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North want to sell a home game to the Dockers or Eagles
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it's your standard oval, they have just put in a 750-seat stand (https://www.bunbury.wa.gov.au/projects/hands-oval-redevelopment). maybe 7500 with additional seating as that's apparently where they got to at Mt Barker... not sure what the plan is for parking though
Where’s the extra home games for the suns i wonder. 9 on the gold coast. Would be nice to be 10 or 11 or 12
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this is not exactly new though is it - Kangas and Dogs played regular "home" games in Sydney against the Swans in the late 90s/early 2000s, ditto for North and even Hawthorn once playing "home" against Brisbane at Carrara in the mid 2000s.
Probably set up a parking area down the road somewhere and do shuttle buses back and forward to the oval or something
Nope. And Collingwood this year played a "home" game at Marvel against the Dogs (I think they were forced to rather than selling it though).
I'm not a fan of any of it, including when my side benefits.
(I do appreciate that it somewhat assists the travel factor for WA sides though, but wish there was a better solution to that then relying on a small club selling a couple of home games off to their on-field detriment).
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I'm fundamentally opposed to this even though we as a club benefit.
The league is compromised enough as it is, we don't need more inequality we need less.
Granted it helps us with the excessive travel burden of WA clubs but IF an extra home game is the solution to the WA travel burden then it should not solely rely on North to have to cover that. The home game should at least be rotated.
Also, West Coast gets massive crowds even when they're at the bottom of the ladder - the game should be help at Optus to allow for there to be more home games available to attend.
The league is compromised enough as it is, we don't need more inequality we need less.
Granted it helps us with the excessive travel burden of WA clubs but IF an extra home game is the solution to the WA travel burden then it should not solely rely on North to have to cover that. The home game should at least be rotated.
Also, West Coast gets massive crowds even when they're at the bottom of the ladder - the game should be help at Optus to allow for there to be more home games available to attend.
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Dunno whether that means an awful lot given Freo have been ordinary and West Coast have been complete arse.
Every other club gets things to swing it in their favour. SA gets gather round, Vic gets 10 teams in their state so they barely travel, NSW and QLD get their bs academies, etc.
WA is the state with nothing.
Yes its not ideal that it has to be done this way, but thats more on the AFL refusing to do anything for so long, the clubs have to take it into their own hands to find something.
This is just whats come out of it all.
If the AFL wont remove the existing inequities in the comp then more need to be added to even it up somewhat
The "best" solutions are ones that people in victoria dont want to hear. Gather round in WA, mini conference where a couple of vic clubs stay over in WA for a couple of weeks a year, or the big one, removing teams.
The SA teams/government have literally bought an extra home game the last 2 years from the AFL with gather round.
This North thing is incredibly minor
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It's a good start. Hopefully, we see Collingwood, Carlton and Essendon play more games outside of Victoria.
Ideally clubs will have a minimum amount of interstate trips built into the draw. Maybe minimum of 10 interstate trips per year would be fair?
Ideally clubs will have a minimum amount of interstate trips built into the draw. Maybe minimum of 10 interstate trips per year would be fair?
This will happen organically once Tasmania and Team 20 enter the competition, as it will be 10 Victorian teams and 10 Non-Victorian. Absolutely no need for teams to sell home games (except to areas which don't already have a team).
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Why would Essendon, for example, play an interstate side away twice?
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minimum of 7 outside Melbourne including 6 outside the state would be a good start.
Never going to have 10 outside vic for all the vic clubs, just too many of then.
11 home games plus 4-5 away games is 15-16 games, only 7-8 more per year per team on top of that which should be split into regional and non vic games. Easy
Gonna take a stab and say it’s a 3 year deal because that brings us to 2028 when the Devils join.
North’s home games would get rejigged without any in Hobart; so they’ll need to determine where those 2 games go.
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