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    Re: The half time break / Length of the game

    Interesting discussion about the length of the game on the Hun

    The AFL Players’ Association says it is keen to discuss the “obvious benefit” of shortening the length of quarters in games to help prolong players’ careers.

    Geelong superstar and Players’ Association president Patrick Dangerfield has again thrown his support behind a proposal to cut the length of matches, adamant four 25-minute quarters is enough.

    The concept has received strong support across the industry in recent years with AFL legend Leigh Matthews adamant a shorter game would be “much, much better” for players and younger fans.


    And the powerful Players’ Association is prepared to take the issue further with the league.

    PA player and stakeholder relations manager Brett Murphy said there would be advantages of shortening games given the huge physical demands currently on players.

    “The length of the game has been a talking point with players for the past few seasons,” Murphy told the Herald Sun.

    “Whilst there is no current proposal from the AFL on what this would look like, we welcome the opportunity to discuss it given the obvious benefit to player health and career longevity.”

    The AFL yesterday confirmed it had no plans to reduce game length for next season.


    But the half time interval is set to be cut from 20 minutes to 15 minutes following final talks with clubs and broadcasters.

    The league believes a 15-minute halftime interval is sufficient for the players who take about three minutes to exit and re-enter the playing surface at the main change.

    The average length of quarters increased by 11 seconds to 30 minutes and 35 seconds per game last season, according to Champion Data.

    That increase was despite a raft of rule changes to help minimise repeat stoppages and congestion which has plagued the game and reduced scoring in recent years.
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    Re: The half time break / Length of the game

    The teams still only play 20 minutes. The rest of the minutes are taken up by stoppages etc.

    Solution: Unlimited interchange to give more players a rest.
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    Re: The half time break / Length of the game

    Heard Bevo on the news saying that he and the coaching and medical staff are not happy with the reduction in the half time break with many things to be covered in a short time.

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    Re: The half time break / Length of the game

    Quote Originally Posted by Axe Man View Post
    Heard Bevo on the news saying that he and the coaching and medical staff are not happy with the reduction in the half time break with many things to be covered in a short time.
    No idea why this AFL so called management want to keep changing things. They are the worse administrators of any major sport in the whole world. #sackhockingnow
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    Re: The half time break / Length of the game

    Will stay at 20 minutes
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    Re: The half time break / Length of the game

    All of that for no change...

    I was quite comfortable with 15 minutes.

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