Opinion Football Feast

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I hate the bye rounds. A boring handbrake on the football season. So I've solved it for the AFL and they can use this idea for one million dollars.

This is the situation this season: Round 11 is as per normal. Then Rounds 12, 13 and 14 are the bye rounds with six teams having a break each week. Then back into it for Round 15.

So there are 18 games over those three affected weekends. My idea is that instead of bye rounds, we have a Football Feast where there is one game on every night. Eighteen nights of fantastic football action IN A ROW for people to get their winter football fix.

The Big Bash has a great format during the summer and has struck a chord with the public. There is a game on every night of the week. It becomes part of your summer routine. Work or holidays or whatever during the day. Then grab dinner, a few beers and flick on the cricket at night. It's built for the fan, whether at the games or watching on tv. Fill the fridge full of piss and strap into that favourite chair of yours...

In the AFL Football Feast, one game per night would mean that all the clubs get two matches (one home, one away) in prime time. All stand-alone matches too with nothing up against them.

A few qualifiers:
- It would need to be timed so that it coincides with school holidays as the BBL does. So about a month later than now.
- Games would probably need to start at a family friendly 6:30pm rather than 7:10 or 7:40pm.

Instead of a handbrake, it would feel like football is cranking up a notch when in reality the players are still getting their two-games-in-three-weeks midseason breather that they demand. Turning what is a negative into a positive.

A spin off benefit would be that Saturday/Sunday afternoons on those weekends are freed up for local footy. Back to grassroots, show your true colours, where it all began, all that crap.

Here's how it would look using the 2019 draw

ROUND 11 (normal round)
Friday, May 31
North Melbourne v Richmond, Marvel Stadium (7.50pm)
Saturday June 1
Collingwood v Fremantle, MCG (1.45pm)
GWS Giants v Gold Coast Suns, Sydney Showground Stadium (1.45pm)
Geelong Cats v Sydney Swans, GMHBA Stadium (4.35pm)
Brisbane Lions v Hawthorn, Gabba (7.25pm)
Melbourne v Adelaide, TIO Stadium — Darwin (7.40pm)
Sunday, 2 June
St Kilda v Port Adelaide, Jiangwan Stadium — Shanghai (2.40pm)
Essendon v Carlton, MCG (3.20pm)
West Coast Eagles v Western Bulldogs, Optus Stadium (5.20pm)

FOOTBALL FEAST BEGINS

Round 12 (Bye Round)
Friday Jun-07 Richmond v Geelong Cats, MCG
Saturday Jun-08 Carlton v Brisbane Lions, Marvel Stadium
Sunday Jun-09 Gold Coast Suns v North Melbourne, Metricon Stadium
Monday Jun-10 Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants, Adelaide Oval
Tuesday Jun-11 Sydney Swans v West Coast Eagles, SCG
Wednesday Jun-12 Collingwood v Melbourne, MCG

Round 13 (Bye Round)
Thursday Jun-13 Fremantle v Port Adelaide, Optus Stadium
Friday Jun-14 Essendon v Hawthorn, Marvel Stadium
Saturday Jun-15 Carlton v Western Bulldogs, Marvel Stadium
Sunday Jun-16 Gold Coast Suns v St Kilda, Riverway Stadium — Townsville
Monday Jun-17 Adelaide Crows v Richmond, Adelaide Oval
Tuesday Jun-18 North Melbourne v GWS Giants, Blundstone Arena — Hobart

Round 14 (Bye Round)
Wednesday Jun-19 Port Adelaide v Geelong Cats, Adelaide Oval
Thursday Jun-20 West Coast Eagles v Essendon, Optus Stadium
Friday Jun-21 Sydney Swans v Hawthorn, SCG
Saturday Jun-22 Western Bulldogs v Collingwood, Marvel Stadium
Sunday Jun-23 St Kilda v Brisbane Lions, Marvel Stadium
Monday Jun-24 Melbourne v Fremantle, MCG


FOOTBALL FEAST FINISHES

ROUND 15 (normal round)
Thursday, June 27
Essendon v GWS Giants, Marvel Stadium (7.20pm)
Friday, June 28
Geelong Cats v Adelaide Crows, GMHBA Stadium (7.50pm)
Saturday, June 29
Hawthorn v West Coast Eagles, MCG (1.45pm)
Sydney Swans v Gold Coast Suns, SCG (4.35pm)
Collingwood v North Melbourne, Marvel Stadium (7.25pm)
Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs, Adelaide Oval (7.40pm)
Sunday, June 30
St Kilda v Richmond, Marvel Stadium (1.10pm)
Brisbane Lions v Melbourne, Gabba (3.20pm)
Fremantle v Carlton, Optus Stadium (5.20pm)

 

[FR0GGY]

Sign me up

 

[Elite Crow]

I hate the bye rounds. A boring handbrake on the football season. So I've solved it for the AFL and they can use this idea for one million dollars.

