West Coast in 2018:
✅ Finished higher than Magpies
✅ Beat Magpies in Quali
✅ Beat Magpies in H&A
❌ Host rights for GF v Magpies
It’s a farce West Coast have to play the Grand Final in Victoria at the MCG where Collingwood have played 17 games this year. #AFLEaglesDees
Talk of an AFL grand final best-of-three series may sound a little bit ridiculous, but as long as the season-decider is played solely at the MCG, the competition will probably remain too Victorian-centric, writes Clint Thomas. https://t.co/Yx3IVsgeqV
Talk of a best-of-three series may seem a bit ridiculous, but as long as the grand final is played solely at the MCG, the AFL will probably remain too Victorian-centric, writes Clint Thomas: https://t.co/Cvk5eqmIbe #AFLGF#AFL (Pic:AAP) @ClintLThomas | Analysis
@SeeArePe @fillylilly82@masonsixtencox@AusGrandFinal Too bad on the players. The game is about the fans. How many more fans can be a part of Grand Final week if the game is rotate/bid on. A premiership medal is a premiership medal. Is the '91 Flag tainted because it wasn't won at the 'G?
Premier Daniel Andrews has rubbished the concept of a best-of-three Grand Final series and had his say on a twilight Grand Final | https://t.co/Xf9S0p7Wjz | #AFL#Vicpol
@fillylilly82@masonsixtencox@AusGrandFinal Not if Governments had to bid. Imagine the tourist dollars that come in each year into Victoria, it's a very attractive proposition for any government to invest in. Also AFL is not for profit and they talk about profit alot
Why is it every off-season that we have some rediculous idea of reinventing the game. Surely we consider home grand finals before wanting to have 3 grand finals. #CommonSense
West Coast in 2018:
✅ Finished higher than Magpies
✅ Beat Magpies in Quali
✅ Beat Magpies in H&A
❌ Host rights for GF v Magpies
It’s a farce West Coast have to play the Grand Final in Victoria at the MCG where Collingwood have played 17 games this year. #AFLEaglesDees
@Ports1870 @leachitup @CherylCritchley I don’t like a best of 3 at all, but I’m all for the GF being shared around the nation in a NATIONAL competition. It is an incentive for other governments to invest in sporting infrastructure. Imagine @NFL locking Super Bowl to one venue. @AFL in name only.
Benefits of ‘Best of 3’ GF series
1. Fair for higher ranked non-Victorian clubs.
2. H&A season shortened by removing two double ups making the minor round fairer and also reducing the load on players over their career.
3. More tickets available.
4. Grows game in NSW and Qld.
I though saying the sentence “the AFL Grand Final is always played in one state to the disadvantage to teams from all other states” aloud was enough to shut the door on the idea.
@flizzles I'll agree, but none of the clubs ever came out publicly criticising the deal to lock in the Grand Final earlier this year. Why not? Why did Don Pyke push for a best of three before they even signed this new deal? Why didn't he push for change at the end of the old deal?