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Noise Pollution at the Footy

Redleg
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11 hours ago, FritschyBusiness said:

Yesterdays game was the first time it has ever annoyed me and I blame Hawthorn

It was particularly bad yesterday - I was wondering if it was just my wavering memory or if it had gotten worse. But given this thread, seems it's getting worse

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    On 4/19/2021 at 7:24 AM, deefender said:

    Years ago (2012) I went to the season opening game against Brisbane.

    The noise levels were unbearable and exactly as you describe Red.

    I never returned to the MCG. They lost me altogether. We are governed by barbarians.

    And obviously “deaf “ barbarians.

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    Have now passed it on to 2 contacts in the media, Sun and Fox Footy. 
    Will see if something happens.

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    It was shocking on Sunday in the Ponsford I couldnt even hear my radio turned up full!

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    19 hours ago, mauriesy said:

    I doubt they'll change it. Corporate advertising is a lot more important to them than crowd comfort. 

    It is not just the advertising, the music is far worse.

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    14 hours ago, dees189227 said:

    Yes I thought that yesterday when I noticed it more. For some reason we feel we need to have music. Just turn down the volume. You get the loud music then the siren. It is hard to have a conversation and then what annoys me is when people have the conversations while the footy is being played which does really annoy me. 

    At half time just let the auskick kids play and let people have a chat. 

    I go and see the storm play and they don't have that. 

    I've never been to an NRL game. What sort of "crowd activation/entertainment" do they have there?

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    Might have been mentioned already, but I received a survey from the AFL about my attendance at Sunday’s game.
    Amongst other things it asks you to rate ‘interactive fan initiatives’, ‘music played in the stadium before the match and at breaks’ and ‘quality of home teams pre-match entertainment’.

    Could the AFL be aware that some of us hate this confected American rubbish?

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    1 hour ago, Redleg said:

    And obviously “deaf “ barbarians.

    The AFL elitists are concealed behind safety glass and well out of earshot from the annoying plebs and the noise pollution used to silence them.

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    The second best thing for me about attending the footy (after watching us win), is that it is sometimes the only time in my busy life that I get to spend 1 on 1 with my dad, something I will always treasure. Now we have to scream over the music just to have a conversation at the breaks. 

    It has definitely gotten worse this year. As has the 'entertainment' at the breaks. I understand the need for sponsored events, but they used to be so much more fun and interactive. Now they are just dull and loud.  

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