Giants vs Swans on Good Friday

[Triple B]

Put me down as a resounding no.

Couldn't give a toss about the religious arguments, but the only thing ANZ has going for it is the great transport system to and from and the ease of getting there for the vast majority. Holding it on one of the shows biggest days will make that transport one giant clusterf...

No thnx and I doubt very much if some of the Melb. clubs who have begged to play on Good Friday as a feature match a la Anzac Day will take too kindly to Swans and GWS getting that gig.

[Kirkari]

I'm all for it on Good Friday as long as they are still allowed to sell beer.

[Big Al]

Put me down as a resounding no.

Couldn't give a toss about the religious arguments, but the only thing ANZ has going for it is the great transport system to and from and the ease of getting there for the vast majority. Holding it on one of the shows biggest days will make that transport one giant clusterf...

No thnx and I doubt very much if some of the Melb. clubs who have begged to play on Good Friday as a feature match a la Anzac Day will take too kindly to Swans and GWS getting that gig.

You said it BBB the public transport to Olympic Park is great. It was brilliant during the Olympics so I can't see why it couldn't cope with the extra crowd. You don't hear many complaints about transport during the Easter show and big games like State of Origin and Grand Final so I'd be confident it wouldn't be an issue.

[top40]

Put me down as a resounding no.

Couldn't give a toss about the religious arguments, but the only thing ANZ has going for it is the great transport system to and from and the ease of getting there for the vast majority. Holding it on one of the shows biggest days will make that transport one giant clusterf...

No thnx and I doubt very much if some of the Melb. clubs who have begged to play on Good Friday as a feature match a la Anzac Day will take too kindly to Swans and GWS getting that gig.

The point is that if Good Friday is an option, the game would be held at night, when the Easter Show is a lot quieter than during the daytime. And if Olympic Park can handle literally 100's of 1000's of people at a given occasion in September 2000, they can handle the additional 40,000 plus going to a game of an AFL.

As for the Melbourne competition, good luck convincing the more conservative Victorians to play Good Friday footy in Melbourne. Herein, a history lesson to the 1980's in relation to playing footy on Sunday demonstrates this.

[ScottH]

Put me down as a resounding no.

Couldn't give a toss about the religious arguments, but the only thing ANZ has going for it is the great transport system to and from and the ease of getting there for the vast majority. Holding it on one of the shows biggest days will make that transport one giant clusterf...

No thnx and I doubt very much if some of the Melb. clubs who have begged to play on Good Friday as a feature match a la Anzac Day will take too kindly to Swans and GWS getting that gig.

North Melbourne have had a sook in todays paper about this.

[R-1]

It's a fantastic idea, competes directly with the NRL, and will probably actually produce a good crowd. It's also the sort of thing that can become a regular blockbuster fixture.

Although I suspect they're too Victoria-centric and pigheaded, I do hope the AFL lets it happen. The Good Friday Appeal? Has anyone outside of Victoria even heard of that? It's ridiculous to suggest that the rest of the country can't have footy because of something that only happens in Melbourne.

[Cardinal]

Best of all worlds. No footy in Melbourne on good friday to satisfy whoever it is they are trying to placate and I'll be able to walk a couple of hundred metres from the flyball over to olympic stadium to watch the game

[Cardinal]

If people want to make a sacrifice on one day of the year by substituting prawns and barramundi for meat that?s fine but I don?t see why I should have to give up access to the footy because of someone else?s beliefs (particularly when I?m essentially vegetarian).

[Daphy]

Well, I think that having a Sydney derby is a great idea! In terms of commercial value and promotion of the game, it's a pretty win situation.

I'm a Roman Catholic myself, and while I probably won't go to the game out of respect for the religion, I won't hold it against people who don't believe in what I believe, and who do go to the game. I mean, everyone is entitled to their own opinions right? It's pretty ignorant to say 'Don't put the game on Good Friday, because it's a religious day of solemnity and fasting for Christians'. Hello? I'm pretty sure that most days in the calendar are religious days in some religion or other. We can't appease everyone so why spoil the fun for others?

For me, I won't watch the game, but the first thing I'll be doing on Saturday morning is finding out the result! We are all united in the Red and White, I think that's what really matters here!

[swansrule100]

what does a game do that is so anti religion if you want to go to mass fine, some of us would much rather watch footy. If the swans play every good friday great, i am home anyway and its the most boring day of the year.

[jono2707]

I think Good Friday should be moved - I'm offended that it's held slap bang in the middle of footy season....

[Bas]

And we are only concerned with the Western Easter, not the Orthodox Easter, (which is rather ironic when you think of the AFL CEO's ethic background).

I thought of that irony as well. It is the VFL in expanded form anyway and that is why there are no Good Friday games. Perhaps if the game is held outside of Victoria then it would make it OK. Fact can be stranger than fiction.

So why are shops closed on the Good Friday but all open on Easter Sunday?. Mourn the loss at home and celebrate re-birth by shopping!!!!!

I was at the Western Plains Zoo on Friday. Open everyday except Christmas.