A constant complaint from interstate AFL teams and fans is the advantage enjoyed by Victorian sides playing the Grand Final at the MCG every year.
Being the traditional home of Australian football and the largest stadium in the country, this is unlikely to change any time soon.
But BigFooty user, ‘aCunningPlan’, has well, a cunning plan. What if the highest ranked team in the Grand Final could alter the ground’s dimensions to match their home ground?
Here’s the original post:
“…I have stolen a cunning plan.
After a bit of discussion on another board I feel an idea has popped up that could really work.
The highest ranked side on the ladder in the Grand Final should earn the right to match the ground dimensions as close to their home ground as possible (within the current confines of the MCG) or keep them as they are.
The MCG will host the Grand Final now and into the future, that wont change. However, if Adelaide were to finish top of the ladder and play Collingwood in the Grand Final in ten years time for example, I feel they should be able to dictate the lines be painted in the dimensions of Adelaide Oval. It would be a small advantage the highest ranked team would earn I feel to even the otherwise unfair, but unavoidable, advantage MCG sides have.
It doesn’t take much to move the posts and paint new lines.
Below is the MCG in green with the dimensions of other grounds in white:
What do you think? It’s certainly outside the box but it would level the playing field (pardon the pun) on Grand Final day. Have your say here.
