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Opinion VICBias - Genuine Discussion
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Because GWS doesn't have a large fan base, this has been explained many many times, the AFL fixture for maximum $ output first and foremost.
It's not a conspiracy.
And this favours the vic teams
Yes for $ reasons, not bias reasons.
Ah the old Vic line.... its the $ except when its not about the $.
AKA we won't do our due diligence to see if we could make more money by spreading the GF around (and growing the game Australia wide which by defn would bring in even more $$$) and we won't let Vic clubs sell games to cashed up interstate clubs because its not about the $.
No it's not funny, it actually makes sense, vic is the biggest market has the biggest member / fan bases apart from WC.
Again, this is NOT a conspiracy.
Well the vic govt. made the AFL an offer they couldn't refuse, and that point is moot anyway.
Because.
It's
NOT
a
Conspiracy!
It’s about money, not Victoria.
Collingwood, Melbourne, Essendon = TV money
GWS, Port Adelaide, Fremantle, Brisbane = not as much TV money
"We have big competitive match-ups in the marquee slots, including a string of blockbuster Friday night games heading into finals.”
Agreed. Just economics.
Who cares that it’s meant to be a competition? Does it matter? Of course not.
Same as the epl, nfl, nba, budslegia............... the list goes on.
They do pretend to have some semblance of an even fixture however, if not tv spots.
Really? Compared to the AFL?
Remember, most if not all clubs in those leagues are privately owned, and AFAIA the epl doesn't have a salary cap. Those leagues are even more $ driven than the AFL.
Also, leagues like the epl have far more tv avenues than what the AFL does for fans to watch.
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Round 18 had to be a MCG game.
Round 19 had to be a Marvel game.
Round 21 had to be a Marvel game.
Round 23 had to be a Marvel game.
So when given the choice, 3/4 matches were chose to be Interstate.
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3 games at those venues over the weekend.
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You aren't seriously suggesting the contrived slop of the AFL fixture is akin to EPL and Bundesliga, with their perfect H&A balance. Unbelievable
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Not sure what this means?
We've had alot of weekends with minimal games in Melbourne this year, which I expect leads to more games in the back half. And if there's 3 at one ground in a weekend, one of them has to be on a Friday night.
Not so much the fixturing but other metrics that the AFL has like salary and soft caps, and that clubs are member owned not privately owned.
The only way to have a completely even fixture is have every club each once or twice or go to conference leagues, obviously the former two are not possible.
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The former is possible, you just cut the number of Victorian teams. It's been shown over and again that this is a rational answer to Vicbias. That doesn't mean it will happen, but it should
I have my strong suspicions that clubs have ways around salary caps. I heard somewhere for instance years ago Geelong managed to find their players "cheap" property to buy. I don't know if this is true or not, but it would be an easy way around the cap if the AFL was not looking too hard, and it is easier for clubs in Victoria to do shady salary cap dealings.
I still remember how Travis Cloke somehow ended up on The Footy Show, as even for the Footy Show he was dumb. Only happened because Collingwood got him that gig to pad out his contract outside of the cap.
I personally think the ideal competition would be
Victoria - 7 teams
Western Australia - 2 teams
South Australia - 2 teams
New South Wales - 2 teams
Queensland - 2 teams
Tasmania - 1 team
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It might address some of the issues that people complain about, but it'll make the go home stuff bigger as go home players spread over less clubs.
In June, July and August, 3 freaking months, Collingwood leave Melbourne twice...every other game is at their home ground. I mean... how can you argue, with a straight face, this isn't a structural, deliberate and farcical advantage?
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