Originally Posted by
Boots
A few years back there was a suggested fixture change where every team played each other once for the first 17 rounds and then there was a 5-round series of games with the league sorted into 3 6-team brackets. The problem apparently was that the bottom six teams had nothing to play for, which would make for some dreary games. This feels like a better fix than priority picks, although anything that disrupts Brisbane continuing its run of father-sons is fine by me. Love watching them play, still angry we lost Dunkley int he same year they picked up Fletcher and Ashcroft.
Imagine if they played 17 rounds, then did the draft, then did the 5 bracketed games. Top six could play for top four, middle six for the remaining two finals spots, and bottom six could 'blood the kids' immediately and deprive the media of six months of wild speculation.