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bigcarl wrote:It doesn't say a lot for the competition's intergity. A level playing field ... the same rules for all clubs and all players ... is not a lot to ask. The AFL doesn't deliver it.
how could they possibly give fremantle the same number of games at the mcg every year as a melbourne team? logistically impossible.
there are always going to be teams who have their home ground at the grand final venue, unless we play it at homebush in the vein of wembley or the millennium stadium in the uk.
The trouble is the AFL schedules Melbourne based clubs to play other Melbourne based clubs at the MCG. Melbourne clubs host non-Melbourne clubs at Docklands, even if their 'home' ground is the MCG.
The rationale behind it all is simply dollars. An equitable and fair competition for all clubs is a distant second to maximising revenue.
bigcarl wrote:It doesn't say a lot for the competition's intergity. A level playing field ... the same rules for all clubs and all players ... is not a lot to ask. The AFL doesn't deliver it.
how could they possibly give fremantle the same number of games at the mcg every year as a melbourne team? logistically impossible.
Where did I say they should get the same number of games as a Melbourne team?
I just think it's a very bad look, Fremantle turning up at the home of football for a do-or-die final ... having not played at the venue even ONCE this season.
saint3d wrote:The rationale behind it all is simply dollars. An equitable and fair competition for all clubs is a distant second to maximising revenue.
