Fixture 2025 Fixture Discussion

[Bucking Beads]

Was considering Gather round but the week before at the MCG against Richmond sounds good.

 

[Gadzorks]

If those two concepts are linked, then it's never been egalitarian.

Have you ever been able to get every game live on FTA? Honestly don't know, but I know it hasn't been the case since at least the late 90s.

All games actually televised on FTA have only been live in Qld/NSW since 2012. Before then Friday nights at a minimum were on a delay.

All Lions/Swans/etc games have only been live and on FTA in Qld/NSW since 2007.

(Don't know about Victorian, SA and WA but I can't imagine they got better details since it was part of the expansion push to get what we've got.)

Pay TV has been subsidising the AFL for decades now. This is not a new thing. Without it the league would be seriously screwed in terms of the amount of money coming in.

Uggghh. Reasonableness. Why are you even here?

 

[McIvor]

Was considering Gather round but the week before at the MCG against Richmond sounds good.

We considered two games to attend outside of Melbourne / QLD and for differing reasons (Gather Round - game being played at a non-standard soccer ground b/c thats what Norwood is) and the Hobart game (yes, the stadium is crap similar to Norwood, but North barely attract anyone so you could no doubt get a decent vantage point but the Sunday 4:40pm timeslot is a killer - Saturday anytime or Sunday at 1:10 is fine but unless you now take the Monday off to, virtually impossible getting back to the Sunshine Coast on Sunday night.)

Will just stick to a couple of the MCG with the Tigers game one of them.

I know its hard draw, but don't mind the split of games geographically with the exception of having to play at Norwood and then having to pay for North's patheticness by not getting to play them in Melbourne insetad of shipped off to one of their backwaters in order to stay afloat and yes I see the irony of that comment in light of saying Id go to Hobart but for the time.

 

[dlanod]

Uggghh. Reasonableness. Why are you even here?

I've been stuck with Telstra then Kayo for years to see more than two games of the Lions a year and it shits me to tears. I'd love to get it all on FTA and that'd be a fantastic improvement but it's never actually been like that regardless.

 

[Bucking Beads]

We considered two games to attend outside of Melbourne / QLD and for differing reasons (Gather Round - game being played at a non-standard soccer ground b/c thats what Norwood is) and the Hobart game (yes, the stadium is crap similar to Norwood, but North barely attract anyone so you could no doubt get a decent vantage point but the Sunday 4:40pm timeslot is a killer - Saturday anytime or Sunday at 1:10 is fine but unless you now take the Monday off to, virtually impossible getting back to the Sunshine Coast on Sunday night.)

Will just stick to a couple of the MCG with the Tigers game one of them.

I know its hard draw, but don't mind the split of games geographically with the exception of having to play at Norwood and then having to pay for North's patheticness by not getting to play them in Melbourne insetad of shipped off to one of their backwaters in order to stay afloat and yes I see the irony of that comment in light of saying Id go to Hobart but for the time.

You would hope beating Richmond at the MCG just happens in 2025. Would be our first trip to the MCG since the GF.

 

[Grasshopper17]

bit odd in terms of time slots especially the prime time friday/saturday games all being away.

I feel like Round 14 vs GWS could have been prime time, especially compared to Hawks/Crows in Tasmania, or North/Freo on Saturday night.

Looking at the last 8 rounds i think some of those home games will be prime time - Port/Dogs/Sydney/Hawks - all of them could be really.

Not sure about the others, but my understanding is that the Giants have requested to the AFL to not have any prime time matches, or as few as possible. They have found it doesn't really work for their market.

Mind you nothing has really worked for their market thus far