by Aerie » Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:07 pm
Summer SANFL
- Starts Mid-October, 8 clubs home and away plus 3 weeks of Finals. A 3-week break over Christmas/New Year, finishes with the Grand Final on the first Saturday in March at Adelaide Oval.
- Move on the cricket clubs from Woodville, Glenelg, Unley and Prospect to other locations (the SACA want less clubs anyway).
- 4 games per week on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday beginning at 7:30pm, broadcast nation wide.
- Keep the women and juniors playing through the winter, add a winter U21 competition which feeds the league team in summer/replaces the reserves.
- Shorten the games to 16 minutes plus time on.
Fill the clubrooms all year. Have the ovals in better shape for league footy. Remove any competition from the AFL or community/country footy. Many players might have another club they play for in winter.
The SANFL still do all their work promoting grassroots football and providing pathways in winter and then have the pinnacle, that being the SANFL League Competition, as a standalone commercially attractive product over summer.