Grand Final start speculation

The Queen of Speculation is at it again (see AFL to consider twilight Grand Final), ‘reporting’ that “club and broadcast bosses threw their overwhelming support behind a later start to football's biggest occasion.”

We’d assume from this line that there’s widespread, if not unanimous, support for changing the timing of the Grand Final.

Reading the piece reveals a somewhat different story. Two club Presidents attended the recent NFL Superbowl and made comments about the spectacle and Eddie Everywhere has always had an eye to what generates more ad revenue for the game’s broadcasters. Other club "bosses" might well support a change, but Her Majesty presumably hasn't troubled them by asking.

In an additional surprise revelation — not — the boss of Channel Seven would like a later start and a bigger half-time space to put on a show. It seriously sounds like a line from a 1940s Mickey Rooney flick

Of course, we also assume that Her Majesty didn’t write her own headline — though she may have for all we know — but the notion that Gillon McLachlan’s AFL administration will consider a later Grand Final start appears to be nothing more than idle speculation. And that’s what Her Majesty excells at!