Good players wont take pay cuts hey, what, they gonna peddle their wares in another elite Aussie rules comp somewhere else are they?plugger66 wrote:It would implode though. The VFL was going to implode before they made it national. Good players wont take pay cuts so the poor players will just not play AFL anymore when we lose clubs which would happen under a random draw which still isnt fair.
What pishtosh.
The current fiasco exists because those in power say it must. And you, being an apologist, agree with them.
As far as it is possible teams should play each other an even amount of times. The approximate outcome on a long term plan to have everyone play each other an equal number of time would be that every team would only have a "return fixture" (that is play another team twice in the one season) once every three years. It's not exact, but it would mean that in 22 rounds you would play five teams twice. The following year your would play a different set of 5 teams twice, and likewise in the third year. You could lock in the remaing two teams as must plays in a fourth year with three random return fixutres to round out the sequence on a four year cycle.
On top of this make it home/away on a rotational basis. Instead we get certain teams locked in to return fixtures every year, with certain games locked into certain rounds and even home/away status locked in on some games. Bulltish. Scrap that and go to an equitable rotating draw as much as we can. If I play you once this year and it's at home for me, next year it's at home for you.
At one stage we hadn't played Port in Victoria for about four seasons. At one stage, the Pies didn't leave Victoria for 22 consecutive home & away rounds (was it 2011/2012 or 2010/2011). Anyway, it's bulltish. It's almost drawn up now like a fight card for a night at the WWE. We constantly saw some Vic teams travelling interstate six times a year and the Pies doing it 3 or 4 times a year. That is NOT equitable. All it does in make systemic the probblems that some clubs face.
How can a club permanently stuck in the graveyard PayTV slot of 4:40pm Sunday ever expect to attract the sponsorship of someone like a Collingwood , who are locked in to a day game at the G on Anzac Day and just about every game on Free to air?
And to make the comment "we need to get better to get more Friday nights", what exactly do you think will be the reduction in primetime TV exposure for Collingwood when they fall in a hole on field? Don't deny me access to the fishing grounds and give me a handout of a bucket of fish to keep me going, give me equal rights to the fishing grounds to let me fend for myself.
