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AFL Introduces Wild Card Round
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Yep. Pay packets is what they chase. Thats all this is; an extra finals week = extra cash.
No way should 60% of the entire league make finals. Which is what's happening.
Even with 19 sides in, 8 teams in finals is more than enough.
10 out of 18-19 is ridiculous.
Part of what made the end of this season so exciting was 10 teams trying to squeeze into the 8. If we had top 10 this year it would have actually had the opposite effect and made more games meaningless. The top 10 would have been locked in much sooner and just the order would be shuffling around.
Also trying to use buzzwords like ‘wildcard round’ instead of finals to seem exciting and trendy is cringy and lame.
Also trying to use buzzwords like ‘wildcard round’ instead of finals to seem exciting and trendy is cringy and lame.
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Dillon has now introduced the concept of "maximising" the number of "Games of Consequence", so get ready for the excitement of 12th and 13th desperately fighting for 10th.
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I reckon we should have an 18 team wildcard where each team, regardless of ladder position play each other once, and then play another randomly determined 5 teams again. Followed by a top 8 at the end of the wildcard to determine the true premiership.
**** cricket.
**** cricket.
I'm not sure it rewards mediocrity at all, surely now finishing in the top six is the imperative to miss the side show.
Remember the AFL will be negotiating with DANZ for the next telecast rights. The more they can get the AFL looking like a EU/USA sporting package the easier sell it will be.
It's one of the reasons the AFL have been so down on clubs about long term, big money contracts. The next media deal will be for very moderate gains at best. Salary cap increases like we have seen will soon be a thing of the past.
DANZ specializes in international sports, it bought FOX for cricket and to some extent rugby league. I'm going to guess they have no idea what AFL even is. They are a European company backed by Saudi money and enormously in debt.
I would rather this, than a top 10, tbh.
If there is one thing all footy fans can agree on surely it is a boycott of the term 'wildcard' round, at least until there is some 'wild' element included.
Just call it week 1 of finals. Or 'minnow round'. Or 'the stupid round for shit teams who will probably get smashed on the road next week anyway'.
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Yep exactly. You work hard all season to get in that position to give yourselves a chance at premiership glory for it possibly be taken away from you.
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Geelong fans salivating over still making finals from the 9th or 10th spot they'll finish next year.
With only 3 Vic clubs making the 8 this year I guess its one way of making sure they still get representation.
Now watch those 9th/10th placed Vic sides get Geelong GF 1st half umpiring in their wildcard matches.
Bookmark it.
With only 3 Vic clubs making the 8 this year I guess its one way of making sure they still get representation.
Now watch those 9th/10th placed Vic sides get Geelong GF 1st half umpiring in their wildcard matches.
Bookmark it.
It's 100% a final.
It's top 10, not wildcard. Wildcard is legitimate only for conference systems.
Yawn
Still hurting over 2024, I see.
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Have they announced the seeding? E.g. if 8th and 10th wins is 8th the 7th seed and 10th 8th seed or does 10 jump up to 7 because they beat them?
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The one where we won 1 final and FA else like your mob, yeah, cuts deep.
In your example, 8th and 10th will play on a Wed night to see who gets the #7 seed.
Yay, another final. No can’t use that term. Wildcard? Nope.
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It’s a money grab and nothing more.
It merely adjusts media attention & content creation to - “can they make it to 10th” instead of 8th.
It allows for more than half the league to make finals each year - even with more losses than wins.
It pits 7th vs 10th, who can have as many as 5-6 wins difference & significantly different %, on an even keel.
It awards mediocrity.
It’s a brilliant example of a farce;
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Absolute ****ing circus this sport has now become.
Umpires will now have to determine if a player legitimately fumbled to avoid having a disposal
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Too many dinosaurs stuck in the past, it's a good idea
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Why should 5th have to play 8th in a knock out final in the 1st week when they may be 3-4 wins better than 8th?
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As a WAFL fan were you against the WAFL having a top 5 for its 9 teams for a lot of its recent history?
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Just cancel your kayo and call/email your club and tell them you're considering halting your membership. It's the only way these fools will listen and potentially reverse this decision
First round of finals pits 4th vs 1st. The difference in wins can be just as large as that between 7th-10th. Actually, technically it can be larger if first has a monster year.It’s a money grab and nothing more.
It merely adjusts media attention & content creation to - “can they make it to 10th” instead of 8th.
It allows for more than half the league to make finals each year - even with more losses than wins.
It pits 7th vs 10th, who can have as many as 5-6 wins difference & significantly different %, on an even keel.
It awards mediocrity.
It’s a brilliant example of a farce;
farce
/fɑːs/
noun
- a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay.
Whats wrong with a money grab if it does not make things worse? There are already lots of money grabs in the afl that do make things worse in terms of integrity. Eg. Having a fixture over a draw. Eg. Have top 6 teams from year before have a harder fixture. Eg. Having finals in the first place rather then simply highest team wins. Eg. The draft positions based on performance. Do you calls those aspects of the game farces? Cos they are much bigger farces then this change.
If 10th played 1st and they were on equal settings come finals i would agree it was a farce. But this is far from that. Its almost impossible for 7th-10th to win now. This change now makes it harder for 7th and 8th to win. This is an improvement. Before you could win from anywhere in the top 8. Now you really have to finish top 6 to have a realistic chance. No team will win 5 away games in a row against higher ranked teams to win a flag when some of their higher ranked opponents having a rest to freshen up. It just wont happen. 9th and 10th could do some damage to one or two oppoments and give their fans hope for the future though. Thats only a plus in my books. But none will ever make a grand final let alone win it.
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But your just trying to be controversial.
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