Roast AFL 'round zero' What a load of crap ...

[flyinghi64]

Gotta love how the AFL LISTENS TO IT'S FANS.















When it suits them.

 

[smasha]

Time to bomb their emails people , links below
Whinging about it on here isn’t going to help
Let em know what a crap idea it is and this time next year we can be complaining about the next dumb idea they come up with

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membership@afl.com.au

Stand rule also,a disgrace.

 

[westie]

I don’t particularly care when the season starts or what the fixtures are but I can’t get my head around why it’s called round zero instead of round one.

Anything to do with Zero Day?

 

[Obeanie1]

You're reaching hard, this is a load of dribble.

You say supporters want to watch their team - well if that's the case then why are you bothered? Don't watch them, from that statement you don't watch other teams anyway regardless when they're scheduled. if there was no round 0 your team would be playing their first game next week regardless. Secondly, not everyone only cares about their team, as mentioned i'm happy to watch footy regardless who it is, not everyone has to share the same sentiment as you on that.

R0 teams don't get an additional bye, this has already been done to death - round 0 teams have played round 0 and non round 0 teams have not played in round 0. Not really that hard to compute. If you want to talk about the intricacies of when those breaks occur because some teams get them twice after a string of games, then you're reaching, the actual affect is barely worth a breath.

Marketing inequalities? - apparently everyone only watches their team so where is the marketing advantage . Look there may be an extended interest in the first game of the season, but I'm sorry beyond that it would be making absolutely 0 difference. Take next weeks Collingwood v port game on Saturday night as a random example - there would be absolutely 0 interest differential on that game (or any other for that matter) just because the first game of season was played the week before rather than that Thursday.

Lol.

The only clubs that benefit in R0 are those playing R0.

Pretty simple concept.

Not difficult to understand.

Except for supporters of said R0 teams enjoying said benefits.

You can call that veiw every name under the sun but it's true.

As a supporter of a club that has to wait a week to start our season it feels like we are 2nd class AFL citizens.

You have no say into that as you support a club getting yet another leg up. On top of the others.

Why is the AFL doing this? TV $$$$$$$$$$.

That's not reaching. That is just the facts buddy.

 

[zyzzbruh]

Lol.

The only clubs that benefit in R0 are those playing R0.

Pretty simple concept.

Not difficult to understand.

Except for supporters of said R0 teams enjoying said benefits.

You can call that veiw every name under the sun but it's true.

As a supporter of a club that has to wait a week to start our season it feels like we are 2nd class AFL citizens.

You have no say into that as you support a club getting yet another leg up. On top of the others.

Why is the AFL doing this? TV $$$$$$$$$$.

That's not reaching. That is just the facts buddy.

And how exactly do the fans of these clubs benefit form TV money? Where are these benefits you speak of?? Is there a way to deposit it into my account?

If the AFL is actually managing to pull extra TV dollars out of this concept then good on them. How do you think the league stays afloat and feeds you the ability to watch a game of footy to begin with?

You are reaching, hard. Complaining for the sake of complaining because the drivel spewed up is a load of trivial crap.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

And how exactly do the fans of these clubs benefit form TV money? Where are these benefits you speak of?? Is there a way to deposit it into my account?

If the AFL is actually managing to pull extra TV dollars out of this concept then good on them. How do you think the league stays afloat and feeds you the ability to watch a game of footy to begin with?

You are reaching, hard. Complaining for the sake of complaining because the drivel spewed up is a load of trivial crap.

Getting an extra bye is an obvious advantage, for starters

Just a dumb idea, play anywhere but play a full round [emoji106]

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[Not a mere cat]

Have to agree. Seems to have really diluted the start of the season. Where’s all the hype and excitement with us getting to see our team play for the first time in 6 months (only to come crashing back to reality after a loss)? The AFL actually did that well but now this round zero nonsense has taken all that away. Particularly this year with 2 games.

Besides it’s the start of March it’s too early for footy. I’m ignoring this round and will only start to engage next week(maybe) which is sad - I used to look forward to the footy starting again each season. Just another decline for the fans as the AFL is a soulless enterprise beholden to tv stations and gambling companies

 

[Lockyer24]

Having thought about it, teams who played finals starting a week before teams who didn’t the next season is completely stupid, as is not all teams playing in opening round. Play your little interstate games but involve everyone.

The other two completely stupid things the AFL does is kit clashes and the sub rule.

 

[Pistol Night]

Stand rule also,a disgrace.

Especially when they don't call it a lot of the time then rip one out randomly that generally gifts the opposition a goal at a crucial stage

 

[Pistol Night]

Gotta love how the AFL LISTENS TO IT'S FANS.















When it suits them.

They listen perfectly fine. Then just do the opposite

 

[Bostonian]

Just another round for the punters to slap their multis on.

 

[STPer18]

You know flOpening Round is a flop when we'd rather another Carlton and Richmond snoozefest than whatever the hell QLD and NSW have managed to muster these past two years. Sad!

