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Re: 2020 Fixture
« Reply #75 on: April 09, 2020, 02:22:44 AM »
On Footy Classified, Eddie said each club would bring only 30 of their players to their respective hub.

They also had the example of us being based in Tassie with Hawthorn, North, St Kilda, Brisbane and Sydney although Eddie emphasized it was only an example.

Eddie also said big crowd drawing games like the fixtured round 2 Collingwood vs Richmond game would be pushed towards the end of the new re-fixtured season in case crowds are allowed back towards the end of the season. That way clubs could potentially regain some lost matchday revenue (i.e. gate receipts).
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Re: 2020 Fixture
« Reply #76 on: April 09, 2020, 02:33:08 AM »
Not necessarily saying I agree but one could argue that if anything a premiership this year would possibly have more integrity than a normal AFL season if every side only played each other once....anything less than that would be bollocks though and more more like a glorified Escort Cup or the old Championship of Australia....in which case we should probably just let some crap club like Saints, Norf or Freo win it for shytes & giggles..... :shh


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Re: 2020 Fixture
« Reply #77 on: April 09, 2020, 12:07:22 PM »
Reckon that’s why the AFL have decreed the 17 round season early  :shh
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Re: 2020 Fixture
« Reply #78 on: April 13, 2020, 10:29:25 PM »
AFL: Victorian Premier Dan Andrews fears the state still has many weeks and months to go of the current lockdown, meaning the return of the AFL is still highly unlikely.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/video/afl/afl/dan-andrews-gives-afl-update!772146
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Re: 2020 Fixture
« Reply #79 on: April 13, 2020, 10:39:58 PM »
Caro and Hutchy on Footy Classified tonight:

* Only way the season can restart is via hubs. No footy in Victoria or NSW.

* There's talk of having a single footy match every day across the now cancelled Olympics period.

24 Jul Richmond vs Collingwood#
7 Aug  Adelaide vs Richmond#

# Nominal. Fixture likely to be redrawn.

* Games spread across Seven & Fox. The networks don't expect games before July 24.

* Caro said there's also talk about a Grand Final in WA.
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Re: 2020 Fixture
« Reply #80 on: April 14, 2020, 03:12:58 AM »
“The quarantine hubs, I am certain now that is the only way football will be played in 2020. The AFL is looking at five Australian regions. They will pick three, in my view. Tasmania, maybe some in Queensland, definitely WA, maybe South Australia, maybe North Queensland,” Wilson told Footy Classified.

“The Olympics were due to start on July 24. Channel 7 was going to run all its footy games on its second channel over that time. Then we had the Paralympics starting in August.

“This is a real plan now to run football, if possible, every single day over the Olympics schedule. It will certainly happen if you bring Fox Footy into play.”

Under the proposed plan, Wilson said games would be played during the day and night, including Sunday nights.

“I don’t think Fox Footy or Seven expects football to be starting before July 24, the day of the Olympic opening ceremony in Tokyo. I think that would suit them down to the ground.

“Maybe July 31 is the absolute latest but I am looking at July 24.”

Wilson said both major broadcasters, Channel 7 and Fox Sports, at this stage didn’t expect the season to start on July 24 but added they’d been discussing logistics with the AFL about how games could be presented to viewers.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2020-season-fixture-coronavirus-news-updates-plan-that-could-fill-olympics-chasm/news-story/d9178cf1af5ef06baddcfb6002b8bbf7
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Re: 2020 Fixture
« Reply #81 on: April 14, 2020, 03:15:54 AM »
Whereas Ch 7 says:

Clubs are now planning for a potential AFL season re-start in late June, according to 7 News Melbourne.

The AFL season has been suspended until at least May 31, with league hierarchy already reducing the season to 17 rounds.

The initial hope was clubs would return to training by May 4 then resume the season later that month. However the AFL is set to provide further advice and guidance to clubs on April 27.

