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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
The NFL can't play Saturday games or Friday night games because of college and high school football which inherently limits them to Sundays anyway, plus Monday and Thursday nights. It's more a reflection of how big the NFL is - their regular season games outrate the finals games of MLB and NBA.I'm also not turned on by it, but it's also the biggest timeslot in the NFL these days, so maybe it actually will work?
The NFL can't play Saturday games or Friday night games because of college and high school football which inherently limits them to Sundays anyway, plus Monday and Thursday nights.
It's more a reflection of how big the NFL is - their regular season games outrate the finals games of MLB and NBA.
It's much more exciting IMO - for finals it makes sense to have games separated, however in the regular season having 5+ games on at the same time is ideal particularly when there's 16~ games each weekI must admit it feels a bit ancient to me compared to how the AFL and NRL work here, but they still have like 10 games that start at 1pm every Sunday. More out of necessity than tradition I guess.
10+ million supporters per team... You could probably schedule matches at 2am on a Wednesday and still get a full house.
Yeah, so much of the sustainable growth in footy comes from families going to the footy together and then continuing that tradition with the next generation. Family friendly time slots (I'd include the old 7.10pm start on a Sat night) might not be the greatest revenue generating games but it's how you grow your base. Thursday night footy might be awesome for sponsors but you wouldn't want any more than 1 or 2 (unless they were all in school holidays).I’m philosophically opposed to any timeslot that makes it difficult/impractical/impossible for kids to attend games.
I think the AFL do take into account children into their fixturing. It is probably not in their main top four criteria though.Yeah, so much of the sustainable growth in footy comes from families going to the footy together and then continuing that tradition with the next generation. Family friendly time slots (I'd include the old 7.10pm start on a Sat night) might not be the greatest revenue generating games but it's how you grow your base. Thursday night footy might be awesome for sponsors but you wouldn't want any more than 1 or 2 (unless they were all in school holidays).
Our club is still operating in a growth market. Vic clubs are trying to squeeze more profits from largely mature markets so they want every game to be revenue maximising. We should always have one eye on growth when we're planning and a focus on expanding our fan base in the long term is integral.
Even from a TV viewer perspective I have very little interest watching footy until 930/10 on a Sunday night
I assume you are counting Easter and the possible OR games being the 7-9th March period.There are 5 Mondays across Australia next year in places where afl is played which have public holidays. There are also some in early March when OR was held this year.
So they could do 5 rounds with Sunday night games. Otherwise give them all to Perth.
Also please no Tassie or Ballarat.I don't like North selling a home game to Freo and WC.
Add on to the fact that the SA teams get a free home game for Gather Round.
That leaves QLD and NSW teams as the only ones with no bonus home games.
In terms of 2025 wishes:
- Last year we had 3 trips to SA and 2 trips to WA. It is mental to have away games against all those teams in one year. So for 2025 I would hope for 1 away trip each state maximum (not including Gather Round).
- Home games against Hawks and Port.
- As many Friday night games as possible.
Or Canberra or Alice Springs.Also please no Tassie or Ballarat.
Yeah I'm big on all teams should make the trip to Geelong so I accept we need to make the trip occasionally. I'm just sick of getting sent to extra out of Melbourne trips. I'm scared of a north game being sold to WA being us or something annoying that takes away the few games I can get toOr Canberra or Alice Springs.
Would be nice to avoid Geelong also but we are probably due