Thursday night footy
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Yep, be more than content if it lock to have Friday be start of the round each week.
Hate Thursday night footy and think it’s purely a commercial gimmick for the networks.
It just does not work outside of those few who either live close to the grounds or don’t have work/school the next day.
It doesn’t work for many with young families to either attend or watch on tv.
It doesn’t work if you have to travel 1 hour or more to and from the game.
It doesn’t work for majority who work Friday business hours to attend games.
And it doesn’t even work to watch the full game for many at home where once again it gets too late on a school/work night.
Just my view but just scrap it from the fixture. It’s just a cash grab as part of the network agreement.
It just does not work outside of those few who either live close to the grounds or don’t have work/school the next day.
It doesn’t work for many with young families to either attend or watch on tv.
It doesn’t work if you have to travel 1 hour or more to and from the game.
It doesn’t work for majority who work Friday business hours to attend games.
And it doesn’t even work to watch the full game for many at home where once again it gets too late on a school/work night.
Just my view but just scrap it from the fixture. It’s just a cash grab as part of the network agreement.
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Used to hate it, now I cbf going to games any more they should have footy every night.
It’s a cash grab because everyone watches it
Would love to see the stats and a breakdown on viewership between the start, half time, 3 qtr time and full time as I think (from those I know) a huge amount of people cannot actually watch out the game.
Heard Damian Barrett (who works for, and has an inside line, with the AFL) on the radio a couple of weeks ago say "the AFL is looking to have 20 Thursday night matches in 2023". It seems almost everyone enjoys it (especially the TV networks) so it's likely it will happen.
Think when Tassie join it likely will be around 20 in the season.
The club that had a bye the round before almost certainly will play Thursday after their bye.
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Makes sense to have a Thursday night game rather than a double up game on a Saturday night or overlapping games on Sunday.
Also the AFL are just giving a free kick to the NRL whenever they don't have a Thursday night game and the NRL do like tonight.
Also the AFL are just giving a free kick to the NRL whenever they don't have a Thursday night game and the NRL do like tonight.
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I suspect I'm in the minority but love a Thursday night game. But I've always been very laissez-faire to my Friday working attitude. Nor do I have kids to worry about.
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How is 10pm too late? How many people get up at 4am or 5am for their work? Not many id guess
Games typically start at 7:40 AEST (I’m in NSW).
That’s around 10:30pm by time the game finishes.
If you then have to do your nightly routine, might get to sleep by 11:30 or later.
If you have to get early for work like many do, that’s starting to cut it short and you can’t watch the end of the game.
Or, if you have children, keeping them up to 11pm is just not going to happen and have to organise to get them into bed and ready for school. Again missing the second half of the game.
If they want a Thursday timeslot, start an hour earlier.
I miss it tonight
Bit early if you work in WA ?
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Play Thursday and Monday night every week imo.
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Last year North v Eagles was Monday night I think... felt like some weird bonus game and after coming home from the first day after a weekend with a game of footy on felt real weird.
Thursday night games start at 7.20pm. And prime time TV has always been designated as 7.30pm until 10.30pm meaning they believe 10.30pm to be the time that the vast majority start to turn off.
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I wouldn't want to go to a thursday night game but I love watching it on the teevs.
Monday night footy is the pits though
Monday night footy is the pits though
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Will become a permanent thing once Tassie is admitted to the AFL imo.
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Thursday - Sunday proper rounds. Monday - Wednesday classic matches!!
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Thursday night footy is great. Makes the work chatter on Friday that much better.
When Tassie come in and we go to 19 teams I hope it becomes a permanent part of the fixture.
When Tassie come in and we go to 19 teams I hope it becomes a permanent part of the fixture.
As I mentioned in my original post that was just my view and the view of many people I know.
If the Thursday slot works for others then good luck to them. Just from my experience it doesn’t work well due to work commitments the following day.
It is also impossible to attend Thursday night games as well due to travel. Particularly in Sydney traffic, if it’s a Thursday at the SCG you either need to like within a 15km radius or so to attend or travel 2 hours.
Would be over an hour travel time home after the game for myself which means probably wouldn’t get home till after midnight which makes it impossible.
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