MightyHawks
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No, that isn't hammer - nail - head.
It's only half the picture..
The AFL and a few club presidents are heading to USA on a fact-finding mission to find ways in which equalisation can be achieved.
Probably the most obvious solution is to create a fair fixture for all teams. Not one that's tailored towards the same teams receiving most of the prime time games every year. Games such as Dreamtime and the Anzac Day are examples of the AFL creating an unbalanced fixture which artificially widens the gap between "haves" and "have-nots".
I'm not jealous of the Dreamtime fixture between Richmond and Essendon. I don't want see Hawthorn to play in such a game. I want all these secret handshake deals between AFL and clubs to be removed. I want to see the AFL release a fixture that actually looks different to the previous year's fixtures.
To me, the fixed blockbuster games are just another example of how Channel 7 is slowly destroying the competition it helped to grow through the 1960's, 70's and 80's.
Why would you be spending $$ trying to work out how to equalise the comp when the answers are obvious...
1. Don't give the stronger clubs advantages over the week clubs
2. Refer to point 1