SA Footy

Trader wrote:By being vaccinated it means your viral load builds up slower, to lower peaks, does it not?

In which case, by being vaccinated, it makes it harder to track the movement of the virus??

If so, the league might prefer people don't get jabbed so they can track outbreaks as and when they happen.

oldman wrote:What if the league puts in place some rules and options around "what if Covid strikes in 2022"

Keep 10 team divisions and finals structure as is if no impact on the season with covid.

If covid impacts the season then have contingency plans. Based on how many weeks the season is interrupted..... eg no finals or 2 or 3 week finals campaigns. Maybe the minor premier is automatically promoted if season interrupted and the other team promoted is either the premier or the grand finalist if the minor premier makes the gf. If all clubs know and understand what happens in each situation before the season starts then its not a compromised season and everyone is on a equal playing field.

Lets not try to fix something that works great when it might not even be broken next year. 10 teams in each grade is the perfect amount and works well for clubs and the league.

jo172 wrote:

oldman wrote:What if the league puts in place some rules and options around "what if Covid strikes in 2022"

Keep 10 team divisions and finals structure as is if no impact on the season with covid.

If covid impacts the season then have contingency plans. Based on how many weeks the season is interrupted..... eg no finals or 2 or 3 week finals campaigns. Maybe the minor premier is automatically promoted if season interrupted and the other team promoted is either the premier or the grand finalist if the minor premier makes the gf. If all clubs know and understand what happens in each situation before the season starts then its not a compromised season and everyone is on a equal playing field.

Lets not try to fix something that works great when it might not even be broken next year. 10 teams in each grade is the perfect amount and works well for clubs and the league.

Except having the grand finals pays for everything else.

And if we want to have the Grand Finals and every team play each other twice and 10 teams in each grade at present that leaves a week's margin for error.

I accept having fall backs of a top 4 or top 2 in a 10 team comp is a way of getting two weeks back, but that still doesn't have a lot of flexibility.

oldman wrote:

jo172 wrote:

oldman wrote:What if the league puts in place some rules and options around "what if Covid strikes in 2022"

Keep 10 team divisions and finals structure as is if no impact on the season with covid.

If covid impacts the season then have contingency plans. Based on how many weeks the season is interrupted..... eg no finals or 2 or 3 week finals campaigns. Maybe the minor premier is automatically promoted if season interrupted and the other team promoted is either the premier or the grand finalist if the minor premier makes the gf. If all clubs know and understand what happens in each situation before the season starts then its not a compromised season and everyone is on a equal playing field.

Lets not try to fix something that works great when it might not even be broken next year. 10 teams in each grade is the perfect amount and works well for clubs and the league.

Except having the grand finals pays for everything else.

And if we want to have the Grand Finals and every team play each other twice and 10 teams in each grade at present that leaves a week's margin for error.

I accept having fall backs of a top 4 or top 2 in a 10 team comp is a way of getting two weeks back, but that still doesn't have a lot of flexibility.

Is this a club issue or a league issue? Clubs pay a significant amount already to the league and clubs are to either find sponsorship or fund raise on their own. Could the league try other methods of income........ extra sponsorship or fundraising rather than relying so much of its income around one weekend its not a great business model to be so heavily reliant on one way to make your income.

whufc wrote:

jo172 wrote:I've been mulling over next year and COVID in my head the last couple of days.

I wonder what appetite there would be amongst the Clubs/League for a condition of registration of players and coaches that all have to be fully vaccinated (or at least have some compelling medical basis for not being). I can understand that the League wouldn't really want to be the lightning rod for the anti-vac culture war, but if the 8 team proposal doesn't get up it seems to be a pretty reasonable stance.

Outside of the League and Club's control I've also been pondering what SA Health's position would be in a scenario where all 42 players in a match (and coaches, umpires etc.) were fully vaccinated, and one of them tests positive on Monday morning. Let's assume that consistent with what SA Health has told us the state won't be locked down, but there would at least, on the face of it, still be some risk that the close contacts (including all 42 players) might have to endure a period of isolation.

Obviously if this is the case it wouldn't have much to do to cause some pretty substantial knock on effects with respect to the integrity of any given competition.

