76woodenspooners
Brownlow Medallist
Agree, not sure of the point of it. In theory if you played in all regional areas maybe but its stupid to schedule big drawing clubs at tiny grounds in the same state.
Sure, probably not much point to it from a Victorian POV.
Its value would be from interstate visitors and tourism. Just like in Adelaide where people are flying in to go to the footy and spending $$$ in Barossa and McLaren Vale. For Vic, people would enjoy flying into Melbourne for the novelty of watching games at the MCG, and spend $$$ in Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula.
Vic has by far the best ability of anywhere in the country to host this kind of weekend. It’s got the teams. It’s got the stadia. It’s got the local footy fans who will whinge about it because it’s change and what’s the point of it? - but will turn up and fill the stands anyway. It’s got the other tourist attractions. It’s got a local tourism board and a major events company with deep pockets.