MCG showing time remaining on the fence

[Underarm]

At games I only notice the countdown clock when the ball goes near it. But it's awful when I do. No need.

 

[FreoRicci]

Yep I prefer the suspense.

The golden age of TV coverage, ie when Ten did it, was great. They had the count up clock when there was 5 minutes to go. It was great.

The 5 minutes to go clock in close GFs such as 2006 and 2009 were intense..
Channel Seven's countdown clock after they got the rights again ruined the suspense. A friend/family member would text how much left or 'too late, only 30 seconds left'.

 

[sataris]

The obvious solution is to have random quarter lengths.

No need for a clock at all then!

 

[BallaratBulldog]

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2017-04-10/led-countdown-clock-allowed-until-final-minute

..."However, the countdown clock appeared less than two minutes before the final siren in Carlton's win over Essendon on Sunday.

An AFL spokesperson confirmed on Monday the countdown clock would now be permitted to run up until the final minute of third and fourth quarters"

Even with radio or TV screens at the game, why force it everyone at the ground who don't want to know. Now it's going even further to one minute.

Disappointing way of getting cash.

 

[The Swert]

A stupid way to end decades of tradition.

It flashes too much as well. They don't need milliseconds on it.

 

[JohnnyFontane90]

the thing that i never get is that if we're going to have a 'blind clock' then make it blind for everyone.

the way it is now, the people at home know how long is left, the fans at the game do, the coaches do, the only ones who don't are the players. and so we have to send runners out to tell the players that there's 30 seconds left just so they know. it's laughably primitive and another example of the afl trying to balance tradition with progression and ****ing it all up.

 

[Franc de Borges]

Didn't even notice it on Sunday. Actually had to text someone to ask 'how long?'

Having said that, I could barely see the ball through the rain.

 

[Easton Thighs]

I hate its guts. If they wanna keep it, make it count upwards not down. It loses a bit of feeling of surprise when the siren goes. I hate it in rugby where people count down til the match ends. Such a lull and meh moment when that happens. I love the feeling when everyone spontaneously cheers and the club songs start blasting when they hear the siren. One of the great joys about our game. Piss of AFL money grubbers.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Enjoyment of the fans compromised so a sponsor can have a wanky marketing exercise? What else is new?

It's pretty obvious the AFL treats fans with utter contempt and courts the corporate $$$ at every opportunity.

 

[The Swert]

the thing that i never get is that if we're going to have a 'blind clock' then make it blind for everyone.

the way it is now, the people at home know how long is left, the fans at the game do, the coaches do, the only ones who don't are the players. and so we have to send runners out to tell the players that there's 30 seconds left just so they know. it's laughably primitive and another example of the afl trying to balance tradition with progression and ******* it all up.

How do fans at the game know? They never used to.

 

[master bate]

I hate its guts. If they wanna keep it, make it count upwards not down. It loses a bit of feeling of surprise when the siren goes. I hate it in rugby where people count down til the match ends. Such a lull and meh moment when that happens. I love the feeling when everyone spontaneously cheers and the club songs start blasting when they hear the siren. One of the great joys about our game. Piss of AFL money grubbers.

Good point. It would surely be worth nearly as much in most games to just have the time counting up.

The extra sponsorship value is now from us fans getting annoyed and giving them a bunch of free press.

I can see both sides to the hide the clock or show the clock argument but let's have it out and make a choice, instead of just quietly selling it to a company.

 

[luke livingston seagull]

I'm pretty on the fence about it.

 

[Daniltchenko You Beauty]

Wouldn't have a problem with it if were a league-wide decision to allow countdown clocks at all games until the final minute, but it's not.

A company has come to the AFL or MCG and offered them a ton of cash to have it there at the expense of tradition.

Unique feature of the game that shouldn't be changed.

 

[Maddo11]

The old ch10 count up clock during the Syd v WCE 6 games - 11 points rivalry was ridiculous. Surprised i didn't have an aneurysm.

 

[FootyJunkie]

Should just do COUNT-UP clock for the final quarter for all games.

 

[FootyJunkie]

A stupid way to end decades of tradition.

It flashes too much as well. They don't need milliseconds on it.

i want to see a bounce down with 0.1 seconds to go.

 

[igon value]

The AFL will do anything for money.

 

[Beerfish]

Kill it with fire. The moving advertising on the fence is bad enough without having a bloody clock counting down as well.