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The time slot that sucks is that sunday 2:50pm (cst) change it to 1:50pm (cst)
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Does Thursday Night Football Work?
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Channel 7 on the eastern seaboard want a direct lead in to the 6pm news.
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Works for the networks.
Everyone else is left tired, out of pocket or confused.
Everyone else is left tired, out of pocket or confused.
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works well in smaller cities , that are easy to get home from on a school night
thursday night could be good for adelaide , perth and geelong leaving melbourne to host the friday night game !!
thursday night could be good for adelaide , perth and geelong leaving melbourne to host the friday night game !!
Nah, our infrastructure sucks, doesn't work well over here.
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What about when the new stadium is built?
Depends where you live. If you live close to Domain stadium, good luck getting to Burswood around this time.
Bad fixturing by the AFL putting a rubbish side like Fremantle in a prime time TV slot
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It works in smaller cities as the fans only have 11 games a year (12 if they plan ahead) so don't look for excuses to not go. Melbourne people have up to 17 games a year plus a ton of neutral games.
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7 day merry go round with everyone having a mix of 5 and 6 day breaks may finally allow us to get a draw where everyone plays each other twice. Clubs would need to manage players, but this is fair as all clubs doing so. Name your team 24 hours before the game.
Supercoach etc would need to have rolling lockouts (can't trade a player out from time of game to a period after game) or something.
Forget it with 18 clubs. Unless the AFL shortens games to e.g. 80 minutes...
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If TNF was to become a weekly occurance how would it work? If both teams play on the previous Saturday that's only a 5 day break and if they played on the Friday there would need to be at least 2 FNF games per week. Nice idea and good for TV viewers but don't think it will work.
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If 5 day breaks become 'normal' there won't be as much complaining, if both sides play on the previous Saturday it's not an issue imo.
5 day breaks were common in the 80s and early 90s
Not sure if this has been mentioned but last week's game in Adelaide rated very well on TV. Tonight we had Perth, next week Sydney and then back to Adelaide. Four consecutive weeks. This is a trial and even if it does not become a permanent weekly fixture expect more games next year. Thursday night it is up against shows like Masterchef and generates much more income than say, Saturday afternoon because it is a work night and there are many more people at home watching TV. It's all about growing the AFL's revenue with the next broadcasting deal. It will most likely happen and there is talk about about channels 9 and 10 making offers for a piece of the pie but for specific nights only.
It works for tv but not so much for the attending fan - families in particular
That's pretty much it in a nutshell I reckon
That's pretty much it in a nutshell I reckon
1. There's no way it should be weekly. 8 has to be the absolute maximum number. It detracts from Friday night footy if held too regularly
2. 5 day breaks aren't so bad if both teams are on them. Teams should be clever and rest out some players with lesser minutes in the state leagues and the sub etc to keep run in the legs
3. Double Friday night games would be an option for some weeks that don't involve Thurday night games. A 2nd late Friday night game would be a good idea in WA
4. 1st game of the year, Easter Thursday, ANZAC eve (some years) and the bye rounds provide opportunity to get Thursday nights in without short breaks
There's enough opportunities to get them in if the league isn't greedy. And several clubs will put their hands up for a short break if it means prime time exposure.
Pretty much. It's also a massive bummer getting home and realising there's still Friday to come.
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Works excellent if you do not have work on Friday. I propose we change the normal working week to four 9.5 hour days to accommodate this.
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"intrusive"? What are you normally doing on Thursday nights?
It was apparently.
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