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A man of many aliases, MrTripleC the blogist of 'The 225 Days', Cam the podcast co-host of 'The Mike to Cam Show', Vick Six the hated owner of an NFL fantasy team and for The Roar, simply Cameron Palmer. Passionate for AFL football, I have coached, umpired and written about footy for over 10 years. Co-host the "Mike to Cam Show" a five day a week podcast looking at the world of AFL.

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As always appreciate the feedback and debate, in order of appearance:

Scouts,
Fair point around the fareness to AFL fans. My belief if it is for only one home game a year though it could be manageable for most working families. As for the Thursday night game in Perth this year, I believe the AFL was trialing Thursday night football in the five main football cities, plus a sixth game in Geelong. I consider this to be a trial that they believe in and will expand upon heading to the next TV rights. The only issue I see with your dual Friday night games is that it does not really benefit television as you are going to have two matches going head to head. Also a Friday night twilight match is going to be just as tough for working families to be able to attend depending on what time the game starts and considering peak hour traffic on Friday afternoon’s in major city centres.

Xman,
As much as Fox may see the benefit of a split round, I don’t think most punters are going to fork out $500+ on a basic Fox subscription just because of a split round. The every game live is the selling point for Fox that they do an outstanding job of promoting.

MDS1970,
Agree with pretty much everything you say. You have touched on the key points in the affirmative to me. It is only a one off and is a massive win for broadcasters. On top you help to ensure that every team has the chance to play in their own exclusive timeslot. I’ll be sure to trawl the archives and read your proposal.

Thursday night's alright for footy

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Appreciate the feedback and debate.

Personally I am on the fence to this idea but as I stated, I think it is the only way that is viable for the AFL to expand it’s next media rights, other then slugging Telstra or the online component hard. TV is demanding another timeslot and Thursday is the only one that works. I guess this piece was really to show that Thursday can work for an entire season with some creative thinking.

In order of appearance,

Timmuh,
Agree that Sunday twilight is a graveyard for fans and to be honest Fox would have to be looking at those ratings and be thinking there must be something else that can be done. It is always going to be low drawing games and hence how is Fox seeing a bang for its buck. For sake of fans Sunday twilight should go, wrap the weekend by 6pm EST. Really like the point you made around the six day break. It has actually triggered a new piece for me to do around that, so check back in over the next week and will put that one up but appreciate jogging the idea.

Footyfact,
You raise some good points about the stand along games. It is a double edged sword. All teams want there games highly visible, but if the product is poor then was it really worth it. If I was running AFL scheduling my idea under the Thursday night concept would be to have Thursday 7.30pm, Friday 7.30pm, Saturday 2.10pm (Always in Melbourne), Saturday 4.50pm, Saturday 7.30pm x 3, Sunday 12.40pm, Sunday 3.20pm. Every game stand alone, with the exception of Saturday night, which is as a general when most clubs like to host their matches. I like the point you make about sacrificing money for the fans, but this is the AFL, this is business. That is never going to happen.

Thanks again guys for the feedback and input.

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Appreciate the feedback guys.

In order of appearance:

Michael,
Those that have read some of my work or listened to my podcast know that I am not on the Fyfe bandwagon. I think Ross Lyon has capatilised on the best of Fyfe and is getting the very best from him. Having said that, voting history says that he is going to be a real good show and it makes the most mouth watering story of Brownlow night if it is Fyfe one and Ablett two. Agree on your perspective on Selwood, his best games have been outstanding this year, while Kennedy has many mates to compete with. I also agree that Pendlebury is going to struggle given his recent form and the rise of players like Sidebottom and Elliot to be vote getters this year.

Lroy,
I actually think the Leigh Matthews trophy is a much more distinguished award and one that players do strive for. I agree with your statements on the media being influential behind the Brownlow but despite our thoughts, this is still the number one award for the football world as a whole.

Gene,
Hear hear, and it is only getting moreso as the gulf between best and worst teams is the depth of the best teams. What used to make a team good was having the top half dozen players in a game. Now the key is to have 30 players who can be called on and play a role for a successful team. Previously the AFL was a star league, now I believe it is more of a role play league.

Gecko,
As much as it would be great to see Riewoldt and Sandilands poll well on Brownlow night, history does not look fondly on this. Both have been great players in their respective roles for nearly a decade, yet have not seen the umpires back up that strong level of play. The 1980s and 1990s Brownlow counts are but a distant memory for key forwards and ruckmen.

Pope Paul,
Wanganeen I believe would be the last player who won playing the majority of the year in defence. Franklin likely is the best non-midfielder bet for this year though.

Again really appreciate the feedback to my first post to ‘The Roar’ and can only hope you enjoy some of the material I have got to come.

Seven weeks, seven fears for Gary Ablett

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