Re: The Great "Friday Night Fixturing" Debate
Reply #4 –
As much as I agree that we deserve the lack of friday night representation based on our last few seasons, I think its folly to blanket ban clubs from friday night football.
There is as much chance that a Melbourne vs Carlton will be an entertaining watch as there is Freo vs Sydney.
Whilst the AFL like to use these nights as draw cards to show their wares, they need to be wary that they simply increase the divide between the have and have nots.
I.e. Strong clubs play the friday night fixture. Players like the friday night fixture. They decide rather than join a "cellar dweller" to play for Hawthorn for the friday night footy experience.
It really irritates me that they sit there and impose faux equalisation based on subjective opinions and use something like a fixture to achieve these goals. The fixture is the one place that they SHOULD be seeking equalisation because too much travel, poor time slots and poor venues make for a club that is not very profitable and hence, not marketable and also therefore lacking sponsors.