Pre Game Permutations: AFL 2020 R1 Carlton vs Richmond

[madbluboy]

Cancel the season and play an 18 team finals series.

[capcom]

There goes the scalpers' traffic.

[shawny]

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.

[laj]

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

[kruddler]

Gil is scheduled for a press conference at 530.

$hit is about to go down.

[WASurfer]

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.

[Gointocarlton]

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

[laj]

Official, a 17 game season!

Find out when round 1 starts tomorrow.

[kruddler]

Season will officially be shortened to 17 rounds.

[cookie2]

Season will officially be shortened to 17 rounds.

No decision on R1 until tomorrow.

Oops, sorry Jim.