Second home?

[Mong]

Originally posted by PAfolwr
Eventually some Melbourne Clubs may be forced to do it just for the Cash.
If that happens then hopefully Port will be in the box seat.
Nothing like forward thinking.

It takes more than just good players and luck to be so good for so long.

It would be a huge advantage for Port, obviously it is in their best interests. I just think the AFL would be stupid to even consider something like this.

Some financially poor teams may sacrifice a home game to make money out of it, as Melbourne do in Brisbane, which is very wrong as far as I'm concerned. But the rich teams would never even consider it.

That's the problem, it creates an advantage for teams with money. When the AFL is putting so much of it's resources into having an even comp that rich teams can't dominate with money because of things such as salary cap, draft, etc. What's the point of doing those things to even up the comp when they are letting it become uneven again simply by letting poor teams sacrifice on home ground advantages for financial benefit? It's just another way to let the rich teams stay at the top and the poor teams at the bottom.

If they keep this type of thing up they may aswell let rich teams buy all the good players with money, helping them financially but hurting them on the field because it is essentially the same thing. And it goes against the equalisation policy that the AFL prides itself on.

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Edit: I have just started a thread on the AFL board saying essentially the same thing.

 

[PAfolwr]

I think the advantages to Port are being overstated.
If Port plays twice a year in Darwin against Victorian teams, the two advantages will be loss of home ground advantage to the home team, and travel. No more.
Playing two to three times a year instead of once will not give you a homeground type advantage. That is akin to saying that playing twice a year in Perth is better than once a year. Simply not true.

As I have said, I think Port are being clever or cheeky about the offer.
By that I mean "we are prepared to do it and we will be prepared to assist the locals even further as well, as long as we don't have too much to lose, and hopefully something to gain out of it."
The assistance part to the locals is not something that is being offered to the same extent by any other team to any other part of Australia. Not the Kangaroos in Canberra, nor Hawthorn or St Kilda in Tassie.
Hats off to them for being leaders rather than followers.
The only other team that over the years has shown leadership in various issues is Essendon. When you live in a non main part of Australia, these things stick out like dog's balls.

All the other teams have to be pushed to come up with initiatives, and that includes Collingwood.
Adelaide will probably never get pushed financially, but it never ever comes up with any ideas of it's own. Should be but probably never will be a "leader" in off field events.

 

[Mong]

I don't blame Port for suggesting it. It's a great idea for them because it advantages them both on field and off.

I think it is a fairly significant advantage though. I know if we were playing Brisbane or Sydney in Melbourne I would feel much more confident than at the gabba ir SCG.

If you guys get to play Brisbane in the GF I think you would be much happier to play it at the MCG than the gabba, wouldn't you?


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[PAfolwr]

Originally posted by ****
I don't blame Port for suggesting it. It's a great idea for them because it advantages them both on field and off.

I think it is a fairly significant advantage though. I know if we were playing Brisbane or Sydney in Melbourne I would feel much more confident than at the gabba ir SCG.

If you guys get to play Brisbane in the GF I think you would be much happier to play it at the MCG than the gabba, wouldn't you?


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The advantage is significant. No doubt about it.
It isn't a home ground advantage that some people have been making it out to be. It's not like playing Sydney at AAMI instead of the SCG.
Plus then there is the travel aspect where the Melbourne team would be slightly more inconvenienced than the Adelaide one. Compared to no inconvenience at all. if they stay put.