Brisbane deserves to host the AFL grand final

It should be held in Adelaide. No quarantine from QLD and can hold more people than the GABBA and is a much better stadium. All the people shouting from the rooftops about the moralistic reasons it should be in QLD, where are you every other year when this argument gets rolled out about the G or is it money over morals every other year except this one?

#1- WA went willingly, you can tell by the speed with which they did it. SA baulked because they saw it as unfair —- #2- 25 years is not a subjective demarcation —- #3 & 4- quantifiable numbers are objective —- #5- is this not true? —- #6- let’s have a ‘skill-off’…

Apart from 1 point, they are all subjective, sorry to tell you. And even that point is debatable.

How many tickets are left over after the MCC members and AFL members have had their tickets allocated? They pay big membership fees. I assume the non competing clubs also get an allocation. Sponsors would also get tickets. I do remember being able to get tickets with ease when the GF was at Waverley Park one year. Pay the insurance if you want to be guaranteed a ticket if your team makes the GF!

It's that patch you are wearing pablo. Take it off and look again!

So the AFL had a chance to fix this issue but chose not to?

Bingo! The same applies to Port and an AO Grand Final possibility. Brisbane on the other hand will (IMHO) mean a Geelong or Richmond win.

SA’s border is closed to who? Victorians completely! I understand that they’ve got some sort of virus outbreak happening over there. Is that border closed in Queensland? Travel from NSW and ACT has a 14 day iso requirement only? They slaos have some virus issues. Is that border also closed in Queensland? Travel from elsewhere in Australia is freely available/allowed. No iso required. When will people understand the facts as opposed to the media driven misinformation?

When you’re the AFL and taking on global sports for relevance in today’s world.. Optics is everything. The possibility of having a full stadium in Perth overflowing with people outside is too good of an opportunity to give up. For the sake of an additional few weeks of quarantine is neither here or there.

And out of the pram go the toys...I think any fair minded reading of my posts shows there’s a little bit more to them than ‘I’m right and your wrong.’ There are logical problems with the “QLD saved the AFL narrative” in my view , and I’ve laid them out as I see them. Forgive me for having a point of view and expressing that point of view... and I can see others also are not buying the QLD deserves the AFL GF narrative.

WA and SA both have closed borders at the moment and the goose running WA said theirs might not open until after the election in March. They are definitely out in my opinion

So true. The article itself mentions the home ground advantages of port and west coast are somehow more unfair then Brisbane’s, what the???? How about the fact Brisbane has been able to play most of their away games in their own state. They’ve already had an advantage. Perth and Adelaide would at least be in a grand final worthy stadium. The GABBA feels way to average for the pinnacle game

'Logic' the most common word used to justify something that has no basis. At leats Pedro put forward an arguement about the alternatives. You just have 'I'm right you're wrong'. Guess what, you're not. We're done.

I’m anti illogical arguments..like the prevailing story circulating in the Melbourne media that QLD saved the AFL season… they repeat this a few times and it becomes truth in their minds, and the minds of gullible readers. If the Sydney or Queensland media were running nonsense arguments I’d criticise them as well – it’s the argument itself that has no legs. Again you’re straying from the argument which tells me all I need to know. My stance has nothing to do with your assumptions about my attitude to Melbourne. But again, if pointing out the problems with baseless arguments like ‘Qld saved the season’ qualifies as a childish rant according to you then that’s just fine by me. Is anyone who disagrees with you childish? That seems like a bit of an odd way to navigate discussion but each to their own.

Then the AFL are just being petty then if that's their logic.

The border stance in SA was exactly the same as Queensland's when the hubs commenced (and still is today). 14 days iso was required regardless of where you were from. To suggest otherwise is simply a media fiction. I could fly to the Gold Coast this arvo, have a coffee and fly back again in the morning without any iso requirements. The only difference at the start of the COVID season was that Queensland had 2 current AFL Grounds (SA and WA had 1 each, but a multitude of other suitable grounds were available as well). Again, we should all try and deal with facts.

That argument will/should be difficult to ignore (but they will find a way).

Qld wasn't the only option, it was the best option logistically considering the border stance of the SA and WA Govt. "Saved" may not be thr right word but the ease of continuation, facilities and a safe environment are mitigating factors. Had the AFL created hubs in Tas or NT and suggested they host the AFL, you're stance would be the same. Your attitude has nothing to do with Qld, you're just anti the Vic centric AFL & media and your childish rant suggests nothing more.

Childishness is locking away the MCG as the choice of GF venue until most fans will be in the grave. That’s childish. I’m not sure you’re getting my point. It was the AFL, not the Queensland government, at the wheel here. The AFL could very well have gone for a dual hub in SA/WA… or a hub in Tassie… or various other combinations and locations. That’s just a fact. Other options were open and were also doable. In the end they’ve done a Queensland hub but it’s just untrue to suggest or imply, as the Victorian based AFL media is now doing, that were it not for Queensland the whole season would have fallen over. It simply untrue to say or suggest that, and then it makes even less sense to go on to suggest that because Queensland has saved the season they now deserve the AFL GF. If pointing out the leaps of logic being made here is “childish at best” then call me childish all day. And when someone is reduced to name calling instead of arguing the substance of their position that is fairly telling – generally people who do this have a very weak argument.

Or you could reward the fans who've supported AFL for such a long time by giving them a grand final in their home state... Just a thought. It doesn't matter as it'll be in QLD.