Melbourne Cricket Club CEO Stuart Fox has urged the AFL to return to a daytime grand final in 2021.
Although this year’s game marked the historic introduction of the long-touted night setting, Fox said the league should consider reverting back to the original afternoon start time.
“The day slot is really special, we don’t need to copy other sports. I don’t subscribe to the thought it’s about lights and entertainment, I think people just love our game so much,” he said on SEN’s Whateley.
“If we can focus on that more than the bells and whistles and bands, that’s why our game is so special. The tradition of starting off with breakfast and then lunch and getting our families home at a responsible time, I think they’re the positives of the game and that’s why our game has been so special.
“That’s a personal opinion - the G’ is just happy to have it and if the AFL schedule it at night we’re there to host it and wouldn’t want it anywhere else.”
Source: Foxsports