This is the situation this season: Round 11 is as per normal. Then Rounds 12, 13 and 14 are the bye rounds with six teams having a break each week. Then back into it for Round 15.

So there are 18 games over those three affected weekends. My idea is that instead of bye rounds, we have a Football Feast where there is one game on every night. Eighteen nights of fantastic football action IN A ROW for people to get their winter football fix.

The Big Bash has a great format during the summer and has struck a chord with the public. There is a game on every night of the week. It becomes part of your summer routine. Work or holidays or whatever during the day. Then grab dinner, a few beers and flick on the cricket at night. It's built for the fan, whether at the games or watching on tv. Fill the fridge full of piss and strap into that favourite chair of yours...

In the AFL Football Feast, one game per night would mean that all the clubs get two matches (one home, one away) in prime time. All stand-alone matches too with nothing up against them.

A few qualifiers:
- It would need to be timed so that it coincides with school holidays as the BBL does. So about a month later than now.
- Games would probably need to start at a family friendly 6:30pm rather than 7:10 or 7:40pm.

Instead of a handbrake, it would feel like football is cranking up a notch when in reality the players are still getting their two-games-in-three-weeks midseason breather that they demand. Turning what is a negative into a positive.

A spin off benefit would be that Saturday/Sunday afternoons on those weekends are freed up for local footy. Back to grassroots, show your true colours, where it all began, all that crap.

Here's how it would look using the 2019 draw

ROUND 11 (normal round)
Friday, May 31
North Melbourne v Richmond, Marvel Stadium (7.50pm)
Saturday June 1
Collingwood v Fremantle, MCG (1.45pm)
GWS Giants v Gold Coast Suns, Sydney Showground Stadium (1.45pm)
Geelong Cats v Sydney Swans, GMHBA Stadium (4.35pm)
Brisbane Lions v Hawthorn, Gabba (7.25pm)
Melbourne v Adelaide, TIO Stadium — Darwin (7.40pm)
Sunday, 2 June
St Kilda v Port Adelaide, Jiangwan Stadium — Shanghai (2.40pm)
Essendon v Carlton, MCG (3.20pm)
West Coast Eagles v Western Bulldogs, Optus Stadium (5.20pm)

FOOTBALL FEAST BEGINS

Round 12 (Bye Round)
Friday Jun-07 Richmond v Geelong Cats, MCG
Saturday Jun-08 Carlton v Brisbane Lions, Marvel Stadium
Sunday Jun-09 Gold Coast Suns v North Melbourne, Metricon Stadium
Monday Jun-10 Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants, Adelaide Oval
Tuesday Jun-11 Sydney Swans v West Coast Eagles, SCG
Wednesday Jun-12 Collingwood v Melbourne, MCG

Round 13 (Bye Round)
Thursday Jun-13 Fremantle v Port Adelaide, Optus Stadium
Friday Jun-14 Essendon v Hawthorn, Marvel Stadium
Saturday Jun-15 Carlton v Western Bulldogs, Marvel Stadium
Sunday Jun-16 Gold Coast Suns v St Kilda, Riverway Stadium — Townsville
Monday Jun-17 Adelaide Crows v Richmond, Adelaide Oval
Tuesday Jun-18 North Melbourne v GWS Giants, Blundstone Arena — Hobart

Round 14 (Bye Round)
Wednesday Jun-19 Port Adelaide v Geelong Cats, Adelaide Oval
Thursday Jun-20 West Coast Eagles v Essendon, Optus Stadium
Friday Jun-21 Sydney Swans v Hawthorn, SCG
Saturday Jun-22 Western Bulldogs v Collingwood, Marvel Stadium
Sunday Jun-23 St Kilda v Brisbane Lions, Marvel Stadium
Monday Jun-24 Melbourne v Fremantle, MCG


