AFL Grand Final start time - Afternoon, twilight or night

[peetoo]

What does a night gf look like in WA

 

[peetoo]

Swap every year between a day and night grand final.

Have both bring back the night series

So aflw grand final is new. Why isn’t That a night game?

 

[tandino]

The world doesn't revolve around television executives and Eddie.

The rhythm of the day as it stands can't be beat.

 

[toomanysquibs]

The rhythm of the day as it stands can't be beat.

Hmm.

Angry Anderson at AFL park

Meatloaf at the MCG

Septuagenerian Kizz at the MCG

To be fair the day could probably try something a little bit different, if only to improve the music.

 

[Golden_6]

I think we all need to be prepared for a switch to 5:15pm in a couple of years.

They’re already softening us up for it. Guys like Barrett are AFL mouthpieces. It’s going in to public domain now so get people used to the idea.

 

[Rotayjay]

The grand final is such a part of the fabric of the Australian sporting landscape that people make plans around it. It's not just a game. I understand that some people need to work on a Saturday arvo, but the same can be said for any time of any day.

 

[Father Jack]

The grand final is such a part of the fabric of the Australian sporting landscape that people make plans around it. It's not just a game. I understand that some people need to work on a Saturday arvo, but the same can be said for any time of any day.

So yeah, may as well move it to a twilight slot then.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

230 start time is the right time.
It let's the cafes get the early rush. Restaurants afterwards.
Pubs get good business.

Later start time gives idiots more time to get drunk and cause issues

Nsw pubs saw a dramatic downturn when the nrl grandfather moved times
The only reason to have it later is you get more unique viewers on TV- ad revenue/ads pace gets a price rise (pretty sure I've posted that before)

It should be the latest they can do it with a red footy

The latest they can do with a red footy is 3pm

 

[tandino]

Hmm.

Angry Anderson at AFL park

Meatloaf at the MCG

Septuagenerian Kizz at the MCG

To be fair the day could probably try something a little bit different, if only to improve the music.

Meatloaf at night is still Meatloaf.

 

[JPetro83]

Hmm.

Angry Anderson at AFL park

Meatloaf at the MCG

Septuagenerian Kizz at the MCG

To be fair the day could probably try something a little bit different, if only to improve the music.

Nothing wrong with KISS champ. was the best entertainment the AFL has ever had for a pre game.

 

[JPetro83]

Its a losing battle.. it will eventually go to a twilight time slot of 5:15pm. 2:30pm is perfect. just wish they would keep at least one tradtion in the game

 

[Blue1980]

You're projecting your opinion as fact.

I've made plenty of posts in this thread about the flow on affect of changing the Grand Final to a night fixture. You can go back and read them.

One statement I probably haven't made that I feel even stronger about this year is all important WHY question.
Why should we change from tradition, and go against the wishes of 83% of the supporter base just so non-fans in non-traditional AFL states MIGHT be more inclined to turn the TV on and watch it?

The biggest audience to try and capture are the kids.
Guess which timeslot suits the kids better? I'll give you a guess... it ain't night time.

Literally every big game the whole season is either twilight or at night except the grand final, it isn’t a logical thing to say the GF must be retained during the day.

 

[Blue1980]

My major argument is that it NOT be a night game.

9:40 is being conservative. It's after 10pm when those night games finish. That means your post-game is finishing around 10:30, when the cup is being lifted. It's WAY too late for families.

Also, you kill the Grand Final get together/BBQ for people with young children. Zero chance I'm taking my kids to a friend's house and leaving that late.

This is where my major argument starts. My son (who was 3 at the time), enjoyed watching the Collingwood players being presented with medals and a big cup. This is how the league creates core memories for the next generation of money spending supporter.

I wouldn't have considered this before I had children, but it's a huge one.
You want a night game because it might attract non-fans. I don't want one so it doesn't lock out our next super-fans.

Do children not watch night games? I know as a kid I did.

 

[toomanysquibs]

Nothing wrong with KISS champ. was the best entertainment the AFL has ever had for a pre game.

Once were warriors. You and them.

 

[Bjo187]

I think we all need to be prepared for a switch to 5:15pm in a couple of years.

They’re already softening us up for it. Guys like Barrett are AFL mouthpieces. It’s going in to public domain now so get people used to the idea.

The cats v lions game was the highest streamed from any sport ever recorded on fox kayo etc, plus it reached over 4 million viewers, the biggest of the season in both the afl and nrl, in that 5.15pm timeslot.

Personally 4.30 pm is ideal.

 

[twhowler]

i am tempted by slightly later just to make more about the build up, 330pm or so

but then it would finish in the dark so nah,

 

[Billy ray]

4:44pm

 

[Pistol Night]

i am tempted by slightly later just to make more about the build up, 330pm or so

but then it would finish in the dark so nah,

They’ve got lights at the MCG now

 

[Blackhawk42]

Literally every big game the whole season is either twilight or at night except the grand final, it isn’t a logical thing to say the GF must be retained during the day.

And despite being finals, none of those games have the same feeling of gravitas or atmosphere that a Grand Final does.

The 2020 and 2021 Grand Finals didn't either.

As already stated plenty of times in here, families are the biggest loser of moving it to a night fixure, in favour of casual or non-fans. That is the most important argument for me, and I'll never view it differently.

I became a rusted on footy nuffie as a kid thanks to the Grand Final parties my parents would host every year.
Move it anywhere past 7pm and families with kids instantly second guess hosting or attending those parties. Basically everybody outside of the 100 000 people in the MCG on the day has that choice to make.

It isn't worth the risk of shutting out the next generation of supporters by moving it to an inferior timeslot.

 

[peetoo]

Nothing wrong with KISS champ. was the best entertainment the AFL has ever had for a pre game.

Tom Jones or Lionel Ritchie say hello.

What was wrong with the after match gig. It was excellent

 

[peetoo]

And despite being finals, none of those games have the same feeling of gravitas or atmosphere that a Grand Final does.

The 2020 and 2021 Grand Finals didn't either.

As already stated plenty of times in here, families are the biggest loser of moving it to a night fixure, in favour of casual or non-fans. That is the most important argument for me, and I'll never view it differently.

I became a rusted on footy nuffie as a kid thanks to the Grand Final parties my parents would host every year.
Move it anywhere past 7pm and families with kids instantly second guess hosting or attending those parties. Basically everybody outside of the 100 000 people in the MCG on the day has that choice to make.

It isn't worth the risk of shutting out the next generation of supporters by moving it to an inferior timeslot.

Yes. Keep the generation o r get more blow ins on TV who are proabaly just taking part in an on line pile on about the music artist performance.

Some/many of the NRL half time shows have been average. Crap is crap no matter the time of day

 

[bhoysdontcry67]

Will be a sad sad day when it goes to 5:15.

 

[peetoo]

FFS either day or night. No twilight nonsense

 

[StillAtLarge]

It's bloody hard to have a half time kick to kick in the dark!
Leave it be

 

[Angus Young]

The cats v lions game was the highest streamed from any sport ever recorded on fox kayo etc, plus it reached over 4 million viewers, the biggest of the season in both the afl and nrl, in that 5.15pm timeslot.

Well imagine what the figures would of been if it was at prime time.

If ratings and eyes on game are the priority.