 

[Philhawk]

Is there more media about the Roosters-Broncos game, in Melbourne, over O round? I think not.

That wasn’t the purpose of this stupid exercise.

 

[Coasters7]

You know flOpening Round is a flop when we'd rather another Carlton and Richmond snoozefest than whatever the hell QLD and NSW have managed to muster these past two years. Sad!

How is it hard to just open with the grand final rematch every year. Unfurl the flag at home against the team you beat and they can try to knock you off your perch and ruin the day a little.

Would create far more interest and hype than this shit.

 

[Pistol Night]

How is it hard to just open with the grand final rematch every year. Unfurl the flag at home against the team you beat and they can try to knock you off your perch and ruin the day a little.

Would create far more interest and hype than this shit.

Makes way too much sense for the knobs at AFL house to consider. I agree, the losers stewing all Summer and then watching the flag unfurling would make the game electric

 

[caloschwaby]

Yeah.. bet you feel real stupid now don't you...

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Collingwood and Sydney will play 2 matches before St kildas first game. and out of the 5 games i mentioned ours is the most likely to not be televised, meaning for the "unlucky" clubs we are waiting 2-3 weeks to see our team play while being bombarded with the same teams for 2 weeks. same thing happened last year.

I don't think the round makes a difference there. Collingwood get the bonus marketing of being visible to 100% of the population regardless of whether this bullshit not-a-round exists or not.
Its a bullshit thing, but makes very little difference to the marketing boost big clubs get every year.

 

[Xtreme]

The AFL are known to piggy back off of the concepts of other codes AND deliver subpar versions.

 

[Mofra]

The AFL are known to piggy back off of the concepts of other codes AND deliver subpar versions.

Someone sounds bitter about the Purple Jellybeans losing to the Orange Revenge Vehicles in the great idea that was AFLX a few years back...

 

[Xtreme]

Someone sounds bitter about the Purple Jellybeans losing to the Orange Revenge Vehicles in the great idea that was AFLX a few years back...

AFLX was ahead of its time

It was ruined when they showed players (like Alex fancy pants Rance) skateboarding into the ground.

 

[Kobe Gryant]

Is there more media about the Roosters-Broncos game, in Melbourne, over O round? I think not.

No, but when the whole idea is to "rob their house" so to speak (nice one Jimmy) then you'd expect a bit more buzz.

I know Sydney is only now opening the season on a technicality...but living up here, you wouldn't have a clue anything was going on. It genuinely feels like we're still in pre-season mode.

Naturally, it's like that in regards to AFL up here 99% of the time...but to Philhawk's point, you'd expect SOMETHING when the whole point of this manufactured round is to build an intrigue and buzz in the northern states.

 

[Philhawk]

No, but when the whole idea is to "rob their house" so to speak (nice one Jimmy) then you'd expect a bit more buzz.

I know Sydney is only now opening the season on a technicality...but living up here, you wouldn't have a clue anything was going on. It genuinely feels like we're still in pre-season mode.

Naturally, it's like that in regards to AFL up here 99% of the time...but to Philhawk's point, you'd expect SOMETHING when the whole point of this manufactured round is to build an intrigue and buzz in the northern states.

100% mate. There’s literally 2 games in NSW this weekend and I’ve heard diddly squat about it. In times gone by, there was such a build up to an exciting first week.

Again, I hate to harp on it, but there was an enormous, media driven buzz about the games in Vegas.

If we are going to persist with this silly concept, why not do it properly? Double header event, entertainment, fan zones in the lead up?

Instead there was a swanky launch at Luna Park which no one gave two ****s about.

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

No, but when the whole idea is to "rob their house" so to speak (nice one Jimmy) then you'd expect a bit more buzz.

I know Sydney is only now opening the season on a technicality...but living up here, you wouldn't have a clue anything was going on. It genuinely feels like we're still in pre-season mode.

Naturally, it's like that in regards to AFL up here 99% of the time...but to Philhawk's point, you'd expect SOMETHING when the whole point of this manufactured round is to build an intrigue and buzz in the northern states.

Living in Sydney as well and you wouldn’t have a bloody clue that the footy season was due to start.

If the idea is to grow the game here, they’ve absolutely bullsed it as expected.

 

[The Casey Cat]

Living in Sydney as well and you wouldn’t have a bloody clue that the footy season was due to start.

If the idea is to grow the game here, they’ve absolutely bullsed it as expected.

So no buzz in Sydney and frustration and lack of buzz near everywhere else. Yet I'm sure we will hear about what a 'success' it is. Didn't think the AFL could get more ignorant and out of touch as it was under AD. But here we are.

 

[The Casey Cat]

Get rid of round zero
No one wants it and is just waiting for the real round 1

And when whatever we call the 'real' start to the season comes around the edge has been taken off it (and still too early). Just utter bull sh!t all round.