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Mr Miyagi 



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 2:05 pm
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Sydney and West Coast are pushing hard. It's going to happen, definitely not next year, but in the near future. At the very least, it'll be an interstate Grand Final.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 2:22 pm
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Not unless they reduce the H&A season to 17 games. The AFLPA won't allow it. Nor should they. It'll destroy the players.
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Mr Miyagi 



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 2:54 pm
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Yep, just ask the players who had to play two after the first was drawn. They're spent after one GF. Swans/WC are pushing very very very hard for it though -- the AFL will buckle and will offer an interstate GF instead. Which is exactly what Sydney/WC wants. First rule of haggling, aim for the stars if you want to land on the moon. Wink

It'll happen in the next decade.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:02 pm
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Wow. Now I’ve really herd it all. A best of three football series. One of the most ludicrous ideas I’ve heard in recent memory.

What do we care where Grand Finals are played anyways? We can’t even beat interstate teams at our home ground MCG (we’re 0-3). Bring on an interstate GF, what do we care? Couldn’t be worse than what we currently dish up.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:08 pm
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Dumbest idea I've heard in a while.

Doesn't surprise me the butthurt interstate clubs who originally joined the "VFL", which later became the "AFL" are pushing so hard for it.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:10 pm
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They will be same morons that complain about having to travel twice to the MCG for a GF when Victorian teams finish higher on the ladder.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:21 pm
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AFL needs to Stop trying to Americanize the AFL
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K 



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 6:34 pm
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I'm not aware of any football league in the world that has a best of 3 or more series. This is closer to Martianization than Americanization.
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stui magpie Gemini

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 7:03 pm
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Recovery time between games being a week (unlike basketball) means the best of 3 would be played over 3 weekends.

What happens if one team wins the first 2? Do they play the 3rd as a dead rubber?

Fkn dumb idea

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Johnno75 



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:00 pm
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Given we can’t win them in September, maybe we should push for it.
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ronrat 



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 10:24 pm
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we should come out in full support with a near fully costed oroposal that includes interstate 5 str hotels accomodation for players , WAGs, kids, club support , board members etc. Cost of airfares, transfers, entertainment (SCG capacity LOL). Suggest additional costs come out of AFL bonuses as the clubs will have to find the extra coin for players. At the same time query the effect on salary cap, tribunal issues (imagine a 3 game suspension in a PF),

If the AFL thinks Collingwood likes it will be shelved. It could also have the executives worried because if the clubs tell the commission to nut a few salaries they will ditch the idea. Or suggest it can ony be done if we ditch the 8 abd go back to a 5 or 6 finals scenario. The Swans and WCE will be told by the other clubs to piss off.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 3:23 am
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Dave The Man wrote:
AFL needs to Stop trying to Americanize the AFL


they don't play best of three in american football Dave. Stop blaming America for everything......

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 3:26 am
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stui magpie wrote:
Recovery time between games being a week (unlike basketball) means the best of 3 would be played over 3 weekends.

What happens if one team wins the first 2? Do they play the 3rd as a dead rubber?

Fkn dumb idea


its obviously dumb. They do it in baseball (best of 7), but you have to really understand baseball to understand why this makes total sense.

It makes less sense in basketball, but i think the randomness of basketball outcomes (its based on shooting probabilities) means the argument for more than one game makes some sense.

In football, its all on the line on one day and may the best team win! It cannot be any other way.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:46 am
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Takes away the meaning of "Grand Final"

Most ridiculous suggestion and should never be entertained.

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themonk 



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:46 am
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Johnno75 wrote:
Given we can’t win them in September, maybe we should push for it.


Exactly!

If it means playing each other once in the H&A & adding another 1-2 weeks to the final series then why not? Our record in finals is great, we are well aware of our GF's record.
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