Every game of the final round played at the same time

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JohnZ said:
On a scale from 1 to guaranteed GFs at home, how unfair?
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An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

Dazzler10 said:
What's unfair about it?
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Not having to travel in round 23 would help their recovery heading into Finals and give them a huge HGA if they need the victory in the last round. How many times have we seen Fremantle rest half their side because the game is in Melbourne?

Much in the same way Richmond playing Carlton in round 1 Is unfair. No early travel and an easy victory first up is a great way to start each season.
 
Underarm said:
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.


Not having to travel in round 23 would help their recovery heading into Finals and give them a huge HGA if they need the victory in the last round. How many times have we seen Fremantle rest half their side because the game is in Melbourne?

Much in the same way Richmond playing Carlton in round 1 Is unfair. No early travel and an easy victory first up is a great way to start each season.
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No one's getting extra home games, so I don't subscribe to your view on this one. All good.
 

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Not necessarily a bad idea if you get enough umpires

Would force the networks to split the commentary crews up a bit and would reduce waffling.

Major problem would be punters missing out on a weekend of footy (i.e me).
Esp with a bye round coming - though if it meant scrapping the bye round. And if we could kick AFLW off on the same weekend, then sure. :)

If you take this weekend and we pick a timeslot that works across the country

Pies v Dons - MCG
Cats v Blues - GMHBA
Dogs v Crows - MARS
Port v Freo - AO
WCE v Hawks - OS
Swans v Saints - SCG
Rich v Bris - Marvel
Suns v Giants - Metricon
North v Dees - Hobart

stadiums sort themselves out
 
Underarm said:
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.


Not having to travel in round 23 would help their recovery heading into Finals and give them a huge HGA if they need the victory in the last round. How many times have we seen Fremantle rest half their side because the game is in Melbourne?

Much in the same way Richmond playing Carlton in round 1 Is unfair. No early travel and an easy victory first up is a great way to start each season.
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I think considering we now have a pre-finals Bye thats a non-issue.

Also considering the grand final is always held at the MCG which is an advantage to melbourne sides, whats so wrong with a slight advantage to non-melb sides by securing round 23 games in Geelong, Western Sydney, Sydney, Brisbane etc.

Using this year as an example, obviously they're not implementing this now(probably never).

Coll v Ess, if collingwood lose then richmond know they've secured top 4. Takes the sting out of what would've been a great game.

If the cats lose saturday twilight, then Brisbane has a lot less to play for. Just need to not get absolutely smashed, and they'll secure a top 2 finish for a week 1 final @ the gabba.

If the hawks beat the eagles saturday night, adelaide has a super skinny chance of making the finals. As opposed to not knowing the result and going into the game with a real chance to push yourselves into the finals.

If the bulldogs win, port's got nothing to play for when they otherwise had a sniff of finals.

All in all, you're just diluting the interest in these final games with the current structure. I mean we've got 23 bloody rounds, surely we can sacrifice the traditional structure of one for a great entertaining round.

This years example, we'd have 7 games that show at least one team with a sniff at finals, actually playing for something knowing they are still in the hunt for September glory. Would be quite the spectacle, that's for sure.
 
4THAWN said:
I think considering we now have a pre-finals Bye thats a non-issue.

Also considering the grand final is always held at the MCG which is an advantage to melbourne sides, whats so wrong with a slight advantage to non-melb sides by securing round 23 games in Geelong, Western Sydney, Sydney, Brisbane etc.

Using this year as an example, obviously they're not implementing this now(probably never).

Coll v Ess, if collingwood lose then richmond know they've secured top 4. Takes the sting out of what would've been a great game.

If the cats lose saturday twilight, then Brisbane has a lot less to play for. Just need to not get absolutely smashed, and they'll secure a top 2 finish for a week 1 final @ the gabba.

If the hawks beat the eagles saturday night, adelaide has a super skinny chance of making the finals. As opposed to not knowing the result and going into the game with a real chance to push yourselves into the finals.

If the bulldogs win, port's got nothing to play for when they otherwise had a sniff of finals.

All in all, you're just diluting the interest in these final games with the current structure. I mean we've got 23 bloody rounds, surely we can sacrifice the traditional structure of one for a great entertaining round.

This years example, we'd have 7 games that show at least one team with a sniff at finals, actually playing for something knowing they are still in the hunt for September glory. Would be quite the spectacle, that's for sure.
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Great points, well made.

You will never work for the AFL.
 
citizen-erased said:
Not necessarily a bad idea if you get enough umpires

Would force the networks to split the commentary crews up a bit and would reduce waffling.
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I'd love it if Fox and 7 went all in, put all their callers/specialists/boundary riders into one pool and made 9 groups from that. Leave the scraps for Radio (who apart from Krock/5AA/AFLnation would struggle).

In WA/SA/NSW/QLD, game of most importance on 7/7HD, other game on 7mate
In VIC, Ch7 has 6 channels (7, 7HD, 7two, 7mate, 7food + 7flix). Just gotta ensure that you keep the number of games featuring vic teams to 6 or under (In 2019 it's 7).
 
ThirdLegUp said:
I understand people's fanciful ideas about an exciting last round and fairness... but taking a game at Mars stadium in Ballarat, a Bulldogs home game... and handing it to Adelaide as their home game is taking a giant :poo: on the fairness part of the equation.
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FFS - be a little bit more open minded - it just shows you HOW it could be possible given the match up this week if you wanted to set it up at the start of the season
 
Underarm said:
Ideally every match in the last round is at a major ground to give a good Send off and guarantee maximum attendance.

This means there's only 9 stadiums (Perth, Adelaide, Gabba, Cararra, SCG, Giants, MCG, Docklands, Kardinia Park). Its technically doable but you guarantee a home match for Geelong, and the NSW/Queensland teams every year which wouldn't be fair.
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Lol errr wut? Everyone gets 11 H&A games - what is the issue with when you get them?
 

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Underarm said:
This means there's only 9 stadiums (Perth, Adelaide, Gabba, Cararra, SCG, Giants, MCG, Docklands, Kardinia Park). Its technically doable but you guarantee a home match for Geelong, and the NSW/Queensland teams every year which wouldn't be fair.
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Boo freaking hoo. Geelong get screwed out of home finals and the Northern states get screwed by the go home factor. And every team outside Melbourne gets screwed by the GF being at the MCG. One week with a guaranteed home game in each city isn't torture for Melbourne teams.
 
I don't mind the idea but it is far less material in Australian football than in soccer due to a draw being a feasible game objective in the latter

As others have pointed out there would be resistance from broadcasters and a possibility that the production capacity would be seriously tested
 
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