So the AFL has called for the public to give their ideas in regards to a possible review of the way the football year is carried out. From the pre-season, to the season proper, to the finals.
The idea I have put forth is as follows;
Go with 3 cofnerences of 6 teams. Three of the teams (9 all told) will be seeded according to where they finished the year before. The remaining 9 teams will be placed by the AFL with consideration to travelling and other factors such as arranging for blockbuster matches.
They would be arranged as follows;
Conference A: Teams who finished 1st, 4th, 7th and 3 more teams chosen by the AFL.
Conference B: Teams who finished 2nd, 5th, 8th and 3 more teams chosen by the AFL.
Conference C: Teams who finished 3rd, 6th, 9th and 3 more teams chosen by the AFL.
Each team would play each team within it's own conference twice as well as each team outside of it's own conference once. This totals to 2 games per season.
At the end of the season proper; the 1st and 2nd team of each conference are automatically granted entry into the finals series but also play each other for title of Conference Champions and a better position in the finals series.
The 3rd placed teams among the conferences along with the best performing 4th placed team across the conferences would then play off for the remaining two positions in the finals.
The top 6 teams in the finals would be seeded from the results of the Championship matches the previous week, while the 7th and 8th places in the finals series would be sorted by the results of the playoffs.
The finals then would be played out as per usual.
I can appreciate the flaws of this system but hope that they would be mitigated by the fact that it'd be an exciting arrangement for the entirety of the year.
Anyway, hope it all makes sense and I'm eagerly anticipating the AFLs next move.
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