How much longer can we have the current set up where some play gws twice and others do not?
You must play everyone once home and away. Even over the course of two years.
A non australian must look at the afl draw as a joke
As opposed to the NFL where there are 32 teams you play each of the other 3 teams in your division home and away for a total of 6 games and then you play ten other games against teams from the NFC and the AFC. Teams can go for years without playing each other.
A couple of seasons back Washington played Pittsburgh for the first time in Washington for 20 or so years. Now is that a joke or what.
Yep thems are the breaks Nought and Adelaide played GWS and GC twice yet I am sure if we had this sort of blessing next year I don't think many will be complaining.
Furthermore the TV channels and the sponsors cater for a 22 week season and finals.
17 weeks this aint no suburban league we are talking about.
The reason we find the draw so unfair is that we have been crap for so long and playing the Blues Bombers, Pies, Hwaks in 6 or 7 games a year in recent history means 6-7 losses but good revenue to keep the cash flow ticking over. Once we are competitive we won't have to worry about Etihad or Cairns or Timbuktoo and we will be beating anyone anytime at the G.
