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I could put up with that condescending pious twat Whateley for 1 episode to watch Fagan.Chris Fagan on AFL360 for coaches night on Monday.
I could put up with that condescending pious twat Whateley for 1 episode to watch Fagan.
The whole focus no doubt will be Fages' comment about the length of quarters...I could put up with that condescending pious twat Whateley for 1 episode to watch Fagan.
The whole focus no doubt will be Fages' comment about the length of quarters...
I agree - I did the maths and that would be 10-15 minutes saved on the average game if the ad break after a goal is cut to 30 seconds. The NRL somehow manages to live with that in shorter games.I don't want to sound like a complete boomer here but why is it that everyone in the AFL media/etc want to have shorter quarters even though that will lead to lower scores like last year's debacle in the future like seriously stop whinging and leave the f****** game alone FFS, like what a shame the quarters went for 36-37 minutes yesterday for our match, what a shame that our overpaid athletes have to play an additional 2-3 minutes of game time during that quarter with a couple of injuries
If the AFL really wanted to shorten the game-length up, make goal breaks every 20-30 seconds, that would speed up the game heaps instead of using 16-18 minute quarters + time on, like seriously are the AFL seriously that unfit at their jobs or something. Sounds like a $$$ motive for broadcasting revenue that will surely happen in the future with these clowns at AFLHQ.
I agree - I did the maths and that would be 10-15 minutes saved on the average game if the ad break after a goal is cut to 30 seconds. The NRL somehow manages to live with that in shorter games.
They changed breaks between goals to 1 minute when they introduced the 6-6-6 rule.Exactly, surely my memory was right to assume that breaks between goals was 30 seconds pre-COVID times anyhow so you think that they would be change back to 30 seconds again for this year given the normal quarters are back but no it's all about that increased broadcasting/advertisement revenue coming through with an extra ad being shown during the goal break
What are the chances tomorrow night right on AFL360, that stupid "Whateley" will be talking about "lets shorter the quarters up for less injuries, etc etc" and that shitstorm again, setting his personal propaganda out like all the muppets on that channel. Like I'm sorry but one minute the AFL wanted higher scores in the league and now that it is finally coming into fruition, you want to lower the quarters down cause the matches feel too long in your eyes, like just fu** off for god's sake from the sport, you special old snowflakes. Go follow something like 3 x 3 Basketball or European Handball if you want shorter matches and high-scoring at the same time FFS
It's going to happen one day or another though trust me because it will attract the "younger kids in future generations to come" the AFLHQ will say given how short the matches would go for compared to now. They will start with introducing 18 minutes + time on and just keep lowering down to the appropriate level to what they think is suitable in their eyes, according to the increased broadcasting/financial revenue in the future. It's probably going to turn out how American Football is televised these days with the amount of ads filtered in during the match and the match-day product only lasting for 50 minutes, if that
Sadly I think it's just a matter of "when" then "will" now the AFLHQ will introduce shorter quarters in the sport and as a fan of the sport for the past 20 years of my lifetime, that just pisses me off greatly more then any rule change the AFL can create
They changed breaks between goals to 1 minute when they introduced the 6-6-6 rule.
I dont understand why there is an issue with lengths of qtrs when it was only shortened last year due to Covid.
What is the problem with going back to how it has been for about 150yrs.
Stupid idea!
(by the way, I'm a boomer)
Good point. They get enough time to recover to run a marathon after a goalI don't want to sound like a complete boomer here but why is it that everyone in the AFL media/etc want to have shorter quarters even though that will lead to lower scores like last year's debacle in the future like seriously stop whinging and leave the f****** game alone FFS, like what a shame the quarters went for 36-37 minutes yesterday for our match, what a shame that our overpaid athletes have to play an additional 2-3 minutes of game time during that quarter with a couple of injuries
If the AFL really wanted to shorten the game-length up, make goal breaks every 20-30 seconds, that would speed up the game heaps instead of using 16-18 minute quarters + time on, like seriously are the AFL seriously that unfit at their jobs or something. Sounds like a $$$ motive for broadcasting revenue that will surely happen in the future with these clowns at AFLHQ.
I dont understand why there is an issue with lengths of qtrs when it was only shortened last year due to Covid.
What is the problem with going back to how it has been for about 150yrs.
Haven't they played around with quarter lengths and the clock stopping or not a bunch of times over the years?I dont understand why there is an issue with lengths of qtrs when it was only shortened last year due to Covid.
What is the problem with going back to how it has been for about 150yrs.
Combine that with changes a bunch of changes like ruck nomination and 6-6-6 which have probably increased length of time each stoppage takes.Quarters have only been 20 minutes since 1994 anyway, they were 25 minutes prior to that (well from 1886, it was two 50 minute halves before that). Also the concept of "time on" only existed for score and injuries between 1928-1994, now it's for stoppages like ball-ups and boundary throw-ins which makes quarters longer. And there's automatic time-on for ball-ups since 2006 where prior umps had to separately signal for it which meant that it generally was only done consistently in close games in the last quarter from memory.
I agree with most of what you say however your comment bolded above is pretty poor about any AFL player &/or coach. According to the AFL Players' Association, the average career length today is about six years. This means that while the capacity to earn big money is real (the average salary in 2018 was $270,000), most players don't even come close to this. Given its a 6 year career, there is no way they can finish their careers and retire like most others can once they are done with a normal working career. I dislike comments like that when they are obviously inaccurate and kinda insulting.I don't want to sound like a complete boomer here but why is it that everyone in the AFL media/etc want to have shorter quarters even though that will lead to lower scores like last year's debacle in the future like seriously stop whinging and leave the f****** game alone FFS, like what a shame the quarters went for 36-37 minutes yesterday for our match, what a shame that our overpaid athletes have to play an additional 2-3 minutes of game time during that quarter with a couple of injuries
If the AFL really wanted to shorten the game-length up, make goal breaks every 20-30 seconds, that would speed up the game heaps instead of using 16-18 minute quarters + time on, like seriously are the AFL seriously that unfit at their jobs or something. Sounds like a $$$ motive for broadcasting revenue that will surely happen in the future with these clowns at AFLHQ.
I agree - I did the maths and that would be 10-15 minutes saved on the average game if the ad break after a goal is cut to 30 seconds. The NRL somehow manages to live with that in shorter games.
For advertising revenue. Less goals kicked with reduced qtrs = longer between goals v more goals with longer qtrs +shorter time between goals. Is my maths wrong. Isn't it that simple?TV revenue impact would flow into media contracts.
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It's easy to say that but NRL contracts are comparable to the AFL despite shorter games, fewer ad breaks due to less scoring, and shorter ad breaks.TV revenue impact would flow into media contracts.
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