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Inside Gil's head, right now:

"Terrible idea! Americanisation of our game ... imagine having three games. Three games of 90,000 people at the G ... all buying pies and chips ... I mean the gate takings would be incredible, but ... terrible idea. The TV stations would love it of course. We'd have to charge them a lot more for TV rights. Hmmm ... but terrible idea. We'd sell lots of advertising too. Maybe get special "grand final series" sponsors in. At a premium rate. Hmmmm .... terrible idea .... hmmmmmmm ....."

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28 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

The obsession continues with the Americanization of our great game.

It really is infuriating. 

Look the people that run our game are obsessed with american culture and sport. Sheedy is one of the culprits and was probably behind naming one of our clubs the giants. Our game is uniquely Australian in the way it looks and the way it's played and why they want to make it look and feel american is beyond me. 

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I agree with you WJD. if we moved to

- a 17 game home and away (each team once)

- a final 8 finals series

- a Grand final 2 or 3 game play off, may work.

Although, some poor bastard team and their supporters will end up being absolutely flogged twice in a two weeks, which would be horrendous, most likely us, and I couldn't cope.

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Travel factor? That didn’t stop the Crows, Brions, Eagles, Port or Swans beating Victorian teams at the MCG, Adelaide choked hard last year as did the Swans before them, Hawks 2013-2015 we’re simply the greatest team of all time no one was beating them on their day and lest people forget Sydney managed to beat them in 2012. Keep Grand Final day, it’s our unique day of days much like Super Bowl or the All-Ireland Gaelic football final, the game that makes the country stop.

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There is absolutely no need to have a 3 game series in AFL.

If other teams feel the Grand Final should be moved to different States then I guess that could be explored, but having a sudden death Grand Final is so much more entertaining. 

I don't think I could even be bothered watching the other 2 games unless we were playing.

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2 hours ago, Watts Jurrah Dunn? said:

If it helps shorten the season to a fairer system where you only play every team once, I'm all for exploring it.

 

39 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

I agree with you WJD. if we moved to

- a 17 game home and away (each team once)

- a final 8 finals series

- a Grand final 2 or 3 game play off, may work.

Although, some poor bastard team and their supporters will end up being absolutely flogged twice in a two weeks, which would be horrendous, most likely us, and I couldn't cope.

Worth considering.

Play each team once; twice is unpractical in this expanded competition of more than 12 Victorian teams.

So every other year the team that was last the away side,,, gets the home game.

 

In Grand Finals, it should be the away team that gets the first home Grand Final.

With the 2nd Grand Final at the 'G'.. and the 3rd, if necessary.

 

And it does make cents.

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yeah, yeah.......................................no.

Lets not forget that between 2001-2006, all premierships were won by interstate teams.

The way it works now is fine, the GF is virtually a neutral game given the amount of impartial corporates and neutral supporters that attend. The MCG is by far and away the biggest ground in the country, so logic implies it should be held there.

It's the way it's always been and it works, if interstate teams don't like it they should've considered not entering to competition. The beauty of the GF is that no matter how good the team has been all year, they still need to turn up on the day and prove their mettle.

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17 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

“If the non-Victorian clubs work together as a block, that’s six of them. That’s a strong force.”

Wow, someone can't count. Last time i checked there were 8 interstate teams.

Maybe they consider Swans and Lions to be quasi-Victorian teams considering they have a larger supporter base in Vic from  their origins. 

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4 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

The obsession continues with the Americanization of our great game.

It really is infuriating. 

Ironically, while the best of [insert number here] model is used for  US basketball and baseball, the game most closely aligned with AFL (in that it is a body contact sport called "football") only has one Superbowl.

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4 hours ago, Demon Disciple said:

“If the non-Victorian clubs work together as a block, that’s six of them. That’s a strong force.”

Wow, someone can't count. Last time i checked there were 8 interstate teams.

2 of them are owned & operated by the AFL though ;)

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