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The AFL's unevenness is to its detriment

26th July, 2015
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26th July, 2015
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Looking back at the AFL season so far, even as a one-eyed supporter of any of the teams in the competition, you could see that the competition is dominated by about 4 or 5 out of 18 teams.

If the goal of the AFL is to have a thriving, exciting competition that fans look forward to each week, then there is clearly some work to do.

Maybe it’s because both of my favourite teams are doing poorly but I can’t help thinking that there is no way out of the hole that both of them are in. No football fan can enjoy seeing their team being flogged week after week.

The disparity between top and bottom teams is no longer sustainable as it happens regularly and not in the interest of the competition.

Some teams are consistently losing matches by enormous scores, the latest this week being Hawthorn 173 defeating Carlton 35 and North Melbourne 110 defeating Brisbane 38.

So when some fans go to a match, within minutes of the start of the game their teams are goals behind, the flogging begins. There isn’t even five minutes of hope and cheer time for their team. It’s little wonder that those fans cease coming to games.

This is not sustainable. It is not only about predictable winners and losers each week. It’s about the financial viability of all teams that lose fans or fail to attract new members.

It’s hard to think that the unsuccessful clubs in the competition have not undertaken analysis of their circumstances to develop a suitable strategy to get back to competitiveness. Despite this, they are still unable to do so.

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I am not a particularly good tipster, but I am in the top 100 of my tipping competition that boasts nearly half a million participants. It is far too predictable to pick winners and losers in the AFL every week

How much longer will I maintain interest before I lose faith completely?

With Bill Kelty currently performing a wide ranging review into the AFL, let’s hope that some positive outcomes will change the current situation. Otherwise, fans may find another thing to do with their time.

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