Prediction 2024 Fixture Predictions

[Viceregal]

An annoyance that impacts season 25 which I’ve just realised is that the Saints win today now means they knock the Suns out of twelfth into thirteenth meaning that the Suns will occupy our double up in the bottom 13-18th bracket.

Had the Suns stayed in twelfth we obviously would have got one of the Suns and teams 13-18th.

Thanks Suns, you incompetent twats.

The fixture could still give us more than the minimum double ups in the bottom tier ... if their are any left after more hmm consequential teams have been catered for!

 

[Section 5]

An annoyance that impacts season 25 which I’ve just realised is that the Saints win today now means they knock the Suns out of twelfth into thirteenth meaning that the Suns will occupy our double up in the bottom 13-18th bracket.

Had the Suns stayed in twelfth we obviously would have got one of the Suns and teams 13-18th.

Thanks Suns, you incompetent twats.

We play the Suns twice each year.
The same applies to the Sydney, Adelaide and Perth clubs.
Just the luck of the draw where all those sides finish on the ladder.

 

[Saucery]

I get as far as the 3rd paragraph before I crack the sh!ts.

“The two KPIs of the fixture are broadcast viewership and attendance”

Fair dinkum, they should be "equity" and "fairness", not to mention "transparency".

Every season, at the end of week 17 (which I believe is now week 18), the average NFL fan sitting on their couch at home immediately knows exactly who their team will be playing next year. And I think they even know where as well. The "when" is obviously determined later but genuinely you can barely get more transparent than that.

That's a benchmark we can only dream of here while we are still mired in this desperate quest for "viewership and attendance" instead. It's backwater bush league stuff.

Sadly, this is one of the reasons our grand sport will never be taken seriously internationally. The governing body treats the league like a theater production rather than a sport; it's embarrassing. They know we will put up with it as ultimately we just want to see our teams run out and have a crack. We are closer to the WWF than other, legitimate sporting leagues.

Overture, curtains, lights
This is it, the night of nights
No more rehearsing and nursing a part
We know every part by heart

Overture, curtains, lights
This is it, you'll hit the heights
And oh what heights we’ll hit
On with the show this is it

Tonight, what heights we'll hit
On with the show this is it!