Opinion Will round 1 go ahead?
- Thread starter Braybrook Son
- Start date
- Tagged users None
- Apr 11, 2002
- 35,800
- 37,284
- AFL Club
- Essendon
- Other Teams
- Iggles, Georgia.
Could use the same logic for all us members, get us all together & nicely infected, in a couple week mcg et al here we come...except those of us that die of course.
- Nov 14, 2010
- 46,910
- 54,332
- AFL Club
- North Melbourne
The smart play is to postpone till we have more certainty
- Dec 8, 2015
- 720
- 1,548
- AFL Club
- St Kilda
- Other Teams
- Miami Heat, Everton FC, ATL Falcons
- Nov 14, 2010
- 46,910
- 54,332
- AFL Club
- North Melbourne
Lmao pls don’t embarrass yourself like that
Yeah don't support mass member infection.
Elite athletes between 18-37 would have to be one of the lowest risks demographics. Not only that but they have special access to medical treatment anyway.
As long as you could reasonably control their interactions (you probably can't) with others outside their family then I think it is by far the best way to make sure the season happens.
Quite the scrambled post. It's somewhat maniacal.
if AFLW continues, then AFL behind closed doors should.
However, i don't quite get why AFLW is still being played. With crowds.
other than the obvious answer which is Gil is running the show
However, i don't quite get why AFLW is still being played. With crowds.
other than the obvious answer which is Gil is running the show
I tend to agree with this.
The AFL is sticking its head in the sand and hoping for a miracle cure and that no player gets infected.
Let's be honest here. Some player, somewhere, some team, WILL get C-19. And when that happens it won't be 'use a top up player' or 'self isolate this player', it will be the whole team and whoever said player has had contact with that will have to be quarantined. And that compromises the whole competition.
We may get Rd1 (empty stadia) or we may not. The important question is, will we get any sort of season at all? Maybe that should be added to the poll.
Plugger35
Umpiring Expert
- Sep 27, 2008
- 140,252
- 163,078
- AFL Club
- St Kilda
- Other Teams
- Chelsea, Black Caps, Sea Eagles, Subiaco
AFLW isn't being played with crowds now either, although it's not as noticeable as they play at smaller grounds and not at big stadiums.
It is not the chicken pox. Not a lot of info on reinfection rates.
YippeeYiYeo
Norm Smith Medallist
- Jun 21, 2015
- 9,087
- 14,304
- AFL Club
- West Coast
- Banned
- #115
Rumours board - slip in their Initials and team
Dirty Bird
Pokémon Master
Every round will go ahead until 1 player, coach, umpire, trainer or water runner gets it. Then the season is postponed indefinently until no player, coach, umpire, trainer or water runner has the disease.
I don’t think this is right. I think we should be calling it off now. But my stance on this topic is so far left wing Kim Jong-Un might be a shot at getting my vote in a democratic election tomorrow
I don’t think this is right. I think we should be calling it off now. But my stance on this topic is so far left wing Kim Jong-Un might be a shot at getting my vote in a democratic election tomorrow
It's highly contagious airborne according to Michael Osterholm. Just put them an a room with recycled air.
If you are going to experiment with players health, why not give them the vaccine, then we potentially get footy and a nice large human trial to fast track the vaccine to the general public.
Bombers would volunteer for that
Because we don't have a vaccine?
It's not an experiment. Everyone is going to get the virus (unless they do finish the vaccine soon). It's just me selfishly controlling when they get it so I don't have to go through winter without football.
I am sure Dangerfield would relish the opportunity to be a national hero.Bombers would volunteer for that
Amazed if they play Thursday. Zero chance they'll be playing in a month. A few thousand Aussies will have died of this by then. Cases are growing 25% each day and the mortality is 2%.. that's the simple maths. AFL aren't going to charge ahead and keep playing when the rest of the world is shutting up shop.
Only way that changes is something completely dramatic. If they isolate the players - pick some country town - and turn it into a AFL camp where all the teams live for the next few months and we basically have a televised game every night. If we're all stuck at home it will rate through the roof. Players/coaches will miss families etc but they won't be in danger given their age profile and it would certainly keep people's spirits up having a season on TV.
Only way that changes is something completely dramatic. If they isolate the players - pick some country town - and turn it into a AFL camp where all the teams live for the next few months and we basically have a televised game every night. If we're all stuck at home it will rate through the roof. Players/coaches will miss families etc but they won't be in danger given their age profile and it would certainly keep people's spirits up having a season on TV.
- Sep 25, 2010
- 1,767
- 1,931
- AFL Club
- Fremantle
Talk about wishful thinking on that scenario. But I'd probably watch every game...
Cotchins Hair Piece
Bouffant Flat Top
- Mar 6, 2019
- 4,774
- 10,358
- AFL Club
- Melbourne
Delay the season for four weeks (for now), scrap the bye and week off before finals and scrap two H&A rounds. Playing without crowds and continuing on is rubbish (and futile, IMO).
Similar threads
