Diamond_Jim

No surprises in the named 18

You would not be happy if you missed the squad. Just released... so lets play which four drop out and who is the sub Jeffo definitely out and next TMac Billings for sub? or more likely Lindsay? Think Billings is in

It does have one in the sense that you're not allowed to spend more than you earn. This is what has got Manchester City in trouble. In simple terms the League is saying that the sponsorship fee paid by the Middle East owners is greater than what would be paid by an arms length sponsor. (Of course the more powerful/popular the club the higher the justifiable sponsor fee. You could even argue a higher fee on the basis that the recipient club will use it to buy "name players" that will enhance your sponsorship. Clear as mud but perhaps clearer than F1 team spending caps.)

His non-selection for the Freo hit out says it all. Jeffo will need a couple of decent Casey games. Would be handy if he could ruck.

This is how strange the salary cap rules on sponsorships etc. can be. No wonder they're almost unenforceable From an article in today's Age on Petracca's change of management. He appears on YoPRO packaging in his Melbourne jumper and kicking a Sherrin football, so those payments must be lodged under additional services agreements (ASAs), which enable players to earn extra income beyond their base salary for promotional and marketing activities. Each club has a cap on the total amount it can spend on these agreements. However, Petracca also appears in a YoPRO Instagram video in normal clothes without any AFL “intellectual property”, such as a jumper or logo. In that case, the 29-year-old can accept money outside ASAs. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/petracca-s-power-move-demon-splits-from-star-studded-connors-sports-stable-20250310-p5lieu.html Begs the question if Trac did his cooking show in an MFC polo would the revenue come within the salary cap. Where do you draw the line between genuinely leveraging your image as a footballer vs routing the salary cap. For those who are interested in these things the present investigation of Manchester City is a fascinating study.

Some background. The Age article contains a decent bit of background analysis She has worked with Team Petracca since August last year, supporting the Melbourne star’s wife, Bella Beischer, in securing some of his non-football commercial deals, particularly with his ever-growing cooking empire On Trac 5. They had worked together with D’Orazio and Connors Sports on some deals, but the switch to Scullie will streamline Petracca’s affairs. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/petracca-s-power-move-demon-splits-from-star-studded-connors-sports-stable-20250310-p5lieu.html There's a whole new revenue source in the social media sphere. My feeling is that the mainstream managers don't really exploit it. Could even be a role for Tracc post football. Good luck to him

Will be a pleasant surprise if we come away with a win. Personally I'm more concerned as to how we build into the first six week block. From a season viewpoint we need to come out 4-2 and at least 3-3. It's such an overly long season that pre-bye form is not that indicative. My greatest concern is that our bottom 4 and the next 4 at Casey need to push through. Next is the smalls to mediums in our back 6. Anyway let's see what 2025 has to offer. Lifting that cup would be lovely. PS: Hope Jefferson makes it

If you're watching on a big TV.. 65" plus 4k is great. (it's not a chalk and cheese difference... think 20%) Your internet speed is more than enough. Give it a go and if you don't like it you can cancel/downgrade your plan easily if you're paying month to month

Welcome to the Board...

Big statement but not too far from the truth. Youtube is a great resource. Some travel vloggers leave FTA for dead.

Wait until the next round where Thursday or Friday night will go to another streamer. It's almost inevitable. In USA the NFL is already spread across three streamers or thereabouts

Sounds great but check the fine print on AFL games. Binge (Kayo's "sister") has movies and some AFL when on channel 7. Quite a different product to Kayo. Good luck and may we ask where you hail from. Rare to hear from remote Australia these days. Go Dees

They have separate graphics teams apparently as there's a lot of feedback on graphics covering scoreboards etc. You wonder how the two networks deal with the ad break or lack thereof. Didn't notice whether Fox were still waiting for the notional ad break to complete before replaying/commenting on the goal. Will be interesting to watch as the season develops PS Thanks for the reference to NEP. Hadn't realised they were so ubiquitous. Made me wonder if by being so they are holding back the innovation that you might see if there were more players in the industry

Out of curiosity I know we now have two commentaries (Fox and Ch 7) and that Fox/Kayo is in 4k but do we have two camera or production teams Thanks

Agree the season is so long the only relevance these games have is end of season ladder position. One thing you can do is look to trends either at team or player level but after one game not so much. I thought that THB against the Swans player with about 6 minutes to go that definitely decided the game was ridiculous. When the whistle blew I thought it was a free to the Swans player as the Hawks players jumped onto his head and back. With no football today this opening round is a fizzer even if no fault of the AFL

Must say I've been happy with the non colour clash of jumpers on TV but that chocolate hawthorn jumper... Even an orange V might have helped save it fashion wise

Out of interest would you be happy with a split round. I suppose the Round zero rubbish allows them to split the following rounds via the early series of byes to even up the rest periods. Perhaps a round in Perth and Adelaide for round zero might enable them to even things up a bit better. Funnily enough I think a Round Zero match in Tasmania might have worked well this year

So Essendon and GCS will be one game behind for the full season. Will make ladder calculations just that more difficult but good training for the never ending bye we will see if a nineteenth team joins the league

With my MFC hat on two draws would be nice but I might even be happier with a 100 point loss by the Pies

Good point It was explained last year that they were taking advantage of no NRL in Sydney or Brisbane. Obviously it's now a television/money play which just makes the long season another week longer

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How cynical but so true. Shades of the F1 non cancellation on the outbreak of covid and the lawsuit over the post race concert.

Agree. There's a small chance though that it may be a non event. A few weeks ago a level 5 cyclone was heading straight for Australia's main iron ore port of Port Hedland. It ended up crossing 100kms south as a level 3 and damage was minimal. Nature is hard to predict sometimes

It is an almost certainty to be postponed. I suspect it will be to a date to be advised on Friday or Saturday after the initial damage assessment. Being on the Brisbane River there is no way a game proceeds at the Gabba on Thursday night. The degree of concern in Brisbane is palpable. AFL in danger of an own goal if they delay postponing the game. The GC game is a little different being scheduled for Saturday

Forever thus