by therisingblues » Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:49 pm
Thanks Lightning.
Interesting rule that, hard to see it ever coming into action. Using this year as a model and assuming that Fremantle, West Coast finish top two and that Sydney finish 6th or higher, we would have 3 finals played at the MCG. no matter how you look at it, because 1st and 2nd placed sides are guaranteed two home finals. and the side finishing 5th or 6th is guaranteed one. That means 5 of 8 finals matches would be played away from the MCG.
That's a pretty rare event in the history of AFL, and probably the least games that would be played at the MCG in a finals series ever. But even if that happened over 5 years there'd still be 15 finals played on the MCG in that time.
Then even if Sydney finished 4th and Adelaide 6th there'd still be 2 finals at the 'G this year and that scenario repeated over 5 years would produce the required 10 games.
For the 5 year rule to come into play, there'd need to be a scenario of 4 non Vic teams finishing in the top 6 (and no Vic teams in the top two), for four years, then in a 5th year there would need to be 5 non Victorian sides in the top 6 ladder positions and no Vic team in the top two.
This would produce 9 finals on the 'G in 5 years.
Odds would be against it, but it'd still suck if you finished 5th and then had to play your final away to the 8th placed side because of an Oval agreement. That would reward the side finishing 8th more than the sides in 7th and 5th.
I wonder what they'd do if all 8 teams were non Vic sides in the 5th year?
I'm gonna sit back, crack the top off a Pale Ale, and watch the Double Blues prevail
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