Roast No more pre-game team warmups

[doppleganger]

People going nuts over this and claiming it will destroy the game they love are massively over-reacting.

Think from memory the on-field warm up an hour or so before the bounce was something that Terry Wallace did in the early 2000s.

So it has only been going for 15 years...footy was fine in the 90s before teams did this.

If both teams have to abide by the same rules it won't have any impact to my enjoyment of the game.

 

[barrackers]

People going nuts over this and claiming it will destroy the game they love are massively over-reacting.

Think from memory the on-field warm up an hour or so before the bounce was something that Terry Wallace did in the early 2000s.

So it has only been going for 15 years...footy was fine in the 90s before teams did this.

If both teams have to abide by the same rules it won't have any impact to my enjoyment of the game.

I don’t have a reserved seat, so it gives me something decent to watch while I wait. It also gives a heads up on any late change/s.

If a match is at the G we can always utilise Olympic Park, but not all clubs have a similar option.

 

[Maggie5]

People going nuts over this and claiming it will destroy the game they love are massively over-reacting.

Think from memory the on-field warm up an hour or so before the bounce was something that Terry Wallace did in the early 2000s.

So it has only been going for 15 years...footy was fine in the 90s before teams did this.

If both teams have to abide by the same rules it won't have any impact to my enjoyment of the game.

There was also a pre-game in those days wasn't there?

 

[MyManLynch]

There was also a pre-game in those days wasn't there?

I can remember that sometimes at 3 quarter time in the Reserves match (pre game) some senior players would come onto the ground for a look around...checking ground conditions, wind etc...getting a feel for it.
Some in their civies, others in track suit & runners.

 

[doppleganger]

There was also a pre-game in those days wasn't there?

Yeah obviously going back there was usually a reserve game.

Players would come out, often in slacks and leather shoes at half time of the reserves, and have a stroll and a kick.

There was no ‘formal’ full team warm-up, not until Wallace started them in the early 2000s.

There will be negligible impact to the actual senior AFL game.

 

[swoop42]

I like it actually as the gladiators will now enter the field of battle for the first time and be seen by the adoring masses close to the time they get ready to rumble.

Increases the anticipation and appetite for the ensuring contest for mine and if they could get rid of the blaring music, kiss cams and fake crowd noise etc being pumped through the speakers also we could get back to the time the ever increasing masses coming from the turnstiles set the atmosphere, people could speak to and hear people surrounding them easily which was far superior to the attempted Americanization of our sport with all these artificial gimmicks.

 

[Maggie5]

There will be negligible impact to the actual senior AFL game.

I am one of those that disagrees as I like to see who is out there, who is kicking for goal. Not only on our team but also the opposition.

 

[Robroy22]

I actually like that they just come out, get ready and then go for it. I don't need to see them warm up and then cool down before warming up again!
Its a little reminder of "old school"
Now if they'd just put on an AFLW match before the game and do it like the old ressies...then I'd love to see that!
Or a VFL game....or even a TAC match....its great to get the extra footy.

 

[whiskeytown]

The additional emergency is good for the young kids on the list. Getting named as an emergency can boost the confidence.

 

[jmac70]

Won’t change my pregame warm up

 

[magpies42]

The gods must be crazy.

We are not American, we don’t need to be entertained by bright lights and loud music. The game is entertaining enough as is.

What’s the point of going to the football if we can’t have a chat and a beer?

 

[loki04]

One of the strangest decisions I can remember the AFL making

They can’t be serious!

They are obsessed with Americanising the game and each CEO must leave his mark however shitty it is for the game.

 

[MagpieJoel]

It will be about having more promotion for sponsors pre game. That's all it will be.

 

[whiskeytown]

As long as there is still time for the (all too often) Collingwood team warm down: