The AFL show must go on

Not to mention the Myer worker in Sydney yesterday, and now the aged home care worker in NW Tassie! Some people just aren't using their brains. I get that they want to protect their income but at what cost?

#JamesH And how much asymptomatic spreading there might be. I notice now the UK has joined the USofA as a big international source. Still wondering just how many of the returning Aussies are bringing it with them. Shutting down the borders properly now.....would've been nice to have down that a fortnight ago. Victoria went from 94 to 121 to 150 (9.30am yesterday)....haven't seen todays number yet.

I hope you're right, but bear in mind that you're only talking about known cases. There has to be community transmission happening. The odds that the people you're accounting for haven't passed it on to others are minuscule. What we don't know is the extent to which it's being transmitted. That's the crucial part but we won't have a firm idea of that for a while. Fortunately, most people seem to be treating the risks seriously and are taking at least some basic steps to avoid potential transmission.

Deliberately infect the entire playing group and admin. Isolate them all for a month then start the season in June after a 4 week mini preseason with all having immunity. Solved. I’ll see myself out.

I understood what you said the first time Klomps. Richie must still have a hangover from last year.

Nah. Outside of the AFL it's a sport not an industry. Revenue-wise the AFL isn't big at all.

No worries. (it's a bit like the bushfires.....rely on the primary sources, trust the experts, science is good, politicians are feeble, and don't believe facebook!!.)

No offence but most avatars on this site are in drag. I have been following the numbers closely. Timing of reporting is varying. Be great if the Vic infected are stuck in NSW. Seems that most have returned from the States where there P seemed to want no testing. Thank you for the info.

Huh?? Need more info……Mike whom? After all, …..I am MunroMike. by the way – – the reporting on that Fed Gov Health Dept site follows the premise of reporting state of residence – – what we don’t know then is if half the WA and SA and Vic people are currently stuck up in Sydney in quarantine. As it is the Vic DHHS also runs daily updates, and their 18th March shows 121 cases. Just again – is that 121 IN Victoria or 121 Victorians who might be getting treated/isolated perhaps in Sydney. Just don’t know. Anyway – it’s worth reading the definition of “close contact”. News is running with 565 for today, although even that had Tassie at 7 but they’ve confirmed in the last 20 mins another 3 in the south of Tassie. However – they had recently travelled and all Tassie cases are internationally sourced. There’s no local transmission confirmed cases there. That’s where things are at presently. I seriously hope the clamp down on international travel will be the key factor for us here in an island nation (will Tassie shut down domestic travel to/from the mainland??).

I gather it’s not full on panic time just yet. Vast majority of confirmed cases are overseas sourced or close contact to these overseas sourced. Social isolation within reason – and targeted social isolation – pretty well treat it as if you actually do have the flu – – wash hands etc, and don’t visit elderly relatives. If you’re all good, young, fit and healthy – right now probably the best thing to do it be out and about, playing sport in the sun and keeping up your strength and health. The flu season kicks in during winter often because we do what?……we don’t get out as much, people stay inside, close windows, congregate closely etc etc. To flatten the curve now is less an issue – – flattening the curve in May as we head into winter (when the Northern Hemisphere is heading into summer) is the key. Right now it’s wrong to contrast AFL and NRL to the NBA/EPL etc. They were smack bang in winter, in peak flu season when many people might be struggling with their normal range of winter ails. It may be that come May that sport in the Northern hemisphere returns to normal – – I hope you’re smart enough to realise that we in Australian can’t take that as a green flag to also resume normality!?!?! Anyway – rely on the Fed and State Govts health departments for information. Live and react to what is happening in Australia and not Italy or the USofA or China.

Damn it you are Mike.

