09-10-2018, 11:06 PM
(09-10-2018, 10:18 AM)kruddler link Wrote:So what you're saying is given where all the teams are currently.
We would play against GC, Freo, Adelaide, St. Kilda, Brisbane, Bulldogs twice....as well as 2 new teams twice.
But wouldn't play against Collingwood or Richmond at all....and Essendon just sneak into the bottom section, but would most likely go up the next year meaning that we wouldn't play any of the other big 4 (including traditionals Melbourne, Hawthorn and Geelong).
Yeah, nah.
Not many games for me to get excited about seeing. With teams like that our gate takings would fall through the floor as well as interest in the team. $'s would dry up. We hand back the keys.
Good plan
It's not going to happen of course.The divisions/conferences I posted were just a starting point. It would be very flexible and top drawing teams would be moving up and down on a regular basis but promotion/ relegation is not a concept that would be easily sold to the masses. I don't mind your conference set up. There is a different problem though with the fixed conferences you outlined earlier in the thread. The AFL wouldn't approve a conference with all the top drawing sides in one group as occurs in your East group. If I was Swans official I wouldn't be too happy with my place in the North conference. It's hard to make everyone happy.The only fair system is every team playing the other twice. We'll have to wait for a few dropouts.