This season, the AFL has continued having split rounds where one round of footy is spread over two weekends. This included a split round to kick the 2014 season off. I am against the implementation of these split rounds, due to the problems that they cause, including:
- Making the weekend boring for some supporters (if their team isn't playing on that particular weekend)
- Disrupting the flow of the competition (e.g. teams have a random break or two in the season, which can disrupt their preparation and can slow momentum)
- Making half of the fans wait an extra week to see their team's first match of the season (if they play in the second part of the 1st round), after a long pre-season.
- And this is a minor point, but it also messes up AFL Fantasy and Supercoach competitions, e.g. you have to select your teams before the split round begins, but you are not aware of the team lineups, injuries, etc.