Should relocate all 18 clubs to Tassie and play games in Hobart and Launceston and hope that Tassie can control its borders.....they been on 7 cases for the last 4 days. by the way - important to not - the Fed Govt Health dept has a daily status update here. What you can see is that more than half of the Aust cases are confirmed as sourced overseas. Add in those from 'close contact' generally with the above - and you have over 65%. The remainder are 'under investigation' or 'unknown'. Based on this mornings value on the website that's 164 out of 454. I presume many or most of these will be confirmed as overseas sourced or 'close contact'. So - it's not yet growing exponentially out in the suburbs. Doesn't mean not to heed the warnings - definitely adapt behaviours etc. Also - in Australia it's NSW where the majority of cases are.......because - that's where most the flights from the USofA terminate. Up to a couple of days ago there was a breakdown of the source - and the USA had shot to the top. They aren't displaying that anymore. Anyway - over the last week the ACT has gone from 1 to 2 (doubling!!), Tassie from 3 to 7 but flat for 4 days. WA from 9 to 31, SA from 12 to 32, Vic 27 to 94, QLD 27 to 78 and NSW 77 to 210. Hopefully the effective shut down of international travel will be the biggest impact in the foreseeable future. It will be interesting to track the trajectory of new confirmed cases over the next 2-4 weeks.

You actually talk like Mike.

#IAP In Australia it is a pretty big domestic 'industry'. The footy industry. The AFL of course 100% owns Marvel stadium. There is the AFL, there are state and local leagues with many full and part time employees. There are 'elite' junior pathways with full time coaches and personnel. It's broader than just the AFL - and it is so because of the money in the system - sourced from attendance, from memberships, from sponsorships and broadcast - and or course the 'footy industry' is broader with many employed in the media. So.....yep....I think it's fair to refer to the 'footy industry'.

Yeah I was making the point that we all think in footy the ground size has a lot to with home ground advantage, but it really doesn’t. The familiarity of the ground might result in a few points difference a game. Where as the mental boost every player on the field gets from 1000s of people screaming with them, as opposed to against them, can mean 10+ goals difference in some situations. If a team gets on a roll with the crowd behind their back they will destroy a more talented team. Those exact same teams can play 1 week later, with the completely reversed result, just because the venues have swapped. Most importantly, the crowd can be the difference between winning and losing when the game is on the line. It’s happened in every sport world wide through history, and will keep happening as long as we’re alive. It’s just the human psyche. I agree entirely that teams can play their ground sizes better and smarter, but that would be more of an advantage in other years, rather then this year. Away teams will have a better chance then ever, if we keep playing in empty stadiums

Well it doesn't really matter. I suppose all they have to do between the Vic teams is to make sure they all travel the same number of times. Geelong complicates things a bit. The interstate teams would be different, but then they always are when it comes to scheduling.

Sub in any other Vic team you happen to prefer!

Stop it before it starts IMO

The fact you can’t even admit that playing 5 rounds in the time they usually play 3 AND they will play some interstate teams home games in Melbourne will result in more than “normal” use shows the futility of this discussion as does the fact you can’t comprehend my point only applies if extra rounds are played in the first 3 weeks. You are talking about a scenario that is not officially being considered. It's only being speculated on websites such a this (and I presume the carlton fan club website), and the radio. The AFL have not adopted this strategy. Hence why I'm not engaging in it. “Fewer games spread out over up to 40 weeks is the strategy now” Except that Cricket Australia has said the AFL can’t have grounds into October. Spread up to 40 weeks...either the shortened season will be completed by the end of September anyway - hence a 5 week buffer or it will be abandoned. Why you keep insisting on suggestions that have been closed off, or not warranting discussion by those in the know is beyond me.

:unhappy: The fact you can't even admit that playing 5 rounds in the time they usually play 3 AND they will play some interstate teams home games in Melbourne will result in more than "normal" use shows the futility of this discussion as does the fact you can't comprehend my point only applies if extra rounds are played in the first 3 weeks. "Fewer games spread out over up to 40 weeks is the strategy now" Except that Cricket Australia has said the AFL can't have grounds into October.