The hosting stuff will get rightly critiqued, I just thought they were going to sell the TV rights separately. Ah well.

And to the argument above - we won the flag from last in 1900!

2 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

I wonder how the Demonland wildcard supporters will feel if we somehow finish 7th or 8th this year (which, FWIW, I strongly doubt will occur).

they'll be complaining most likely

Still no one asked for this

was inevitable that it would become merely another property the afl could somehow turn into a money-making venture

I’m seat 1A on the Wildcard bandwagon but hate the idea that both games could be sold to a city.

Really hope the AFL listen to the fans on this one. Most people will accept the top 10, but no way will they tolerate finals being sold.

39 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I’m seat 1A on the Wildcard bandwagon but hate the idea that both games could be sold to a city.

Really hope the AFL listen to the fans on this one. Most people will accept the top 10, but no way will they tolerate finals being sold.

All sports sell their games these days. NFL, F1, EPL... you name it. The Olympics and the Soccer World Cup are sold to cities.

Hawthorn are desperate to keep selling games to Tasmania after the Devils join.

Melbourne purchased the GF.

Add in the Wildcard Games being limited to pay TV and sold to a one off seller and you have the new model

2 hours ago, dees189227 said:

Still no one asked for this

2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I’m seat 1A on the Wildcard bandwagon but hate the idea that both games could be sold to a city.

Really hope the AFL listen to the fans on this one. Most people will accept the top 10, but no way will they tolerate finals being sold.

Literally two posts apart.

For what it's worth, I don't like the Wildcard Round idea, but if we're going to have it, I don't mind it being "sold" to the city or cities that provide the best offers. I'm convinced that no team playing in Wildcard round will go all the way, anyway, so what's the harm in monetising what would otherwise be a pointless activity?

AFL is not in great hands.

2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I’m seat 1A on the Wildcard bandwagon but hate the idea that both games could be sold to a city.

Really hope the AFL listen to the fans on this one. Most people will accept the top 10, but no way will they tolerate finals being sold.

If the AFL listened to fans we wouldn’t have a wildcard round.

1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

If the AFL listened to fans we wouldn’t have a wildcard round.

I’d suggest a small percentage of people hate the wildcard round. The majority are tolerant towards it.

The wildcard round partially balances the AFL FIXture vs Draw!

In the seasons where Teams 7&8 had an easier draw than 9&10, gives 9&10 opportunities to redress that imbalance!

15 hours ago, BDA said:

i'm all for the idea of a wildcard round as long as we finish 9 or 10.

if we finish in any other position i'm against the idea

But IF we finish 5 or 6 we would be happier, but of course #1 is what we really want.