daysofourlives wrote:Was speaking to an AFL captain recently and he was all for playing games every 5 days and taking the season out to 34 games with the possibilty of an increase in the team lists on game day. He thought this would slow the game down too. I dont mind it, I reckon the stars of the comp would play every game and just be rested in the 2nd halves of insignificant games already won.
There is validity in that, however because we're going to the NFL model, it'll never happen. I'm all for it personally. Having a squad of 50 players would make it more feasible, however purists would say that the standard of the game would suffer because you have third rate players playing games that are marked down as wins.
The NFL model is 'less games, more quality', so it'd take a cultural shift in our thinking to bring this into play. Also, logistically, ground availability would be compromised.