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Everyone hates mondays, id think it would be good looking forward to something on a monday. Also they could do both thursday and monday if the afl wanted too
Logistically, Monday works better. Both teams can play on Sunday the following weeks and have a six day break.Monday Night is a terrible idea. I much rather have Thursday Night.
Logistically, Monday works better. Both teams can play on Sunday the following weeks and have a six day break.
If it was Thursday night, only one can play the following Friday, meaning the next week one side would have a nine day break against a side which (more likely than not) had a six or seven day break. That can be alleviated somewhat by always scheduling them against a team from the Friday night game, but it adds moe complexity to the scheduling.
Personally, I'd prefer to stick with all games being on the weekend - and removing the club-killer Sunday twilight timeslot. Add Sunday nights, not twilights, on long weekends.
2 new teams:
Friday night double-header (7pm AEST and 8pm WST (10pm AEST) )
I assume a third footy team in WA would have to be based in Perth, but does it have the population to support a new team/who would it represent
Australian capital city and state/territory population growth 2010-2011I assume a third footy team in WA would have to be based in Perth, but does it have the population to support a new team/who would it represent
No chance of the AFL putting TWO teams in Tasmania, population is just too small. Hobart having roughly 125,000-130,000 and Launceston having 65,000-70,000, there is no way the AFL would look past Canberra with a population of 310,000.
The AFL should put a team in Tasmania, playing in Hobart & Launceston, and a team in Canberra.
there is no way the AFL would look past Canberra with a population of 310,000.
It is a fair bit more than that. Canberra-Queanbeyan's population is approx 420,000. Canberra should be an option for the future.
Australian capital city and state/territory population growth 2010-2011
Perth 2.5%
Canberra 1.9%
Brisbane 1.7%
Melbourne 1.6%
Sydney 1.3%
Hobart 1.0%
Adelaide 0.9%
Darwin 0.5%
W.A. 2.4%
QLD 1.7%
Vic 1.5%
NSW 1.1%
S.A. 0.8%
Tas 0.6%
NT 0.4%
Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2010-11
That's why the fixture would be reversed the following year.
And they will be when the AFL look next at expansion in about 10 years or so, along with Tassie and maybe nth queensland. Once these spots are covered followed by newcastle the AFL will have a national team in every major centre in the country. 10 years after this and we will be able to call ourselves Aust version of the NFL. It will be glorious.
An obvious solution that's not so... obvious. I like the idea of this a lot.Add Sunday nights, not twilights, on long weekends.