Last edited by stevoswan; 4th October 2017 at 05:51 PM.
.......and this situation is completely unacceptable and should be to you. We didn't come down in the last shower, we know why it's held at the 'G, we know money is what drives the league (among the other biases mentioned in previous posts....equally unacceptable) but we also know where the league is based. It's a joke and shouldn't be 'acceptable' to anyone, especially Victorians who barrack for the Swans.....
I agree with some of what you're saying Ludwig but lowering the bar and accepting a bad situation, because in reality, it can't be changed is like raising the white flag. What is that saying with "when good men do nothing"?........a quick Google: �The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.� We can't let it all become too entrenched, it will just get harder and harder to reverse.
I suppose all this stuff makes our 2012 GF win over the Dawks seem monumental, which it damn well was! That of course, was pre-Buddy to the Swans, when it all changed and Gil and the Vic powerbrokers really kicked into their xenophobic worst.
Quote Originally Posted by stevoswan
Why does Melbourne have to have a third big stadium?!
I didn't say 'BIG'. I meant a stadium/oval/venue that could accommodate many of the teams that use the MCG as their home ground. Interstate visiting teams would be given more games at the MCG so it would be more neutral come finals time.
A NFL-type rotating GF system is the only feasible alternative to the current fixed MCG venue. It is not logistically practical to decide the venue only after the GF competitors are known - plans need to be in place well before the end of the season.
But a rotating system would only by chance mean a �home� GF for non-Victorian GF competitors. And would be likely to mean that a Victorian club often gets a home GF when it is the turn for the MCG to be the venue.
Why not hold the GF at the home stadium of the minor premier? That would be fair. The minor premier may occasionally not make it to the GF but they usually do.
We all know that it won't happen though because the MCG GF means too much money for the AFL and the AFL is Victorian centric.
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