noob wrote:If the season started after Good Friday then these discussions wouldn't be brought up.
Funny you should mention that Noob… The entire season starts the week before Good Friday this year because the AFL believe so strongly about not playing football on a holy day except… wait for it… they are not willing to forgo the revenue of a single Friday night match, so instead of just having Good Friday off, we have the entire season extended by a week & a split first round. But we don't have time for the players to get two byes a year, no way, the season just goes for too long
If someone elses religious beliefs are important enough to stop the rest of enjoying what we normally do on a Friday night, then the AFL should have the courtesy of missing out on one single Friday night games revenue, instead of completely stuffing up the beginning of a season with an absurd split/bye round one.
Feel like I've mentioned this before somewhere?
I respect that people have faiths and beliefs that mean sport on certain days is not kosher, but should everyone else have to follow the same ideals? We never used to play football on a Sunday either, times change, devout followers should be free to boycott any matches that fall on their said holy days, but I don't believe everyone else should have to adhere.