If that's the position SA Health ends up taking the 8 team comps and the ability to get weeks back has a pretty obvious appeal. Otherwise it could get shambolic pretty quickly

Some really good points raised.

I reckon your bang on in that the competition is probably at its biggest risk of Covid chaos next year once we completely open up. The chances of people in South Australia catching Covid will increase dramatically. Whilst for 99% of registered players there wont be many health risk associated with catching it the big risk is you can bet your bottom dollar close contracts which very well could include players will be forced isolate for 14 days. Like you said whilst complete state lockdowns wont happen there is no chance you will be able to be diagnosed with Covid and then go play a game of footy 3 days later.

That will leave some pretty awkward situations where potentially individual teams/clubs may be required to forfeit albeit the entire state is not in lockdown.

The league would definitely need to consider a contingency plan for either rescheduling individual games or having a set rule in place in the event one team has to forfeit one to two games.

Jimmy_041 wrote:

whufc wrote:

jo172 wrote:I've been mulling over next year and COVID in my head the last couple of days.

I wonder what appetite there would be amongst the Clubs/League for a condition of registration of players and coaches that all have to be fully vaccinated (or at least have some compelling medical basis for not being). I can understand that the League wouldn't really want to be the lightning rod for the anti-vac culture war, but if the 8 team proposal doesn't get up it seems to be a pretty reasonable stance.

Outside of the League and Club's control I've also been pondering what SA Health's position would be in a scenario where all 42 players in a match (and coaches, umpires etc.) were fully vaccinated, and one of them tests positive on Monday morning. Let's assume that consistent with what SA Health has told us the state won't be locked down, but there would at least, on the face of it, still be some risk that the close contacts (including all 42 players) might have to endure a period of isolation.

Obviously if this is the case it wouldn't have much to do to cause some pretty substantial knock on effects with respect to the integrity of any given competition.

If that's the position SA Health ends up taking the 8 team comps and the ability to get weeks back has a pretty obvious appeal. Otherwise it could get shambolic pretty quickly

Some really good points raised.

I reckon your bang on in that the competition is probably at its biggest risk of Covid chaos next year once we completely open up. The chances of people in South Australia catching Covid will increase dramatically. Whilst for 99% of registered players there wont be many health risk associated with catching it the big risk is you can bet your bottom dollar close contracts which very well could include players will be forced isolate for 14 days. Like you said whilst complete state lockdowns wont happen there is no chance you will be able to be diagnosed with Covid and then go play a game of footy 3 days later.

That will leave some pretty awkward situations where potentially individual teams/clubs may be required to forfeit albeit the entire state is not in lockdown.

The league would definitely need to consider a contingency plan for either rescheduling individual games or having a set rule in place in the event one team has to forfeit one to two games.

I'm still not convinced thats a given

Lightning McQueen wrote:I hope CLG can secure OTR as a major sponsor, or get a bus.

Executive Member wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:I hope CLG can secure OTR as a major sponsor, or get a bus.

and Smithfield in Div 7

The Bedge wrote:

Executive Member wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:I hope CLG can secure OTR as a major sponsor, or get a bus.

and Smithfield in Div 7

Yeah i'm not going to play at Smithfield next year now - stuff travelling that far south every second week.

Ingle Farm kissed on to doodle - back to back seasons in relegation zone, saved by the return to 10 team comps.

Executive Member wrote:I would think the Unit faithful would've asked you to change your picture so you can put the kiss of death onto some other poor club

Executive Member wrote:

The Bedge wrote:

Executive Member wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:I hope CLG can secure OTR as a major sponsor, or get a bus.

and Smithfield in Div 7

Yeah i'm not going to play at Smithfield next year now - stuff travelling that far south every second week.

Ingle Farm kissed on to doodle - back to back seasons in relegation zone, saved by the return to 10 team comps.

I would think the Unit faithful would've asked you to change your picture so you can put the kiss of death onto some other poor club

Executive Member wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:I hope CLG can secure OTR as a major sponsor, or get a bus.

and Smithfield in Div 7

Lightning McQueen wrote:I hope CLG can secure OTR as a major sponsor, or get a bus.

Lightning McQueen wrote:I hope CLG can secure OTR as a major sponsor, or get a bus.