Re: 2006 Fixture is here
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I think you should read/re-read Shagga 6's post.
Excellent points.
Didn't it cross your mind that Friday nights are extremely lucrative (why else would McGuire go after Friday nighty footy?)
Saturday afternoon is the traditional time for footy.
Sunday - people have other commitments and the cost of labour is higher on Sundays. ANd that cost is borne by the clubs.
Fewer attendance - higher costs - less money for the club involved.
A couple of years ago, North had many Sunday games and made a special request to the AFL not to play so many games on Sundays. I can't think what would have occured to alter North's thinking.
McGuire can bleat all he likes about Collingwood giving aid to the so-called weaker clubs, but playing so many Friday night games and the ANZAC Day and resulting return game, plus the Queen's Birthday game EVERY year, is it any wonder that Collingwood are going OK.
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RooVegas said:Yes. Can't believe the AFL didn't consult you about your Sunday soccer fixture. What a disgrace!
Anyone else got issues? Maybe too many clashes with people's regular timing for bowel movements that you want to complain about?
The draw has some positives, some negatives and at the end of the day, we just need to get on with it. While I agree that we've been pretty unfairly done by in the bigger picture of having pioneered Friday night footy and then seeing it get handed over to other teams, the current draw sees us playing a lot of Sundays largely because we want to play in Canberra. That's something we would have quite rightly requested. It's a venture which sees us earn a lot more money than we would by pulling 20,000 people to a Friday night game in Melbourne against Port or some other such team.
Anyway, at least you'll get to see them play live this year. I might not, given no game in Brisbane, but so be it. I'd rather have the team in existence and not playing where it's convenient for me, than not be in existence at all.
I think you should read/re-read Shagga 6's post.
Excellent points.
Didn't it cross your mind that Friday nights are extremely lucrative (why else would McGuire go after Friday nighty footy?)
Saturday afternoon is the traditional time for footy.
Sunday - people have other commitments and the cost of labour is higher on Sundays. ANd that cost is borne by the clubs.
Fewer attendance - higher costs - less money for the club involved.
A couple of years ago, North had many Sunday games and made a special request to the AFL not to play so many games on Sundays. I can't think what would have occured to alter North's thinking.
McGuire can bleat all he likes about Collingwood giving aid to the so-called weaker clubs, but playing so many Friday night games and the ANZAC Day and resulting return game, plus the Queen's Birthday game EVERY year, is it any wonder that Collingwood are going OK.
