Senor Moto Gadili wrote:mots02 wrote:Jim05 wrote:gadj1976 wrote:My God! Gillon wants to trial new rules in the latter rounds of season 2018! He's gone mad.
I mentioned that this morning.
Is planning to trial it in games that have no bearing on finals.
The AFL should feel ok if fans boycott the games both live and on tv then.
Trial games deserve trial game atmosphere and interest.
...but, that won't happen. Under normal circumstances nobody will attend or watch the Q clash in round 23. However, if they decide to trial "whatever" the whole world will be watching.
Yep brilliant marketing tool to create interest and discussion in the many meaningless games the end of an AFL season brings.
They have been able to slide through this ‘wildcard’ idea to generate interest in more teams so this is their attempt.
The AFL would be extremely envious of the EPL to which at the end of the season the bottom half of the table can attract just as much media attention, crowds etc