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I really believe the conference situation is a bad idea. I live in Toronto and let me tell you something. I'm not a baseball fan, but have a look at how their "conference" and "division" idea works. Ox_5_demons is right, it is even more inequitable. The Toronto Blue Jays rarely make the post season because they're in the same division as the Yankees, Red Sox and Tampa Bay, probably the 3 strongest teams in baseball. And only the division winners are guaranteed a finals spot. The remaining places are filled by "wild cards", the highest ranking teams not including division winners. It stunts a lot of clubs growth as they have a slim chance of making finals. Imagine if Melbourne were locked into a division that included Geelong, Collingwood, Hawthorn and Saints. Imagine how hard it would be to play these teams predominantly, while only playing other weaker teams less often? Bloody hard task for any club. I say leave it as it is, the draw compensates for previous year ladder positions already. The only thing that should be worked on is the finals system once GWS arrives.

I really believe the conference situation is a bad idea. I live in Toronto and let me tell you something. I'm not a baseball fan, but have a look at how their "conference" and "division" idea works. Ox_5_demons is right, it is even more inequitable. The Toronto Blue Jays rarely make the post season because they're in the same division as the Yankees, Red Sox and Tampa Bay, probably the 3 strongest teams in baseball. And only the division winners are guaranteed a finals spot. The remaining places are filled by "wild cards", the highest ranking teams not including division winners. It stunts a lot of clubs growth as they have a slim chance of making finals. Imagine if Melbourne were locked into a division that included Geelong, Collingwood, Hawthorn and Saints. Imagine how hard it would be to play these teams predominantly, while only playing other weaker teams less often? Bloody hard task for any club. I say leave it as it is, the draw compensates for previous year ladder positions already. The only thing that should be worked on is the finals system once GWS arrives. Lastly, take into account the length of the season for conference style games. How many games do they play in basketball? Baseball? We only play 22 so far...

Absolutely awesome. Funny this, I alwys have problems playing from BigPond as my IP is not Australian. But this seems fine! Thanks BD!

Hi folks, First time poster, long time reader. First of all, love your stuff guys. Living in Toronto, I survive on this... Secondly, it is extremely hard to find live streams or highlights of the dees games. Does anyone know of a place where decent highlights are kept by any chance. Cheers guys