AFL should not call it a premiership this season.

[Free Agent]

Given this season is ruined and won't be 23 rounds it doesn't seem right to class it as a premiership this season.

I just think the AFL should use this as a experimental season and named all awards as a once off as something else.

No Premiership Cup or Norm Smith/Brownlow to be awarded ect. There's too much history in those awards.

Just call it something different.




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[Chief]

If the number of games and rules are changed, they are changed for everyone.

I don't see why it wouldn't be counted.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Given this season is ruined and won't be 23 rounds it doesn't seem right to class it as a premiership this season.

I just think the AFL should use this as a experimental season and named all awards as a once off as something else.

No Premiership Cup or Norm Smith/Brownlow to be awarded ect. There's too much history in those awards.

Just call it something different.




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You haven't offered up any suggestions. You've just posted your personal opinion that you've clearly developed with no basis.

Does Marlion Pickett have an * next to his premiership medal because he won it in his debut game? If we play 17 rounds this year it's simply because those were the unfortunate circumstances we had to deal with. It's still the same players in the same jumpers playing the same sport, just a few less games on a whole and in front of less spectators.

 

[Colonial]

So do we cancel out any time the Premiership was less than 18 teams and 23 rounds then?

No reason to change it.


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[FISTO]

Please don't give the clowns at AFL House any more bad ideas

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

The very first Brownlow medal was awarded in an 18 team season.

 

[HardcoreGeelongFan]

Excellent suggestion. May as well include the AFL-X Grand Final winners in the premership tally if we include this half season. If there is a premiership it shouldn't be worth the same as other AFL premierships.

The main reason is the winning club had to work a lot less than winning clubs of all other years and not play top clubs twice. Also if Richmond were affected by coronavirus and Port weren't, and Port won the flag it wouldn't be fair

 

[StillAtLarge]

Why don't we name the respective awards after players that were historically 'less esteemed' recipients.
Therefore, the Coleman Medal becomes the Simon Beasley medal, the Brownlow Medal is the Shane Award (named after messrs Woewodin and Charter) and the Norm Smith can be renamed the Jason Johannisen Supreme Disposal Efficiency Metres Gained Metres Gained Metres Gained Medal.
Of course it'll only apply for the 2020 season and all awards will revert back to their rightful names when footy returns to normal. Thoughts?

 

[The_Reaper]

Given this season is ruined and won't be 23 rounds it doesn't seem right to class it as a premiership this season.

I just think the AFL should use this as a experimental season and named all awards as a once off as something else.

No Premiership Cup or Norm Smith/Brownlow to be awarded ect. There's too much history in those awards.

Just call it something different.




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If the world war and 1800s amateur league premierships are counted I see no reason why this one wouldn't be, provided it restarted.

Only proviso I'd have is that every team should have to play every other team at least once.

 

[bobs head soup]

If we end up with a 17 round season with everyone playing each other once, it could well be argued that the ultimate Premier will be the most legitimate of recent decades.

 

[NaturalDisaster]

You could also argue that the current system shouldn't be called a premiership because 23 is an even number, and teams play some teams once and others twice, making it unfair.

The round number matters little, it's arbitrary.

 

[Free Agent]

Excellent suggestion. May as well include the AFL-X Grand Final winners in the premership tally if we include this half season. If there is a premiership it shouldn't be worth the same as other AFL premierships.

The main reason is the winning club had to work a lot less than winning clubs of all other years and not play top clubs twice. Also if Richmond were affected by coronavirus and Port weren't, and Port won the flag it wouldn't be fair

Agreed. I just look back and think how different the ladder turns out from rnd17 to rnd23. A lot can happen in that extra month. Also the 23 rnd season is a strength of endurance and management.

How many times in season gone do we have posters come on half way through seasons on here and claim Premierships only to find there team shits the bed when it gets down to the pointy end of the season. Its like the sayinh Premierships aren't won in May or August. But seems like this year it will be just that technically in its length.

We can't go claiming a premiership with just half a season. Is a joke and I wouldn't even mark it down as anything in history. Same goes for Brownlow.

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[HTT]

Before R1 the assumption was 17 games, 16.5min quarters, top 8 finals
If all that remains the same, given every team gets to play every other team, it’s a fair season.

If we cut more off then it becomes an illegitimate season imo.

 

[big_e]

Given this season is ruined and won't be 23 rounds it doesn't seem right to class it as a premiership this season.

I just think the AFL should use this as a experimental season and named all awards as a once off as something else.

No Premiership Cup or Norm Smith/Brownlow to be awarded ect. There's too much history in those awards.

Just call it something different.




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Bad call, Hutchy.

 

[juss]

I disagree, providing we can still play 17 games + finals, the premier will still need to make finals and win finals and ultimately the grand final.

It will be the same this year albeit with fewer games.

Should we reach a scenario when games are significantly reduced and not all teams play each other, then I'd change my view.

 

[LordLucifer]

Given this season is ruined and won't be 23 rounds it doesn't seem right to class it as a premiership this season.

I just think the AFL should use this as a experimental season and named all awards as a once off as something else.

No Premiership Cup or Norm Smith/Brownlow to be awarded ect. There's too much history in those awards.

Just call it something different.




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I know people are quite bored at this point in time but there comes a time when posting utter shite just for the sake of posting has to be outlawed.

 

[Rickee]

The 1916 season was played with 4 sides over 12 rounds. They still call Fitzroys win a Premiership.

Don't be daft.

 

[MWPP]

If the 17 round season does eventuate, it will be a fairer fixture (even accounting for some teams having more home games than others) than our current 22 one, but that's a big if

 

[telsor]

I think there has to be a minimum before it qualifies as legitimate, and I'd agree with the other posters who have put that at 17 games of H&A + finals.

Really, I think they're stretching it even at that if they play short qtrs.

 

[big_e]

I think there has to be a minimum before it qualifies as legitimate, and I'd agree with the other posters who have put that at 17 games of H&A + finals.

Really, I think they're stretching it even at that if they play short qtrs.

The number of games and length of quarters has changed over the years. As has the finals format, number of players per team, and just about every other rule that exists.

The game changes, sometimes for a short time, sometimes forever - it is what it is. The key is that everyone is playing by the same rules this year. If you're the best team, you deserve to be considered premiers.

 

[Cotchins Hair Piece]

The very first Brownlow medal was awarded in an 18 team season.

Huh?

 

[kaiserchief13]

So do we cancel out any time the Premiership was less than 18 teams and 23 rounds then?

No reason to change it.


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Yes we do

 

[Colonial]

Yes we do

Cool all for it then


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[Papa G]

17 rounds is the closest thing the AFL has ever had to a fair fixture.

 

[big_e]

So do we cancel out any time the Premiership was less than 18 teams and 23 rounds then?

No reason to change it.


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Only one of West Coast's premierships has been won in a 23 round season.

I think I'm coming around to this idea.