03-13-2020, 08:19 AM
(03-13-2020, 07:54 AM)laj link Wrote:On Ch.7 they said the AFL have decided to start the season on time. just they will be 90,000 people less than anticipated. We'll be playing in front of empty stadiums for a while i'd say.
....unless they get advice suggesting otherwise in the next week.
They AFL have said there are a number of scenarios they can run with. Most of those will be factored in AFTER round 1 depending on how everything is going with corona and no doubt the AFL community as a whole.
They have already canvassed the players and said that a more compact season is possible.
They have stated there is 4 weeks available for rescheduled matches (mid season bye, finals bye and 2 weeks after the grand final before cricket takes over) which can be used to make up the games.
They may look at shortening games in order to get more games in a short space of time......without elaborating on that, to me it seemed like they may do an AFLW type length game, and do say 5 day breaks between them, so that you could get 4 weeks of game in 3 weeks of time kinda scenarios.
No matter what happens, statistically, this AFL season will be an anomaly for all time.