Say bye to the Brownlow

[Stopher]

If the pre-finals bye is to stay, then the AFL should move the Brownlow to somewhere Monday-Wednesday of this week off (clubs could be consulted).

It's an award that is completely irrelevant to the finals, so it has no business being jammed into the build-up of the biggest final. I'm fairly confident the Grand Final can stand on its own two feet for the week!

Another thing could be hosting it in a non-Vic state every other year, on a rotating basis. We're not exactly talking about taking the GF away from the 'G here (a discussion for another time!)

Thoughts?

 

[captain cotch 9]

I think it should be on this Friday or Saturday night.

 

[calyam]

If the pre-finals bye is to stay, then the AFL should move the Brownlow to somewhere Monday-Wednesday of this week off (clubs could be consulted).

It's an award that is completely irrelevant to the finals, so it has no business being jammed into the build-up of the biggest final. I'm fairly confident the Grand Final can stand on its own two feet for the week!

Another thing could be hosting it in a non-Vic state every other year, on a rotating basis. We're not exactly talking about taking the GF away from the 'G here (a discussion for another time!)

Thoughts?

With eight teams still playing that is a lot of players who won't travel interstate for the award.

It would certainly cheapen the night.

 

[King Brown]

I agree with this idea.

 

[HaroLad]

Just get rid of the bye

 

[Taylor]

The All Australian team could be named this week too, I don't believe the panel choosing them would be influenced by anything that happened in the last weekend of games. It would either validate their opinion or be discounted as "not being consistent enough"

Point is, they have already got the team.

 

[Lensen]

About 97% of the hype around it is the ability to bet on it, and the 3-4 weeks post conclusion of the season allows fifty billion bet types to be manufactured and considered, increasing the hype of the event

Moving it so soon takes away some of this hype, thus they won't do it

 

[Xenthor]

Friday night-Brownlow
Saturday night: Legends game
Sunday night: Women's State of Origin

 

[Stopher]

Just get rid of the bye

I actually agree with this. BUT, if it's here to stay, let's make the most of it.

 

[Jimmybob]

I like it how it is. If anything needs changing, it's the bye

 

[PP34]

I wouldn't mind it being moved to the Friday of this week off but it doesn't bother me too much.

Grand final week is pretty fun with all the extra stuff.

The bye is the thing that should **** off. Why the need to completely kill momentum as we head into the finals?

 

[Stopher]

I wouldn't mind it being moved to the Friday of this week off but it doesn't bother me too much.

Grand final week is pretty fun with all the extra stuff.

The bye is the thing that should **** off. Why the need to completely kill momentum as we head into the finals?

Yep, maybe Thursday / Friday night for Brownlow / AA Team, leave Saturday and Sunday arvos for televised state league finals, with Saturday / Sunday night for Legends /Women's SOO.

 

[Milanista28]

Just get rid of the bye

But but Thursday night footy.

 

[Andrew Mc]

With eight teams still playing that is a lot of players who won't travel interstate for the award.

It would certainly cheapen the night.

Yup, this is a good point. And if you do it this week, players from the other 10 clubs would be still coming down off benders.

Agree with others though that the bye week should be well and truly ****ed off.

 

[Howard Moon]

I assume its pre GF because it allows all but 2 teams to 'let their hair down'

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

I don't care when it is. Useless award.

 

[blitzer]

Yeah if you are going to have a bye - then might as well do all the post season awards like AA and Brownlow during this time.
I agree its just a distraction to the Grand Final.

 

[van peebles]

Brownlow night deserves to be in a week when players can get arrested and spend the rest of the week on the front page.

 

[Power Raid]

If the pre-finals bye is to stay, then the AFL should move the Brownlow to somewhere Monday-Wednesday of this week off (clubs could be consulted).

It's an award that is completely irrelevant to the finals, so it has no business being jammed into the build-up of the biggest final. I'm fairly confident the Grand Final can stand on its own two feet for the week!

Another thing could be hosting it in a non-Vic state every other year, on a rotating basis. We're not exactly talking about taking the GF away from the 'G here (a discussion for another time!)

Thoughts?

yep All Australian team named in the first week of the bye.

Brownlow on the Saturday or Sunday night.

 

[Tasfut]

If the bye after round 23 continues the legends game should be Friday night and the brownlow on Saturday night!

 

[Benny78]

I wouldn't mind it being moved to the Friday of this week off but it doesn't bother me too much.

Grand final week is pretty fun with all the extra stuff.

The bye is the thing that should **** off. Why the need to completely kill momentum as we head into the finals?

The bye is a joke. Effectively cancels out the entire seasons and refreshes a new 4 week season. Basically it's turned a finals series into a mini round robin.

 

[Gibbsy]

Basically it's turned a finals series into a mini round robin.

Apart from the fact it is nothing like a round robin.

 

[base615]

How about, instead of this godawful event which appears to be more of a WAG parade than anything else, they just total the points up after the last game and tell everybody who won. It's intensely boring.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Just get rid of the bye

Ideally this, but if not then the Chazlow should be on this weekend.

 

[kozi]

If the pre-finals bye is to stay, then the AFL should move the Brownlow to somewhere Monday-Wednesday of this week off (clubs could be consulted).

It's an award that is completely irrelevant to the finals, so it has no business being jammed into the build-up of the biggest final. I'm fairly confident the Grand Final can stand on its own two feet for the week!

Another thing could be hosting it in a non-Vic state every other year, on a rotating basis. We're not exactly talking about taking the GF away from the 'G here (a discussion for another time!)

Thoughts?

All for it. Best case scenario is to do away with the bye completely, but if it's persisted with then the Brownlow should without doubt be filling the space.

Just another missed opportunity by the AFL. If I was a bookie I'd set the line at -10 years until the idea even occurs to them.