FOOTBALL FEAST FINISHES

ROUND 15 (normal round)
Thursday, June 27
Essendon v GWS Giants, Marvel Stadium (7.20pm)
Friday, June 28
Geelong Cats v Adelaide Crows, GMHBA Stadium (7.50pm)
Saturday, June 29
Hawthorn v West Coast Eagles, MCG (1.45pm)
Sydney Swans v Gold Coast Suns, SCG (4.35pm)
Collingwood v North Melbourne, Marvel Stadium (7.25pm)
Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs, Adelaide Oval (7.40pm)
Sunday, June 30
St Kilda v Richmond, Marvel Stadium (1.10pm)
Brisbane Lions v Melbourne, Gabba (3.20pm)
Fremantle v Carlton, Optus Stadium (5.20pm)

I like it, send it in.

 

[Freddy Bassett]

What a sensational idea. I’m going to claim this as my own at work today . Cheers Spackler

 

[Elite Crow]

In all seriousness Drugs you should send it through to some outlets

 

[Freddy Bassett]

It ticks every box. Would be interested to hear any negatives about the concept.

 

[Elite Crow]

It ticks every box. Would be interested to hear any negatives about the concept.

I haven’t looked closely at the schedule of games Drugs proposed but would it give the players the required days off?

 

[Freddy Bassett]

I haven’t looked closely at the schedule of games Drugs proposed but would it give the players the required days off?

With clubs needing byes that should solve that issue. And even if there was a rest day or two in between , say on Wednesday nights I am sure we could cut them some slack

 

[Elite Crow]

Send it to Eddie, he will claim it as his own but at least it will happen

 

[Hank93]

Genius

 

[conVINCEd]

Yeah cool stuff, Drugs, but where’s the scathing Mackay reference?

This is why we keep you in the Mod chair, mate.

 

[Homer Jay Simpson]

I been saying for years, AFL should go to an NBA type schedule and play games every day of the week. TV ratings would go through the roof. Tuesday night game of footy of my kitchen rules. No brainer. This is a good idea to test the concept.

 

[GameofSloanes]

I like it, nothing could be worse than what they do now, but I expect that there will be complaints about people having to go to work the next morning etc. i go to work too, and I would go to the footy regardless, it's all about priorities.

 

[Geoffa32]

I hate the bye rounds. A boring handbrake on the football season. So I've solved it for the AFL and they can use this idea for one million dollars.

This is the situation this season: Round 11 is as per normal. Then Rounds 12, 13 and 14 are the bye rounds with six teams having a break each week. Then back into it for Round 15.

So there are 18 games over those three affected weekends. My idea is that instead of bye rounds, we have a Football Feast where there is one game on every night. Eighteen nights of fantastic football action IN A ROW for people to get their winter football fix.

The Big Bash has a great format during the summer and has struck a chord with the public. There is a game on every night of the week. It becomes part of your summer routine. Work or holidays or whatever during the day. Then grab dinner, a few beers and flick on the cricket at night. It's built for the fan, whether at the games or watching on tv. Fill the fridge full of piss and strap into that favourite chair of yours...

In the AFL Football Feast, one game per night would mean that all the clubs get two matches (one home, one away) in prime time. All stand-alone matches too with nothing up against them.

A few qualifiers:
- It would need to be timed so that it coincides with school holidays as the BBL does. So about a month later than now.
- Games would probably need to start at a family friendly 6:30pm rather than 7:10 or 7:40pm.

Instead of a handbrake, it would feel like football is cranking up a notch when in reality the players are still getting their two-games-in-three-weeks midseason breather that they demand. Turning what is a negative into a positive.

A spin off benefit would be that Saturday/Sunday afternoons on those weekends are freed up for local footy. Back to grassroots, show your true colours, where it all began, all that crap.

