AFL clubs are said to be unhappy with an unfair advantage Port Adelaide and Adelaide receive from Gather Round, allegedly claiming it creates an “imbalance” in the scheduling.
Speaking on Fox Footy’s Midweek Tackle, Herald Sun journalist Sam Landsberger addressed the accusations.
Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon will play 17 of their 23 matches this season in Melbourne, which towers over the 13 home games that Adelaide and Port Adelaide will play in 2024; two of which are against themselves in Showdowns. Hawthorn and North Melbourne may look the hardest done on paper with 12 matches in Melbourne, however both clubs willingly play ‘home’ games in Tasmania each year.
After Landsberger finished breaking down the initial views of clubs, he went on to say that the seasons of Carlton and the Western Bulldogs – who played the South Australian sides in Gather Round last year – were heavily impacted by the claimed disadvantage. The Herald Sun journalist then touched on a radical proposal put forward from some clubs, which involves the Crows and Power playing each other once more than any other clubs would clash during the season.
“Surely they just have to suck it up a little bit – we saw Melbourne last weekend roll Port Adelaide, and you hear Simon Goodwin saying ‘This can galvanise our club,” Clark added.
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