AFLX......why, oh why?

[S.S. Bleeder]

I love the schoolyard pick system - if it is genuine.
That's about all my interest

Are they seriously doing that? How embarrassment.

Get rid of all pre-season comps and add extra rounds of finals rounds to the main season.

[Legs Akimbo]

There are lots of things they could do... including nothing.

Anyway, i think if it was club based and included an incentive, say draft points, the interest would be greater.

How about dissecting every element if the game that people love and working the structure and rules to deliver.

7 a side with zoned areas and ability to call subs. There are lots of things they could do but they need to THINK about what the point is. If the point is creating a viable alternative short format that people may one day play here or abroad then then AFL are delusional.

But really WTFKs what they are trying to achieve.

[dejavoodoo44]

AFLX? More appropriate would be AFLY.

[Nico]

Probably. I know the club has not really said anything about AFLX and other than the AFL advertising there has been nothing on our website.

What lunatic thought up AFLX?

[dejavoodoo44]

What lunatic thought up AFLX?

My guess would be that it starts with Gill and ends with MacLachlan.

[liz]

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...now they are planning on having "joker" players whose scores count for double...

AFLX game changer: Get ready for 20-point supergoals - AFL.com.au

[dejavoodoo44]

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...now they are planning on having "joker" players whose scores count for double...

AFLX game changer: Get ready for 20-point supergoals - AFL.com.au

Hopefully, the jokers will have to wear a special costume, or at least have their underwear on the outside.

[Bloods05]

The "I hope my players dont get hurt" is such a pessimistic, insular viewpoint. The AFL seems to suffer from it cronically and kills any representative/all-star type games.

Not sure why this matters.

[707]

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...now they are planning on having "joker" players whose scores count for double...

AFLX game changer: Get ready for 20-point supergoals - AFL.com.au

Jack Watts would be one of the "Joker" players wouldn't he???

[stevoswan]

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...now they are planning on having "joker" players whose scores count for double...

AFLX game changer: Get ready for 20-point supergoals - AFL.com.au

How stupid is this whole concept? I saw that headline and just laughed.....then I cried. It just smacks of comic book desperation. A complete joke.....I hope none of our players are involved.

[erica]

How stupid is this whole concept? I saw that headline and just laughed.....then I cried. It just smacks of comic book desperation. A complete joke.....I hope none of our players are involved.

If they are "chosen" by the captain, do they have a choice?

[Molly dooker]

I heard the AFLX comp was created to launch the game into China (by Koschi), as there's billions to be made if that market opens up.
Now, if you think about it, of course there's not going to be appropriately sized pitches there but there are lots of soccer fields, ergo, AFLX.
Fail, fail, fail AFL. Dumbest idea in the history of the game.

[Captain]

Absolute joke.

Having a team of just indigenous is just so wrong and racist. Sorry you can't play with Eddie and his team because you are white.

[stevoswan]

Absolute joke.

Having a team of just indigenous is just so wrong and racist. Sorry you can't play with Eddie and his team because you are white.

Not the "R" word again.....

Let's stay on topic....no politics.

[Ludwig]

I'm going to skip the AFLX games. Not much interested in the AFLW either.

I'm holding out for the AFLGBTQ games.