Port's commercially favorable fixture

[DrEvil_]

No mention of us travelling to Melbourne, then to Perth, then a Showdown, then to Shanghai, then to Launceston after a bye?

Are you seriously talking about travelling after the bye? Well I guess the bye has traditionally been a tough proposition for Port

 

[Pappagallo]

I’m pretty sure we only have 5x National FTA games for the entire season. Not exactly what I would call “commercially favourable.”

 

[LFC2010]

bahahahah
a trip to your home ground???


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anyhoo o/p
nothing wrong with port playing friday night games, that north melbourne 'we invented friday nights' ship has long since passed

hahaha, Well spotted
but you know what I mean with the travelling part, with one of them at our own request.
The boys have racked the frequent flyer points lately.
I'm sure they'll enjoy leaving the suitcases at home for a few weeks.

 

[Tim Evans Beard]

Interstate clubs shouldn’t get 3 games at home unless it includes the derby in there.
It’s wrong and I don’t like it.

That is true- I think it has worked out this way as Adelaide has the bye and two away (The bye would have been the scheduled home game?)? It is an anomaly of the bye round.
(I like the rotational system for two-team towns, I think in isolation it is fair on them.)

 

[estibador]

Interstate clubs shouldn’t get 3 games at home unless it includes the derby in there.
It’s wrong and I don’t like it.

Vic clubs regularly go 4, 6, 8 weeks without leaving home.

Vic clubs should have to travel interstate 8 times a year each. That would make the comp almost fair.

 

[Rob]

Fair call by the OP and I agree that there isn't enough Carlton in prime time.

 

[TiggerMan22]

Finished 5th so its not that crazy. Compare to what Carlton got

 

[Interstater]

Its time to balance home games per club in terms of "home state" games per club.

Collingwood 17 home state games - 5 away
Port 12 home state games - 10 away

How is having 8 of the 18 clubs travelling interstate twice as often fair?

The Victorian clubs should play 12 games in their home state each year, 5 away as is, and 5 more vs other Vic clubs in places like Cairns, Albury, Hobart, Alice and Darwin.

 

[TheGhostOfJohnBelushi]

Interstate clubs shouldn’t get 3 games at home unless it includes the derby in there.
It’s wrong and I don’t like it.

Agreed. Absolutely disgusting. Move one of the games to Melbourne where it belongs.

 

[radiojake]

I hate Port but I don't see how any of this is an issue or unfair


Selling an 'away' game to China was a joke, but these three weeks, whatevers

 

[roacheee]

He simply means that our one game in Adelaide in the space of 6 weeks happened to be the most brutal and gruelling match-up in the sport.

lol

hyperbole, noun;
an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally

 

[roacheee]

Its time to balance home games per club in terms of "home state" games per club.

Collingwood 17 home state games - 5 away
Port 12 home state games - 10 away

How is having 8 of the 18 clubs travelling interstate twice as often fair?

The Victorian clubs should play 12 games in their home state each year, 5 away as is, and 5 more vs other Vic clubs in places like Cairns, Albury, Hobart, Alice and Darwin.

makes perfect sense



























if you're mentally impaired that is

 

[Lex22]

Its time to balance home games per club in terms of "home state" games per club.

Collingwood 17 home state games - 5 away
Port 12 home state games - 10 away

How is having 8 of the 18 clubs travelling interstate twice as often fair?

The Victorian clubs should play 12 games in their home state each year, 5 away as is, and 5 more vs other Vic clubs in places like Cairns, Albury, Hobart, Alice and Darwin.

Ah, what will any of that achieve? You do get that they’re 10 teams in Victoria yeah?

It’s an irrelevant point you’re trying to make anyway. Yes Melbourne sides stay in their states more for obvious reasons. They also lose a big home ground/home state advantage when they play another Melbourne side. It all evens out.

 

[hoianbulldog]

Just noticed on the fixture that Port have home night games at AO for the NEXT 3 ROUNDS.
This Fri versus Tigers
Next Thurs versus the Dogs
Following Fri versus Dees

That's some massive ride they've been given commercially there, all exclusive games on FTA and don't have to compete with other matches for air time. How that sort of slanted fixturing is possible is beyond me, like so much that the AFL does these days that is incomprehensible.

Port have been given a gift from the Gils Gods, they wouldn't want to stuff it up!

These games are for the big 4 vic clubs. Non vic clubs and their sponsors have no right sharing the spoils of prime time coverage.

Ok. Now serious.

OP to go back over last 5 years and tell us all how port are being gifted prime time coverage

 

[Marmozet]

lol

hyperbole, noun;
an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally

Give me one other example of a match-up that is as consistent as the Showdown in terms of physicality, intensity and aggression?

 

[Marmozet]

Are you seriously talking about travelling after the bye? Well I guess the bye has traditionally been a tough proposition for Port

No, I was talking about how we only had 1 home game in 5.

The bye was there but it’s still an overload of travel over 6 weeks, which justifies our stretch of 3 home games to make up for it.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Vic clubs regularly go 4, 6, 8 weeks without leaving home.

Vic clubs should have to travel interstate 8 times a year each. That would make the comp almost fair.

Lol wut. There’s eight interstate teams in the comp. Unless you’re advocating for a 34 week season how is that even remotely fair? Idiot.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Interstate clubs shouldn’t get 3 games at home unless it includes the derby in there.
It’s wrong and I don’t like it.

No club should get two interstate travel games in a row, unless one is a sold "home" game. If we get Hobart then Perth, that's a risk with our own choices - similar for teams who play in NT, Canberra or Launceston.
Gold Coast's circumstances this year were unfortunate, and shouldn't happen again except in rare cases.

 

[Mat Mann]

no issues with it but seriously your complaining about a trip to Shanghai that is of your own doing is damn rich

 

[Isaac Cumming No 1]

No club should get two interstate travel games in a row, unless one is a sold "home" game. If we get Hobart then Perth, that's a risk with our own choices - similar for teams who play in NT, Canberra or Launceston.
Gold Coast's circumstances this year were unfortunate, and shouldn't happen again except in rare cases.

Lack of clout I think. The government decision to allow no other sport while the games were on would have been blocked in Vic. I'd rely on Tony Shepherd having the political clout to block it in NSW as well. We'd have just played at Manuka and Blacktown in the same situation I'm sure. Not inconcievable given Spotless is in the Olympic precinct and owned by the equestrian association.
The Suns were screwed over big time,.

 

[ibd77]

Sounds like the OP likes watching Carlton on the opening games of each round. Good for you... Channel 7 can hang their ratings hat on viewers like you.

 

[manureid]

Must be hard up for thread starting material these days.

 

[Young Gun #6]

lol don’t think this went how you expected OP?

Started with a s**t point and have been absolutely crucified by nearly every poster.

Embarrassing..hopefully you’ll have a think and do some research before posting next time...but you are a North supporter so it’s unlikektv

 

[DazalenkoUBewty]

Kochie is known to be a big coffee drinker.

I hope he drinks a bit more coffee to try and ease the 50's...

 

[StonesThrow]

I hate Port but I don't see how any of this is an issue or unfair


Selling an 'away' game to China was a joke, but these three weeks, whatevers

Correct. Using a small sample size here. Dumb thread.