AFL grounds are so ugly now

[Wettoast11]

The ugly AAMI in the centre circle replacing the Toyota logo which actually fit and looked cool

The Telstra crap on the arc replacing the iconic 50 meters

Rebel sport in the goal square looks shit as well

It’s sad to see.

 

[CharacterFirst]

Yeah...

Ours is a cheat ground as well.

 

[Quivorir]

Is it the gabba that has the cgi logo in the centre? That one can **** right off.

 

[Teen Wolf]

The AAMI logo replaced the Coles logo fwiw. Centre circle hasn't been Toyota since 2019, which itself proved inferior to what was there 20 years earlier imo:

 

[terrybull]

Don’t worry

The near future will be AR glasses where you can design and see the ground/sradium how you like.

Want the grass purple? No problems.
Want to see more trees… just put them in..
If you want the crowd to be Smurfs… will be possible….

Unfortunately won’t change the score…

 

[Cmarsh]

What the AFL should do is paint the club logos of the competing sides on either wings of the ground.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

What the AFL should do is paint the club logos of the competing sides on either wings of the ground.

 

[Teen Wolf]

The home club in a H&A game should absolutely be allowed to incorporate some sort of identification in the ground markings, imo.

Even just something small like this would be good:

 

[Teen Wolf]

But of course, if they were to get rid of the centre circle advertising, they'd compensate with something like this:



(well, they're probably going to end up doing that anyway, regardless of what happens with the centre circle)

 

[Shane Heard]

The ugly AAMI in the centre circle replacing the Toyota logo which actually fit and looked cool

The Telstra crap on the arc replacing the iconic 50 meters

Rebel sport in the goal square looks shit as well

It’s sad to see.

Grounds need more hunger jacks and messages on hold signs.

 

[TruRoo]

Want the grass purple?

Might’ve been an improvement on last night

 

[Wettoast11]

What the AFL should do is paint the club logos of the competing sides on either wings of the ground.

They used to do that for grand finals on the 50 arc but Tel$tra has taken that spot because the AFL are greedy sellouts

 

[BigPond101]

Everything is ugly now. Welcome to late stage civilisation. Just enjoy yourself until Putin / Iran / Trump drops the bomb

 

[Billy ray]

They used to do that for grand finals on the 50 arc but Tel$tra has taken that spot because the AFL are greedy sellouts

Wonder how much $ they provide. Wonder if we could get 50 cent to sponsor it instead

 

[Milanista28]

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That is what many grounds looked like winter time in Victoria.

Thank god we don't get this anymore.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

The ugly AAMI in the centre circle replacing the Toyota logo which actually fit and looked cool

The Telstra crap on the arc replacing the iconic 50 meters

Rebel sport in the goal square looks shit as well

It’s sad to see.

Not to mention the moving electronic signs all the way around the stands.

Makes everything look like the Vegas strip and I’m surprised it got the go-ahead because it must be hugely off-putting for players lining up a set shot.

 

[TruRoo]

Not to mention the moving electronic signs all the way around the stands.

Makes everything look like the Vegas strip and I’m surprised it got the go-ahead because it must be hugely off-putting for players lining up a set shot.

Might be something in that with the set shot accuracy trend

 

[Rotayjay]

We're becoming like rugby league, every available square centimetre milked for advertising greed.

 

[Wettoast11]

wtf is that someone explain

 

[BulldogMuscle]

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One of the things I've hated most this season is the superimposed AAMI logo in the center square, its horrendous.

 

[BulldogMuscle]

Everything is ugly now. Welcome to late stage civilisation. Just enjoy yourself until Putin / Iran / Trump drops the bomb

Nothing. Ever. Happens.

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Guernseys are just as bad.

We oppose player names on the back, yet wave off large commercial advertisements/logos without barely a thought.

The Pies have gone to immense lengths over the years to rightly preserve and protect their black and white heritage, yet sign off on huge red KFC or Emirates blotches with barely a murmur.

 

[kickazz]

The Pies have gone to immense lengths over the years to rightly preserve and protect their black and white heritage, yet sign off on huge red KFC or Emirates blotches with barely a murmur.

This.

And they aren't the only ones.

 

[JackFlash]

I'm lucky enough to have seen games at every VFL suburban ground. As a kid it was a magnificent feeling going to a ground and smelling the pies and hot dog stands firing up, seeing your first glimpse of the Reserves in action and then finding a position to perch yourself for the remainder of the day. Grounds today have no character, there's nothing to remember any of them for.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Not to mention the moving electronic signs all the way around the stands.

Makes everything look like the Vegas strip and I’m surprised it got the go-ahead because it must be hugely off-putting for players lining up a set shot.

I feel heard.

Going to the MCG is now like being trapped in a nightclub

You can’t watch a live game today without being assaulted by the stunningly bright, repetitive flashing of LED ads along all four levels of the Shane Warne Stand.

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