Oppo Camp 2025 Other Games Rolling Thread

[Fat Jesus]

Ditch opening round.
All teams play each other once by the end of round 17.
New fixture released for round 18 onwards with all top 8 teams playing each other again. This determines final placing. Bottom 10 teams play a seeded system to qualify for draft picks.
9th place gets the first draft pick, 10th the second and so on.
Could also include a wildcard game where 8th plays 9th in the round before finals for an elimination spot.

A much fairer system

 

[rdangelo]

Ditch opening round.
All teams play each other once by the end of round 17.
New fixture released for round 18 onwards with all top 8 teams playing each other again. This determines final placing. Bottom 10 teams play a seeded system to qualify for draft picks.
9th place gets the first draft pick, 10th the second and so on.
Could also include a wildcard game where 8th plays 9th in the round before finals for an elimination spot.

Top 8 playing each other again, where do they play? Opposite to season fixture?

If so, you'll have some teams getting more Home games than others.

If not, you'll have some teams playing away to the same team twice.

 

[jmac70]

Top 8 playing each other again, where do they play? Opposite to season fixture?

If so, you'll have some teams getting more Home games than others.

If not, you'll have some teams playing away to the same team twice.

1v8
2v7
3v6
And so on.

 

[Dtennent94]

1v8
2v7
3v6
And so on.

I hear this concept a lot and I think the downside to it is that it is basically a no-knockout finals series… it waters down the real thing in my opinion.

 

[jmac70]

I hear this concept a lot and I think the downside to it is that it is basically a no-knockout finals series… it waters down the real thing in my opinion.

This would be part of the H&A games. The finals would remain the same.

 

[JuniorB]

You realise the roar is basically the channel 31 of the sports news world. It's literally some bloke in his garage. Probably a Geelong fan.

Yes, that's why I take articles like this with a very large pinch of salt.

 

[rdangelo]

1v8
2v7
3v6
And so on.

"with all top 8 teams playing each other again"

What's 1v8 got to do with it?

 

[jmac70]

"with all top 8 teams playing each other again"

What's 1v8 got to do with it?

I’ve planted the seed mate. My work is done.

 

[rdangelo]

"with all top 8 teams playing each other again"

What's 1v8 got to do with it?

The concept above is ok if you're fine with some teams playing more home games than others or some teams playing the same team twice away or home, you can't have it both ways.

 

[jmac70]

The concept above is ok if you're fine with some teams playing more home games than others or some teams playing the same team twice away or home, you can't have it both ways.

Something needs to change. We have 9 teams left in it after 14 rounds.
The current second team now play 17th twice in 8 rounds.

The fixture is broken.

 

[Dtennent94]

This would be part of the H&A games. The finals would remain the same.

So teams can still drop out or come in to the 8 during this period?

Be much much better off finishing 9th than 8th then.

Not to mention my point which was that all the finals matchups get played out immediately before finals start. Kind of takes away a bit of the anticipation in my eyes.

 

[rdangelo]

Something needs to change. We have 9 teams left in it after 14 rounds.
The current second team now play 17th twice in 8 rounds.

The fixture is broken.

A lot can be fixed by everyone playing each other once first, like it used to be. I agree.

I don't mind your concept just the remaining 7 games where all top 8s play each other needs to be thought through a bit.

I don't mind the finals going to 5 weeks, with the 1st week of the finals being an elimination 8th v 9th match.

Last year it would have been Carl v Pies. Year before WB v Carl.

 

[jmac70]

So teams can still drop out or come in to the 8 during this period?

Be much much better off finishing 9th than 8th then.

Not to mention my point which was that all the finals matchups get played out immediately before finals start. Kind of takes away a bit of the anticipation in my eyes.

Final 8 teams would be set after round 17, only the order would change.

 

[rdangelo]

So teams can still drop out or come in to the 8 during this period?

Be much much better off finishing 9th than 8th then.

Not to mention my point which was that all the finals matchups get played out immediately before finals start. Kind of takes away a bit of the anticipation in my eyes.

No, using jmacs proposal you can't jump in the 8 after round 17.

 

[Dtennent94]

Final 8 teams would be set after round 17, only the order would change.

You still end up with the same problem of 5/9 matches per weekend meaning nothing.

Perhaps this makes for a slightly fairer draw though? Is that what you’re trying to achieve here?

 

[jmac70]

You still end up with the same problem of 5/9 matches per weekend meaning nothing.

Perhaps this makes for a slightly fairer draw though? Is that what you’re trying to achieve here?

You do.
Extra spice could be added by giving 9th a game against 8th for the last finals spot.

 

[Dtennent94]

You do.
Extra spice could be added by giving 9th a game against 8th for the last finals spot.

Fairer is good. Plus these matches would obviously be decent standard of footy, you’d think.

I still think it’s a problem to have 8 weeks of no-KO finals right before finals.

I also doubt the AFL would like their “equalisation” strategy of giving some teams deliberately easier draws being taken away.

 

[jmac70]

Fairer is good. Plus these matches would obviously be decent standard of footy, you’d think.

I still think it’s a problem to have 8 weeks of no-KO finals right before finals.

I also doubt the AFL would like their “equalisation” strategy of giving some teams deliberately easier draws being taken away.

The AFL will just keep doing what they do. We now have a Russian billionaire controlling Saturday footy, and apparently that’s a good thing.

 

[Mick F]

You still end up with the same problem of 5/9 matches per weekend meaning nothing.

Perhaps this makes for a slightly fairer draw though? Is that what you’re trying to achieve here?

The companies that pay for advertising aren’t going to cough up the same $$$ for second tier games. The competition’s purpose is to provide high rating TV content.

 

[Dtennent94]

The companies that pay for advertising aren’t going to cough up the same $$$ for second tier games. The competition’s purpose is to provide high rating TV content.

One thing that crappy football has going for it: it’s just as good for gambling…

 

[manicpie]

Melbourne are an insignificant club trying to pretend they are significant.

 

[jmac70]

The companies that pay for advertising aren’t going to cough up the same $$$ for second tier games. The competition’s purpose is to provide high rating TV content.

They are already doing it.
The Port v Dees game being played right now has no bearing on the final 8.

 

[danielnajdek]

So I see Langdon isn't holding and scragging anyone today.

 

[jmac70]

C’mon Port, flog the w***ers.

 

[Fat Jesus]

Something needs to change. We have 9 teams left in it after 14 rounds.
The current second team now play 17th twice in 8 rounds.

The fixture is broken.

Exactly. Your system with a little tweaking is fairer than what we have now.