Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

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Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #75 – March 15, 2020, 01:14:13 pm

Commence the season on 29 May, 17 round season, no byes, Grand Final 16 Oct. Players to absorb some financial adjustment like a lot of the world is being forced to do. Extraordinary times need extraordinary decisions.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #76 – March 15, 2020, 01:14:50 pm

Quote from: crashlander on March 15, 2020, 10:41:18 am

Even though the AFL have mandated no crowd, I wonder if the game will actually still run on Thursday? Every day the Covid-19 situation gets worse and new restrictions come in.

Agree, reckon they may cancel games for a month at least. Full Lockdown is the only weapon to prevent the virus spreading and other countries are doing it and we will follow imo.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #77 – March 15, 2020, 01:19:20 pm

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #78 – March 15, 2020, 01:35:44 pm

AFL would hate a 17 round season. Would mean moving dangerously close to a level playing field, something which they do everything in their power to avoid

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #79 – March 15, 2020, 02:24:50 pm

In such an abbreviated season, a final four must come under consideration.

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Reply #80 – March 15, 2020, 03:04:25 pm

Cancel the season and play an 18 team finals series.

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Reply #81 – March 15, 2020, 03:09:02 pm

There goes the scalpers' traffic.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #82 – March 15, 2020, 09:42:45 pm

It’s the flattest start to a seasons launch ever.

Apart from the fact that we simply don’t have the players available to be competitive all this doubt and talk the season can be cut in an instance the moment one player is infected puts me off. Add in no crowds and has to make the keenest of supporters feel like there is no use in playing with this format.

Prefer we have a late start and late finish plus give players like Harry Eddie McGovern marchbank the time they need to get their body in the condition it should be.

Can’t see us being competitive with the players we have available right now. The backups are miles off and we will be shown up which will just put more heat on us which we need to avoid.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #83 – March 15, 2020, 10:10:52 pm

I reckon the start of the season will be postponed. Good for us as we are running out of players.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #84 – March 16, 2020, 05:05:41 pm

Gil is scheduled for a press conference at 530.

$hit is about to go down.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #85 – March 16, 2020, 05:15:15 pm

Season will be cancelled.

Wonder what Channel 7/Fox do now....paid hundreds of millions for broadcast rights and now no games....which in turn means advertisers will be up in arms if they've paid up for advertising during games.

Massive flow on effects. Clubs with lost gate revenue...members who've paid up for full memberships now will be wanting refunds. I can't see any player contracts would've factored something like this in. Clubs will likely be bound by those contracts.

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Reply #86 – March 16, 2020, 05:19:09 pm

Glad I held off renewing our memberships (more about continued disenchantment), glad I didnt pre-purchase tickets.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #87 – March 16, 2020, 05:50:03 pm

Official, a 17 game season!

Find out when round 1 starts tomorrow.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #88 – March 16, 2020, 05:51:06 pm

Season will officially be shortened to 17 rounds.

Re: Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

Reply #89 – March 16, 2020, 05:53:58 pm

Quote from: kruddler on March 16, 2020, 05:51:06 pm

Season will officially be shortened to 17 rounds.

No decision on R1 until tomorrow.

Oops, sorry Jim.