JK wrote:bennymacca wrote:Wedgie wrote:Having it after the AFL GF doesn't suit the AFL teams as they need to send their players on holidays and they now run the SANFL.
was it really due to this? or the fact that the season is now shorter in terms of weeks, and that it would be a bit silly to have a season start 5 weeks after the afl (or whatever it is)
You have to ask why the season was shortened ..
Of course the changing of our fixture to commence finals earlier than the AFL was the driving force, because it better suits the AFC and PAFC. You only have to look at the marketing of Norwood v Port in Round 1, with the game being brought forward a day so that it was the only top flight game in the nation and could be showcased, according to the SANFL. Well didn't we have that with our biggest game of the year for donkeys?
Oh, come on mate. You know this all part of your imagination.