tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932408536664759389.post1826849418624001482..comments2023-12-01T19:10:11.055+11:00Comments on FMI: Fixture Reform- Detail [2/5]The FMIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119761964589349965noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932408536664759389.post-3128049823032097622013-02-13T16:39:19.906+11:002013-02-13T16:39:19.906+11:00Agree that lack of derbies takes away an opportuni...Agree that lack of derbies takes away an opportunity to see your team live. That said, the idea is to take away rigging of the draw, and if that means in a particular season there is no derby, then so be it. Likewise Melb-based big games... no Coll-Carl match twice? Tough. The draw is clean, transparent.<br /><br />The only exception is where clubs might 'conspire' to play dead at the end of a season, with the aim of aligning into the same conference the following year... which entirely may happen.<br />A very different sort of tanking, and possible can of Pandora's worms!<br />Post 5 on Friday has another credible alternate system.<br />The FMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119761964589349965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932408536664759389.post-2830273009251945252013-02-13T16:21:31.877+11:002013-02-13T16:21:31.877+11:00You may be right, but if each conference has 2 top...You may be right, but if each conference has 2 top 6 teams, 2 mid 6 teams and 2 bottom 6 teams, they should be balanced.<br />I can see where they would be called 'conference of death' during the season if a few teams really get playing well.<br /><br />Even then, if you look at part 3 today, if 4 teams in one conference play exceptionally well, then the finals allocation system still could see all of them through. Would be a very tough group to have the 5th best in a conference miss a finals spot.The FMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119761964589349965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932408536664759389.post-44516270725322707692013-02-12T21:29:13.643+11:002013-02-12T21:29:13.643+11:00Something you no doubt thought of - there will sti...Something you no doubt thought of - there will still be comments about 'conference of death' if one or two teams make a massive improvement. Still overall it should lessen the inequities.Troy Wheatleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021214034890190625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932408536664759389.post-66677073554451251862013-02-12T10:57:17.753+11:002013-02-12T10:57:17.753+11:00Just a short comment. I think there are several p...Just a short comment. I think there are several points to be made about conferences but I'd prefer to read your whole piece. One thing on blockbusters though.<br /><br />They are and aren't needed. They are big games because they are between big clubs. If A and B are big and C and D are small, then A vs. B will create a big crowd and C vs. D will not, but they are also the sum of their fan-bases (more or less), so the total crowd will be much the same with A vs. C and B vs. D.<br /><br />But that only applies to home games, or at least games in those team's city. Don't under-estimate the value of local derbies purely from the point of view of allowing people to see their team. If Adelaide plays in a different conference to Port fans can see 11 home games. If they play in the same conference it is 12. Not a big difference, but still better. And yes, it is more money, but more money often comes from serving customers. The league has already heavily eroded the number of fixtures fans can attend to watch their team by inter-state expansion; it isn't in anyone's interest to make it worse.Russhttp://idlesummers.comnoreply@blogger.com