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Nine News has reported the AFL is in a legal fight over the Finals system with the Crawford Final 8 proposed 30 years ago
The Crawford Final 8
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Crawford Final 8 System
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Nine News has reported the AFL is in a legal fight over the Finals system with the Crawford Final 8 proposed 30 years ago
The Crawford Final 8
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Could just be an Amazing Coincidence in Football.
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Semis -> Preliminary -> Qualfying -> GF Just looks wrong.
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There are only so many combination you can make with a final 8.
Old mate probably made every possible combination.
Bunch of people have thrown out possible final 10s on big footy, if one of them gets used (bloody likely) does that person then claim the AFL copied them?
Old mate probably made every possible combination.
Bunch of people have thrown out possible final 10s on big footy, if one of them gets used (bloody likely) does that person then claim the AFL copied them?
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Sydney would've been playing Geelong had Crawford got his way
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Moron's system has four "semi" finals, and actually wants people to know that.
Nothing quite like bragging about how dumb you are. Especially if you're meant to be a teacher.
Nothing quite like bragging about how dumb you are. Especially if you're meant to be a teacher.
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25 years this bloke has been at it.
The final eight system is actually just a “double” version of the old final four, which splits the finalists into halves to play each other:
Is it really such a piece of intellectual product that somebody can claim to have “invented” it?
Surely it was an obvious option that anybody with a knowledge of football would have (and probably did) come up with?
The final eight system is actually just a “double” version of the old final four, which splits the finalists into halves to play each other:
- Top half winners get a rest
- Top half losers get a second chance
- Bottom half winners play top half losers
- Bottom half losers go out
Is it really such a piece of intellectual product that somebody can claim to have “invented” it?
Surely it was an obvious option that anybody with a knowledge of football would have (and probably did) come up with?
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Under this system the first week would've looked like:
GROUP A
2nd Semi Final - Sydney Swans (1st) vs Geelong Cats (3rd) - SCG
1st Semi Final - Western Bulldogs (6th) vs Carlton (8th) - MCG
GROUP B
1st Semi Final - Brisbane Lions (5th) vs Hawthorn (7th) - Gabba
2nd Semi Final - Port Adelaide (2nd) vs GWS Giants (4th) - Adelaide Oval
The Cats would've been sent to Sydney to play the Swans in a 2022 GF rematch while the Hawks would've been paired with Brisbane in their group.
GROUP A
2nd Semi Final - Sydney Swans (1st) vs Geelong Cats (3rd) - SCG
1st Semi Final - Western Bulldogs (6th) vs Carlton (8th) - MCG
GROUP B
1st Semi Final - Brisbane Lions (5th) vs Hawthorn (7th) - Gabba
2nd Semi Final - Port Adelaide (2nd) vs GWS Giants (4th) - Adelaide Oval
The Cats would've been sent to Sydney to play the Swans in a 2022 GF rematch while the Hawks would've been paired with Brisbane in their group.
The current finals system could be drawn up on a napkin by anyone. It's simple and it works.
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uh it's not even the same system?
The 4 first week match ups in this clown's system are different to what's actually done, and therefore every subsequent final also has different potential opponents. Why did this even get mentioned in the news?
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Love the news getting his name wrong on TV. 
Do we think he's bought a Devils membership?
Do we think he's bought a Devils membership?
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Read the note at the bottom.
The current system actually does do that most of the time, but in week three.
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The channel 9 footy show on a Thursday night was big on it getting changed to the current system.
Old mate should have something way back then.
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There were signs on a porch outside Bellrieve for this back in 2022.
How slow can the news be.
There were signs on a porch outside Bellrieve for this back in 2022.
How slow can the news be.
Obviously not the same, but all things being equal, the above system has the fairer second and third weeks.
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Well it could be pot luck it's the same, or maybe they did use his example.
Either way there is no evidence
Either way there is no evidence
Yeah but did he have a pre-finals bye week?
That's what I thought!
That's what I thought!
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