel?

If only

 

[Purple Suit]

When i saw the title, I was worried they were going to have a round with zero alcohol Beer at all grounds.

 

[Truckosaurus]

It's because Gather Round was supposed to be in one of the northern states to 'grow the game' but then they decided to take the SA money (and re-framed it as 'a celebration of football') so now they're looking for something like Gather Round for the northern states but that isn't Gather Round.

 

[Colonial]

Some VFLers are a bit brittle in this thread.

 

[.Shotties.]

For the record, I don't mind if Carlton and Richmond don't kick off the season officially in round round 1 or if we have to the play the Brisbane Lions in round one, the whole concept of this NSW and QLD led Round Zero round one concept is cheap and unnecessary US Sports commercialised crap that our game can do without

Why is the season starting in QLD and NSW cheap and unnecessary?

 

[spudmaster]

Why is the season starting in QLD and NSW cheap and unnecessary?

#VICBIAS

 

[Colonial]

Why is the season starting in QLD and NSW cheap and unnecessary?

Because it’s not in Victoria.

 

[The Feeder Club]

So let's just make the sport's biggest blight - an uneven fixture - worse by giving some teams an extra bye to recover during the season. Oh and not just an extra week off for the teams that do the most travel. Nah, let's give Collingwood and Richmond an extra one. Excellent idea.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Who cares what the name is? The idea is a good one in terms of growing the game in non-traditional states. Are there any objections besides the name?

I have no issue if those who play in Rd 0 have Rd 1 off. It's effectively a split round.

But if those 8 teams who play Rd 0 then play Rd 1 they have to have a week off later, and in doing so, they effectively get 2 byes while the other 10 teams only get 1.

It's an advantage mid-season when fatigue kicks in for the 8 teams selected for Rd 0

 

[Johnny Bananas]

I have no issue if those who play in Rd 0 have Rd 1 off. It's effectively a split round.

But if those 8 teams who play Rd 0 then play Rd 1 they have to have a week off later, and in doing so, they effectively get 2 byes while the other 10 teams only get 1.

It's an advantage mid-season when fatigue kicks in for the 8 teams selected for Rd 0

That's a fair point. It's better being a split round.

 

[Tiger2709]

I have no issue if those who play in Rd 0 have Rd 1 off. It's effectively a split round.

But if those 8 teams who play Rd 0 then play Rd 1 they have to have a week off later, and in doing so, they effectively get 2 byes while the other 10 teams only get 1.

It's an advantage mid-season when fatigue kicks in for the 8 teams selected for Rd 0

Even though my team benefits, the worst thing about our game is the draw, we already have enough imbalance without adding this, unfortunately the AFL does what the AFL wants often at the detriment of the supporters that pay their wages.

 

[Tiger2709]

That's a fair point. It's better being a split round.

Except split rounds are shite, last thing I want is one game into the season having a break, its bad enough having Thursday games that start in WA berfore you finish work without having yet another weekend with no game at all.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Play 17 games per club for 4 Premiership points, once against each opponent.

Play all these extra games at the start of the season for 2 Premiership points. It would be a somewhat fairer draw and also allow clubs to experiment a bit, play younger players etc before the 4 point games start. Put all these gimmick commercial orientated rounds into the early part of the season before the 4 pointers commence.

 

[Toump Ass]

Just burn it all to the ground and start again.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Reminds me of a train station in Sydney were there was platforms 1 to 5 and for the Olympics they built a new line next to platform 1 and instead of renaming all the platforms in correct order some genius decided to call the new platform "platform 0"

How is putting a platform 0 next to platform 1 not in the correct order?

The reason things often start from 1 is to align cardinal and ordinal numbers. (item 1 is the 1st item, item 2 is the 2nd item, etc).

But we never use ordinal numbers to refer to rounds in the AFL. “GWS defeated Suns in the 5th round” is not a thing.

We don’t use ordinal numbers for station platforms either because of the ambiguity over the term ‘platform’. (The “3rd platform” typically refers to the physical structure that people stand on to wait for the train, rather than the side the structure that the train departs from)

So why not use round 0?

 

[Dazb86]

Play 17 games per club for 4 Premiership points, once against each opponent.

Play all these extra games at the start of the season for 2 Premiership points. It would be a somewhat fairer draw and also allow clubs to experiment a bit, play younger players etc before the 4 point games start. Put all these gimmick commercial orientated rounds into the early part of the season before the 4 pointers commence.

Home games should be worth 3 points and away games 4.

 

[juss]

Who cares what the name is? The idea is a good one in terms of growing the game in non-traditional states. Are there any objections besides the name?

Yes. The fixture is skewed from the first week, the clubs playing or not playing are at an advantage or disadvantage for the first parts of the season, depending on how it plays out, and these clubs need to manage significantly different plans with the bye.

Collingwood and Brisbane finished their season last, will have the shortest preseasons of all clubs, and will start the season a week before most clubs?

I love the sport but damn the AFL continues to make annoying decisions. I reckon most fans wouldn't be in favour on this if surveyed.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Collingwood and Brisbane finished their season last, will have the shortest preseasons of all clubs, and will start the season a week before most clubs?

Speaking as a Lions fan, I don't care. The preseason is months long, an extra week isn't an issue.