Like some sideshow spruiker, the AFL is considering a 10-team final series in 2012 when the GWS Giants join the elite competition. Andrew, let’s just call the whole season a final series and then everyone can join in the fun!
As has been amply demonstrated in recent years, the teams finishing in the bottom half of the current 8-team final series are pretty much just making up the numbers. It’s difficult to imagine that a team could win a Premiership from position 5 or 6, let alone 7 or 8.
It would appear that one of the considerations is keeping as many fans as possible interested for as long as possible, thus, the more teams involved in post-home-and-away-season action the better.
AussieRulesBlog is firmly of the view that final series have been more ordinary, especially in the first two weeks, since the introduction of the final 8. We can only express our fear that a final 10 would produce even more meaningless wastes of time that fans would have to pay through the nose for.
Here’s an idea, Andrew! Let’s make the final series a showcase of the very best teams in the competition pitted against each other in winner-takes-all contests. You know, something like the old final 4!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Like some sideshow spruiker, the AFL is considering a 10-team final series in 2012 when the GWS Giants join the elite competition. Andrew, let’s just call the whole season a final series and then everyone can join in the fun!As has been amply demonstrated in recent years, the teams finishing in the bottom half of the current 8-team final series are pretty much just making up the numbers. It’s difficult to imagine that a team could win a Premiership from position 5 or 6, let alone 7 or 8.
It would appear that one of the considerations is keeping as many fans as possible interested for as long as possible, thus, the more teams involved in post-home-and-away-season action the better.
AussieRulesBlog is firmly of the view that final series have been more ordinary, especially in the first two weeks, since the introduction of the final 8. We can only express our fear that a final 10 would produce even more meaningless wastes of time that fans would have to pay through the nose for.
Here’s an idea, Andrew! Let’s make the final series a showcase of the very best teams in the competition pitted against each other in winner-takes-all contests. You know, something like the old final 4!
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Final 6 would work imo... Australian's love their finals though dont we???
Quick Quiz time - True or False: Has a VFL/ AFL team ever won a wooden spoon and premiership in the same season?
It seems that the AFL agree with you, at least as far as Australians loving finals — that their own teams are playing in!
The AFL agrees with me because there is more money involved....
Final 10 will bring five games which means an extra 40,000+ fans, more TV audiences and not to mention all the extra pies and chips been eaten.
btw just for the sake of an argument, some of the best final matches in the last two years were from the 6-8th sided teams (Sydney v Carlton & Brisbane v Carlton)...
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