Here's how it would look using the 2019 draw

ROUND 11 (normal round)
Friday, May 31
North Melbourne v Richmond, Marvel Stadium (7.50pm)
Saturday June 1
Collingwood v Fremantle, MCG (1.45pm)
GWS Giants v Gold Coast Suns, Sydney Showground Stadium (1.45pm)
Geelong Cats v Sydney Swans, GMHBA Stadium (4.35pm)
Brisbane Lions v Hawthorn, Gabba (7.25pm)
Melbourne v Adelaide, TIO Stadium — Darwin (7.40pm)
Sunday, 2 June
St Kilda v Port Adelaide, Jiangwan Stadium — Shanghai (2.40pm)
Essendon v Carlton, MCG (3.20pm)
West Coast Eagles v Western Bulldogs, Optus Stadium (5.20pm)

FOOTBALL FEAST BEGINS

Round 12 (Bye Round)
Friday Jun-07 Richmond v Geelong Cats, MCG
Saturday Jun-08 Carlton v Brisbane Lions, Marvel Stadium
Sunday Jun-09 Gold Coast Suns v North Melbourne, Metricon Stadium
Monday Jun-10 Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants, Adelaide Oval
Tuesday Jun-11 Sydney Swans v West Coast Eagles, SCG
Wednesday Jun-12 Collingwood v Melbourne, MCG

Round 13 (Bye Round)
Thursday Jun-13 Fremantle v Port Adelaide, Optus Stadium
Friday Jun-14 Essendon v Hawthorn, Marvel Stadium
Saturday Jun-15 Carlton v Western Bulldogs, Marvel Stadium
Sunday Jun-16 Gold Coast Suns v St Kilda, Riverway Stadium — Townsville
Monday Jun-17 Adelaide Crows v Richmond, Adelaide Oval
Tuesday Jun-18 North Melbourne v GWS Giants, Blundstone Arena — Hobart

Round 14 (Bye Round)
Wednesday Jun-19 Port Adelaide v Geelong Cats, Adelaide Oval
Thursday Jun-20 West Coast Eagles v Essendon, Optus Stadium
Friday Jun-21 Sydney Swans v Hawthorn, SCG
Saturday Jun-22 Western Bulldogs v Collingwood, Marvel Stadium
Sunday Jun-23 St Kilda v Brisbane Lions, Marvel Stadium
Monday Jun-24 Melbourne v Fremantle, MCG


FOOTBALL FEAST FINISHES

ROUND 15 (normal round)
Thursday, June 27
Essendon v GWS Giants, Marvel Stadium (7.20pm)
Friday, June 28
Geelong Cats v Adelaide Crows, GMHBA Stadium (7.50pm)
Saturday, June 29
Hawthorn v West Coast Eagles, MCG (1.45pm)
Sydney Swans v Gold Coast Suns, SCG (4.35pm)
Collingwood v North Melbourne, Marvel Stadium (7.25pm)
Port Adelaide v Western Bulldogs, Adelaide Oval (7.40pm)
Sunday, June 30
St Kilda v Richmond, Marvel Stadium (1.10pm)
Brisbane Lions v Melbourne, Gabba (3.20pm)
Fremantle v Carlton, Optus Stadium (5.20pm)

Superb

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[Coopers]

I been saying for years, AFL should go to an NBA type schedule and play games every day of the week. TV ratings would go through the roof. Tuesday night game of footy of my kitchen rules. No brainer. This is a good idea to test the concept.

Look man, I don't need the AFL to help me continuously ignore my family and have a fight with my wife. I can do that on my own.

 

[Thetrader15]

AFLPA don't like this...just because.

They demand extra time off and can't play during the week...just because

 

[Cap]

awesome idea. well done thinking this through.

I disagree, I reckon the ALPA would love it for $$ reasons.

Post of the year!

 

[BrissyCrow]

So this is how you handle our "conversation in confidence". You go out and try to take all the credit. Last time I share my ideas with you

 

[maxlilly]

I'm sure we will all read about this great idea in the Advertiser in the next couple of days after Rucci writes an article

 

[jenny61_99]

Send it to Gil.

 

[Tarasque36]

Footy tipping would hate it. When do I put my tips in?
I'd prefer 22 matches in 22 weeks and not start in Feb!
But as those rounds are crap, if it must be...Nice idea.
While ur at it, what's ur solution for pre finals soft**** players weekend?

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[pjcrows]

Gil would spray a load. Send it in.

 

[Elite Crow]

Drugs Are Bad Mackay? have you sent it in?

 

[Squiba]

Too good an idea, AFL can't implement it, 3 round of AFL X a far more Gilligan friendly concept.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Drugs Are Bad Mackay? have you sent it in?

Yep fired it in just to the general AFL address

Will keep you posted!