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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on May 22, 2020, 07:51:05 PM
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AFL fans could be in the stands as cardboard cut-outs.
7NEWS
22 May 2020 6pm
Footy fans could have their very own cardboard cut-outs in the stands when AFL games resume next month.
Only the COVID-free Northern Territory has opened the door to crowds returning, with Victorian health authorities anticipating it will be months before they give the green light.
With that, the prospect of ‘virtual fans’ is being investigated by a number of clubs.
A large printing firm is already testing prototypes of weather-resistant plastic or cardboard cut-outs.
Collingwood have confirmed they are among the clubs considering turning it into a reality.
“We’re are working through that now,” Pies chief executive Mark Anderson told SEN radio.
“The fan one is fundamentally a virtual cardboard cut-out of the image of the person.
“Our plan is to do a sample of that across our membership base and run a competition to be in the stands even when you can’t be.
“That’s the plan and the thinking at the moment.”
Clubs could cover the costs with a sponsor’s backing as opposed to fans paying for their print-out.
The possibility of virtual fans comes after Channel 7 revealed what games will sound like for viewers at home.
Canned crowd noise will be piped through after empty grandstands made for awkward television in round one.
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https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-clubs-investigate-using-cardboard-cut-outs-of-fans-for-season-restart-c-1054395
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This is a more insane idea and not to mention a waste of resources than that time when they put tarps over the seats at Adelaide oval.
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German soccer side Borussia Mönchengladbach used these plastic cut-outs last night at their stadium. Apparently each supporter paid 20 euros with the money donated to charity.
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I'd rather an inflatable me, sitting not in the stand but in a corporate box with the window open, drinking an inflatable beer.
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I'd rather an inflatable me, sitting not in the stand but in a corporate box with the window open, drinking an inflatable beer.
:lol :cheers
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Thry are already doing it in South Korea I think it for their baseball.
Re-watched over a month ago and they are using the cut out crowds
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North won't need cut-outs as they have been practising one fan social-distancing since 1925 ;D.
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The Pies will have 1000 fan cut-outs behind the goals at our round 2 game.
https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1265928605227380736
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Well at least their collective i.q. will still be the same.... :shh
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Cutout fans gaining momentum ... Pies a lock Round 2, Dogs Round 3 ... will superpower Richmond join in? “Not for us” said a very senior Tiger official today.
@7AFL @7NewsMelbourne
https://twitter.com/Stevo7AFL/status/1267034737811419143
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Worked a treat for the bum sniffers...
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/nrl-to-review-cardboard-fan-initiative-amid-harold-shipman-adolf-hitler-controversies
:shh
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Ch 7 news tonight said images sent in by supporters on the night are going to be shown on the MCG's LCD boundary signage.
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If there's no spike after today's protests surely they'll let the crowds come back? :shh
Perhaps if we promote the Dreamtime match as a #BLM protest they'll let us in? :shh :shh
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NRL letting crowds in next week.... :shh
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If there's no spike after today's protests surely they'll let the crowds come back? :shh
Perhaps if we promote the Dreamtime match as a #BLM protest they'll let us in? :shh :shh
Pathetic that the government allows protesting in the first place.
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NRL letting crowds in next week.... :shh
Not sure 500 corporates scattered around a venue is "letting crowds in"
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Pathetic that the government allows protesting in the first place.
"I'll take "What the left were saying about anti-lockdown protests only two weeks ago for 500 please Alex"...." :shh
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NRL letting crowds in next week.... :shh
Not sure 500 corporates scattered around a venue is "letting crowds in"
Well they'd let in more but obviously those corporates aren't indigenous or left wing activists so therefore aren't blessed with the natural immunity those two groups have apparently been suddenly blessed with...... :shh
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Can we ban the word left?
:lol
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Can we ban the word left?
:lol
Might make things like giving directions, talking about remainders and explaining the concept of leaving in the past tense unnecessarily complicated... not to mention discussing the dominant sides of a few players on our list...:shh
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Crowds of 2000 now allowed for footy in Adelaide.
AFL crowds are BACK! And the Adelaide Oval will get first crack
June 9, 2020 1:30pm
Tom Morris
FOX SPORTS
Foxfooty.com.au can reveal approximately a couple of thousand supporters will be permitted to watch the match live.
South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens and Premier Steven Marshall are expected to confirm the news on Tuesday afternoon.
Finer details are still being worked through, but it's likely there will be a combination of corporates and members permitted to attend.
It remains to be seen how people will be social distanced and what the food and drink plan will be.
Meanwhile, Queensland won't allow fans to attend games this weekend but has left the door ajar for later in June.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2020-covid19-crowds-attending-adelaide-oval-port-adelaide-adelaide-crows-showdown-tom-morris/news-story/c9d24997c3ab057c6d76cf6bcf41cb32
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NRL letting crowds in next week.... :shh
Not sure 500 corporates scattered around a venue is "letting crowds in"
Well they'd let in more but obviously those corporates aren't indigenous or left wing activists so therefore aren't blessed with the natural immunity those two groups have apparently been suddenly blessed with...... :shh
Poor oppressed corporates....
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Peggy, Benny and the rest of the RFC Board will be allowed to attend the game on Thursday night provided they stay behind the glass in a corporate box.
https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1270277933492396032
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Victorian fans are likely to have to wait until at least Round 4 to see their club live.
“As for Victoria, my understanding is there’ll be no crowds at AFL venues there for at least two weeks,” Jon Ralph said.
“Potentially after that we could see crowds back at GMHBA Stadium, the MCG and Marvel Stadium.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2020-crowds-at-victorian-games-reopening-stadiums-june-22-announcement-afl-news-when-will-the-mcg-be-open/news-story/643a2896c171ea84ab07822cf22dc205
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For smaller <40k stadiums, crowds of up to 25% capacity will be allowed from July onwards (each state will make the decision about when).
The venues will be allowed to sell 10,000 ticketed seats per event, with social distancing measures in place around bars and food outlets.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/coronavirus/race-to-trace-virus-contacts-after-melbourne-protester-tests-positive/news-story/43a93230bb060690821d8d88493c8e19
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How about the MCG? Can we get more in like 25,000 people.
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How about the MCG? Can we get more in like 25,000 people.
Concerns about how that many people will get to the 'G. Trains and trams too packed for safe social distancing, queues at turnstiles, too many people to temperature check before entry, etc.
They could just close off the top tier(s) and reduce the capacity of the 'G to <40k. That way 10k could still turn up and sit spread out right around the ground level seats.