Yes, the curious thing in amongst all the talk of a 19th team is that there has been no mention of it causing a weekly bye - and the issues arising from it.Just wait til they bring in the extra team for Tasmania instead of just relocating the useless Kangas down there, and then we have to sit through byes throughout the season.
The season is already four weeks longer (Gather Round, mid season bye, end of season bye, Zero Round) than it was not that many years back. So will this simply add yet another week? Or can it be somehow partly dovetailed in with the other byes - covering the first seven rounds (Zero, plus R1-6) then another four (R12-15)?
Regardless there will still need to be byes around say R17 - when bodies are getting sore - how will that be determined? Am I being cynical to think Coll or Rich or Carl might get them?
This will also mean that for about half the season teams will have played unequal games (and adding in games Thur-Sun) thus for a good part of the fixture it's going to be really hard to accurately compare teams.