Channel 7 reporter Tom Browne said the AFL was being “a lot more cautious than the NRL”, but added the current view was it’s “realistic” the season could recommence in late June.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2020-coronavirus-updates-covid19-mick-malthouse-afl-financial-crisis-pay-cuts/news-story/2bfc4fc2b115f2ee1167709bfac92f8c
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Re: 2020 Fixture
« Reply #82 on: April 14, 2020, 07:31:02 AM »
Bunch of clowns running the game how can put a date on it ? are these people living in the real world hubs or no hubs its dangerous and weither those states allow it is another question.
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Re: 2020 Fixture
« Reply #83 on: April 14, 2020, 12:17:31 PM »
Stick a fork in the season already, it's stuffing done... :shh
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"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good...."

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Quote from: 1965 on November 17, 2023, 06:47:06 PM

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Re: 2020 Fixture
« Reply #84 on: April 14, 2020, 02:02:54 PM »
Quote from: Diocletian on April 14, 2020, 12:17:31 PM
Stick a fork in the season already, it's stuffing done... :shh

The flag will have an asterisk against it. Players' fitness won't be at peak, just write this season off.
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Re: 2020 Fixture
« Reply #85 on: April 14, 2020, 06:45:01 PM »
Mark Stevens on Ch 7 news mentioned a New Year's Eve Grand Final.
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Re: 2020 Fixture
« Reply #86 on: April 14, 2020, 06:56:49 PM »
The AFL is waiting for the word from Cricket Australia about the T20 World Cup. If it's cancelled then the MCG will be available in November. They are also hoping for crowds to return by then to recoup gate receipts.

Ch 7 news also mentioned that discussions between the AFL and Seven have come up with the idea of using canned crowd noise. So there isn't the dead silence (especially after goals) during match broadcasts when the season restarts in empty stadiums.
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AFL’s ‘top secret plans’ may include NYE GF, ‘DJ-like’ fake crowd noise (Fox)
« Reply #87 on: April 15, 2020, 02:20:23 AM »
AFL’s ‘top secret plans’ may include NYE grand final, ‘DJ-like’ fake crowd noise

April 15, 2020
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It may all culminate with a New Year’s Eve takeover.

The AFL is still weighing up whether to play a twilight or night Grand Final in 2020, including a potential flag decider on New Year’s Eve, reports 7 News.

Mark Stevens reported “don’t rule out” the move to a night Grand Final on December 31, if required by a fixture pushed deep into the second half of the year.

He also suggested Wednesday night games were looming as the “key addition” to the fixture once footy resumes, with that option preferred over daily games during the Olympic period.

On a more granular level, broadcaster Seven is looking at piping in fake crowd noise for games played in empty stadiums - potentially both for TV and for the players.

“Big changes looming in footy, and when footy does return, it looks like we’ll have recorded crowd noise or canned effects, if you like,” Stevens said.

“Certainly for TV viewers, potentially also for the players at the ground through the venue speakers. So get ready for no fans but more volume.”

He also said “a DJ-like staffer would have the ability to heighten sound with the flow of the game”.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2020-live-blog-coronavirus-updates-new-years-eve-grand-final-fake-crowd-noise-afl-return-date/news-story/e8f495def8c1032b73f9f3af20f020a5
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Can’t see it: Star Jack Riewoldt’s grave fears for footy in 2020 (Herald-Sun)
« Reply #88 on: April 15, 2020, 02:27:05 PM »
Can’t see it: Star’s grave fears for footy in 2020

Richmond star Jack Riewoldt fears there won’t be any sport played this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

"I’m really starting to doubt whether we’re going to see sport at all this year.”

Jack Riewoldt on the "no man’s land" players are stuck in and the chance of season 2020 never restarting...

Paywall: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/jack-riewoldt-fears-no-more-sport-will-be-played-in-2020-due-to-coronavirus-pandemic/news-story/13bc46fdaa01093cd60a210bcd7a1a03
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Re: 2020 Fixture
« Reply #89 on: April 16, 2020, 12:59:48 AM »
According to Tom Browne, there won't be a game on every night. More like teams playing 6 games over 4 weeks.
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