North want to play 2 home games in WA next season

[Woolly Mammoth]

The sad thing is these clubs were gifted a spot (and the status) in a national competition without any valid claim other than being in the right place at the right time. Much more successful clubs have been relegated to playing against "reserves teams" (e.g Norwood, East Fremantle, Sturt, South Fremantle, North Adelaide, etc)

Everytime the idea is floated to have a 3rd SA club, possibly an existing SANFL club, in the league it's shouted down by South Australians.
Can yas make up ya minds

 

[eastfreo75]

Its a dumb move.

Eddie came up with the solution on travel equality and it did not involve an extra home game for the WA teams. The teams spend 6 days away and play two away games in a row. Then two Vic teams do the same, head West and play the Eagles and Freo away 6 days apart.

Do that twice and you cut two flights / trips per season. No-one gets extra home games, just less travel. Not hard and great for tourism.

But with Gather Round the AFL has even further eroded the fixturing inequalities that now to fix that it needs to do things like this.

100%.

Double away games is a great idea.

Fremantle played Carlton and Port in Adelaide back to back.

If the Dockers played 5 games in Melbourne that could be done in 3

They've tried this in the past, with limited success. Players don't want to spend a week living in hotels - esepcially if they have families.

Seriously AFL players are soft. A lot of high paying includes travelling regularly. Cricketers spend months away and Footballers can’t live in hotel for a week.

 

[jdeezy]

Everytime the idea is floated to have a 3rd SA club, possibly an existing SANFL club, in the league it's shouted down by South Australians.
Can yas make up ya minds

I think the argument there is that when the national comp was first formed a few less VIC teams in favour of some of the big SA and WA clubs would've been ideal, building off their success and creating a proper national comp was a "best of the best" competition.

Now that those clubs are 30+ years removed from being relevant it would no longer make sense. In the same way that it wouldn't really make any sense to put in a VFL club now.

 

[Cuzz09]

Don Pyke gad this floated to him (by me) and seemed positive about the possibility of say...

1 big Wildcats style road trip play Bris, Syd, Melb, Adelaide then have a block of 5 or 6 at home.

Less travel back n forth etc

Cant see it TBH... 1-2 weeks Max

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