jjsmitty8
Norm Smith Medallist
A bit of a random thread, and it might just get sucked into the BigFooty blackhole, but we all obviously love football, and I want to see what people would love to see the game evolve into (if at all).
Get creative. Think a bit left field. In your ideal world, what would the AFL competition look like and how would it run.
To get the ball rolling, I think the AFL would be far more interesting if we had a little bit more of an exciting entrance for our teams. Theme songs are great, but the oversized banners are just a novelty and a bit useless really. My ideal AFL world would have a bit of an NFL/NBA style entry!
In regards to fixturing, I would have a 17 round season, where each team only plays each other once, and the cycle would be over two years. EG. Collingwood v Port at the MCG in 2013, Port v Collingwood at Adelaide Oval in 2014. Therefore there would be no fixturing inequality. To stretch the season out, I would have a 3 week mid year break. For example after round 10, the teams get a week break, the middle weekend would be an 'All-Star' style weekend with an All-Star/State of Origin game, followed by another week off, then commence round 11.
Finals would work essentially the same, however split the 18 teams in 3 pools of 6 (1-6, 7-12, 13-18) Teams 1-6 get a rest, Teams 7-12 play off in a mini round robin, and two teams win a finals berth. (Now we have a final 8, and the finals are played as per usual), and Teams 13-18 play off for some sort of shield/trophy, and to to win the number 1 draft pick. This way, every team has something to play for all the way up until the last game.
This is just my AFL utopia, a bit farfetched, but hey! this is what the threads about. Let rip
Get creative. Think a bit left field. In your ideal world, what would the AFL competition look like and how would it run.
To get the ball rolling, I think the AFL would be far more interesting if we had a little bit more of an exciting entrance for our teams. Theme songs are great, but the oversized banners are just a novelty and a bit useless really. My ideal AFL world would have a bit of an NFL/NBA style entry!
In regards to fixturing, I would have a 17 round season, where each team only plays each other once, and the cycle would be over two years. EG. Collingwood v Port at the MCG in 2013, Port v Collingwood at Adelaide Oval in 2014. Therefore there would be no fixturing inequality. To stretch the season out, I would have a 3 week mid year break. For example after round 10, the teams get a week break, the middle weekend would be an 'All-Star' style weekend with an All-Star/State of Origin game, followed by another week off, then commence round 11.
Finals would work essentially the same, however split the 18 teams in 3 pools of 6 (1-6, 7-12, 13-18) Teams 1-6 get a rest, Teams 7-12 play off in a mini round robin, and two teams win a finals berth. (Now we have a final 8, and the finals are played as per usual), and Teams 13-18 play off for some sort of shield/trophy, and to to win the number 1 draft pick. This way, every team has something to play for all the way up until the last game.
This is just my AFL utopia, a bit farfetched, but hey! this is what the threads about. Let rip