Push to axe the replay

[clivenator26]

Good decision. Two 5 minute halves should do it.

 

[Halftimehero]

Happens about every 35 years, just leave it, who said we have to follow everyone else, our game is unique and should keep it thay way.

 

[Masquerade]

Don't have a problem with it. I went to the 2010 draw and reply. Both awesome.

Really? I wonder why....

 

[kaiserchief13]

The AFL potentially forfeiting millions of dollars? Bad business decision

 

[Underarm]

That's why it won't change. The revenue they generate from a GF replay far outweighs the cost of staging it again.

The extra travel for interstate teams is also overblown. If we are to believe all the talk about how professional the game is, then an extra plane trip after a 6-7 day break should be fine for these professional athletes.


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Not when 1 team has to do it, and the other doesn't.

In a national competition, the draw is sadly too unfair on those interstate sides; and really is an inconvenience....

 

[Tiger Snake]

leave it the way it is... and the GF gets played during daylight hours as it has always been!!!!

 

[Rob]

If there was a draw the last 4 years AFL house would have been burnt to the ground that night by angry supporters.

 

[Allan Shorty]

Dull idea for dullards. Need more quirks like replays, not less. More oddities that no one can remember the origins of or reasons for existing. The bounce, the goal umpire signals, Melbourne demons and so on.

 

[Papa G]

TRADITION!!!

its happened twice in the state league and once in the AFL.

TRADITION!!!

 

[AndyD]

And how about the cost for we non-Victorian supporters. I've been extremely fortunate in my time to attend five grand finals to see my team compete. Back in 1996 the costs weren't too prohibitive, but the last couple would have cost $2k a piece, at least. And that's just coming from Sydney. The costs for West Coast supporters would be immense.

For two of those grand finals, I've had a friend fly over for the weekend from Uruguay to see the match. Extending his stay for another week wouldn't have been an option. Imagine the anti-climax if he'd left Melbourne with no result. (He was sneaky enough to choose 2005 and 2012 to fly over for - he gave 2006 and 2014 a miss.)

And I remember speaking to a friend - a Saints supporter living in Sydney - immediately after the drawn 2010 grand final. She was flat as a pancake. She would have rather see the Saints lose on the day than have to do it all over again the following weekend (which I think she did).

In a national competition, especially in a country as large as Australia, it's just plain daft.

For every friend that needs to return to Uruguay there are 2 that will still take his place at the replay and that's all the AFL care about. If the biggest revenue day for you is the grand final, why would remove a chance to have two of them in the one year?


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[quotemokc]

How long a break would be needed between the end of the 4th and OT?

Players are generally very spent and give their all in the dying seconds.

 

[Defacto]

Happens about every 35 years, just leave it, who said we have to follow everyone else, our game is unique and should keep it thay way.

try living outside of victoria

 

[AndyD]

Not when 1 team has to do it, and the other doesn't.

In a national competition, the draw is sadly too unfair on those interstate sides; and really is an inconvenience....

Can you quantify the level of disadvantage the travelling team has? Or is there this vague notion of disadvantage because one team gets to sleep in their own bed while another has to sleep in a hotel? Or do AFL players take these weirdly physical flights which leave them completely exhausted? Would it be fair if WC played Freo in a GF replay at the G because they had the same amount of travel?


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[DrEvil_]

Penalty shootouts FTW.

 

[Defabs]

There have been a total of 154 drawn games since 1897 from 14,804 games. This is just over 1% of games. It was a statistical anomaly that we've had 3 grand finals in the last 68 years or 4.5% of grand finals. We are unlikely to see another one in our lifetimes..... Just let the replay be. Maybe our great great grandkids will get to see one.

 

[WCErevival]

I'm surprised there are supporters backing the revenue argument. Who cares about how much the AFL can make from a replay. They make plenty as it is.

 

[Kwality]

Make GFs best of 3, with the 3rd to be played at the G. Reward clubs who perform with home GFs.

Doesn't stop draws that are becoming more often, one in the 70s & then one a short time after.

 

[Kwality]

Can you quantify the level of disadvantage the travelling team has? Or is there this vague notion of disadvantage because one team gets to sleep in their own bed while another has to sleep in a hotel? Or do AFL players take these weirdly physical flights which leave them completely exhausted? Would it be fair if WC played Freo in a GF replay at the G because they had the same amount of travel?


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Think 6 day breaks including travel home, recovery, travel back .. say the Dogs are allocated how many? Guess you see no merit in a team earning home state/ground ... elites don't give up any advantage willingly, never because its equitable ... mine, mine is the clarion call of a 3 year old!!

 

[Pie eyed]

Footy Show reporting the AFL wants to remove the option of a grand final replay in the event of a draw.

Fair call I say! Decide on the day.

Unfairly targeting Collingwood again....

 

[Power Raid]

in the case of a draw, the team finishing higher on the ladder should take the flag.

 

[telsor]

Much as I'd prefer to stick with tradition, it is unfair on clubs that would have to travel twice, and having different rules for where the club(s) come from would just be weird, so yeah, scrap it.

 

[Kram]

in the case of a draw, the team finishing higher on the ladder should take the flag.

Uggh, just play an extra 5 minutes each way.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

It should be decided in a shoot-out.

Line each team up along the center, turn and draw, last man standing lifts the cup

 

[aCunningPlan]

in the case of a draw, the team finishing higher on the ladder should take the flag.

Yep, just like the Sheffield Shield!

 

[Xtreme]

#savethereplay

What next ? Night time grand final with a yellow ball ? hahahahaahha preposterous