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I find Thursday the most annoying day, usually forget it's on. Friday through Monday works for me, but for some reason, Monday night football has fallen flat every time it's been tried.
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They experimented with Monday Night Footy in the late 90s-early 2010s but fans didn't like it
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They will not like Sunday night either unless Monday has a holiday
More American things that'll be tried and fail over here. Different cultures and attitudes.
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So why Thursday? Also a crap day for it.
I was only talking from a TV view point of view. I'll happily watch footy on Sunday or Monday night instead of putting one of the streamers on.
Because it is close to the weekend and people are more up for it. Yeah it isn't as good as Friday but it is a hell of a lot better than a late night on Monday where you have a whole week to go before you can sleep in.
Sunday and Monday night games rated great on TV and were better than Friday night on equivalent match ups. But failed miserably with the fans attending. And in the end you have to take that into consideration when the drop off in attendance was so bad.
I think it's a good idea, if it's scheduled correctly. There is too much crossover with the three Sunday games currently, which obviously affects viewing audience numbers. The way the AFL scheduled the Sunday games in round 24 should be how they schedule all rounds.
Sunday:
Game 1 - 12:45pm
Game 2 - 3:20pm
Game 3 - 6:10pm (7:40pm when it is the day before a public holiday)
This format ensures there are no crossover games, and also ensures the late game is over by about 8:45pm. I would schedule Perth based game for much of (not all) of the third timeslot, and also Queensland games because twilight is a very popular slot in Queensland.
Avoid MCG games in winter in the 6:10pm timeslot (with the exception of the day before a public holidy), but utilize Marvel when playing games in Victoria in that timeslot.
Sunday:
Game 1 - 12:45pm
Game 2 - 3:20pm
Game 3 - 6:10pm (7:40pm when it is the day before a public holiday)
This format ensures there are no crossover games, and also ensures the late game is over by about 8:45pm. I would schedule Perth based game for much of (not all) of the third timeslot, and also Queensland games because twilight is a very popular slot in Queensland.
Avoid MCG games in winter in the 6:10pm timeslot (with the exception of the day before a public holidy), but utilize Marvel when playing games in Victoria in that timeslot.
Thursday and Monday night footy are both good for tv viewers and terrible for attending spectators.
The difference (and only reason) we get Thursday night is because the media want a round all wrapped up by Sunday 730pm est, so all their content(radio,tv, everything) can begin on a Monday morning.
The difference (and only reason) we get Thursday night is because the media want a round all wrapped up by Sunday 730pm est, so all their content(radio,tv, everything) can begin on a Monday morning.
I hate 4.40 sundays. Couldn't imagine liking any later
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Football is a TV product. Fans who go to the game are secondary. The AFL and their broadcast partners would prefer no fans show up. No fans booing would make it easier for the narrative to be controlled.
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I don’t think it’s ever really worked outside of the US. They’ve tried it in England as well and it generally falls flat too.
They started it in the US for pretty simple reasons - the Friday night high school / Saturday college / Sunday professional was an established schedule so they had nowhere else to go. Monday night was it. It’s the only reason it was done in the US, and it hasn’t worked anywhere else.
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They’re doing a ****ing terrible job achieving that then
Year / Total attendance / Average
2024 / 8.3m / 38k
2014 / 7.0m / 34k
2004 / 6.4m / 34k
1994 / 5.2m / 30k
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Any chance of some AFL footy being played during the day next season?
As others have said, it depends on the start time. I doubt starting games at 7:40pm like on Friday nights would work on Sunday nights. If Sunday night footy is going to return, 6:20pm should be the latest the game should start to ensure a finish at about 9pm.
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Love Thursday night footy hope we schedule this every round (Makes it feel like the weekends come early).
Love Friday night Footy.
Like Saturday afternoon games.
Love Saturday night Footy.
Like Sunday early games
Tolerate Sunday Twilight.
Dislike Sunday Night.
Hate Monday Night.
This is all from a television viewing point of view.
Attending live games give me Saturday nights.
This comes from a Tasmanian who doesn’t attend many games and watches every game via Tv.
Love Friday night Footy.
Like Saturday afternoon games.
Love Saturday night Footy.
Like Sunday early games
Tolerate Sunday Twilight.
Dislike Sunday Night.
Hate Monday Night.
This is all from a television viewing point of view.
Attending live games give me Saturday nights.
This comes from a Tasmanian who doesn’t attend many games and watches every game via Tv.
Yeah SNF could work if it's early enough. Get your shit done during the day then get to the big game at night.
Never got the obsession with this. Half the games each weekend are average at best. A slight staggering of games is more than fine so you can catch the last quarter of each game without clashing with the last quarter in another.
I love in the NFL how you have a bunch of games running concurrently in the Sunday afternoon slots. If you really want to watch all games get a 2nd TV it is not that hard to do these days.
But why stagger games when you don't have to?
If it was acceptable for the AFL to do the "12:45pm - 3:20pm - 6:10pm" format for the final round, why not do it for every round? It only requires starting the first game about 20 minutes earlier, and moving the twilight game to 6:10pm.
The NFL is not a good example because they have 32 teams and 15 matches per week. They are not allowed to play Fridays (which is when high school games are on) or Saturdays (which is College football), so they have no choice but to jam a heap of games on Sunday. I'm not sure why you "love" having matches on at the same time (meaning you can't watch them.) Why is that something to enjoy? You "enjoy" not being able to watch all the games, and instead have to choose which game to watch even though there might be 2 or 3 really good games on??? That makes zero sense.
