Monday night fixturing during April

Is this better? :lol:

Yes, why not give it a try. The world is changing and football clubs and leagues need to consider that with employment situations as they are now many people cannot go to football at the traditional times and may welcome the opportunity to attend a Monday night game. I believe that the lights at Austar Arena are satisfactory for night football and perhaps North Ballarat could trial the idea to see if they could attract more spectators from their region. I know that local football club commitments mean many people in the surrounding districts don't attend Roosters matches currently but may if the timing of the game allowed them to attend both their own footy and the VFL.

Grimmett wrote:Yes, why not give it a try. The world is changing and football clubs and leagues need to consider that with employment situations as they are now many people cannot go to football at the traditional times and may welcome the opportunity to attend a Monday night game. I believe that the lights at Austar Arena are satisfactory for night football and perhaps North Ballarat could trial the idea to see if they could attract more spectators from their region. I know that local football club commitments mean many people in the surrounding districts don't attend Roosters matches currently but may if the timing of the game allowed them to attend both their own footy and the VFL.

I understand the philosophy, and I am the last person to hold back deleloping the competition. BUT, the significant problem is the fact the vast majority of VFL listed players have jobs. The rest are mostly students. As a result, getting to Ballarat atfor a match on a Monday night is going to have an impact on those work obligations. I know Ballarat was only a suggestion, but I don't think the lights would be up to it. And I can tell you, if it is any time after April, then the weather will be a problem at night. The other problem would exist for AFL listed players and the problem with breaks betwee games etc for the AFL side. But that should be a minor issue as this competition should be able to deal with what it wants for itself. Having said all of that, then if was going to happen, then the only real option for it would be Monday 24th April, the night before Anzac day. Lots of people will have the Monday off, and they don't need to get back to work on Tuesday. If it was going to happen, that would be the only conceivable option for this year. A similar type of date could no doubt be found next year.

Dolphin wrote:[quote:f6c391c037="Grimmett"]Yes, why not give it a try. The world is changing and football clubs and leagues need to consider that with employment situations as they are now many people cannot go to football at the traditional times and may welcome the opportunity to attend a Monday night game. I believe that the lights at Austar Arena are satisfactory for night football and perhaps North Ballarat could trial the idea to see if they could attract more spectators from their region. I know that local football club commitments mean many people in the surrounding districts don't attend Roosters matches currently but may if the timing of the game allowed them to attend both their own footy and the VFL.

I understand the philosophy, and I am the last person to hold back deleloping the competition. BUT, the significant problem is the fact the vast majority of VFL listed players have jobs. The rest are mostly students. As a result, getting to Ballarat atfor a match on a Monday night is going to have an impact on those work obligations. I know Ballarat was only a suggestion, but I don't think the lights would be up to it. And I can tell you, if it is any time after April, then the weather will be a problem at night. The other problem would exist for AFL listed players and the problem with breaks betwee games etc for the AFL side. But that should be a minor issue as this competition should be able to deal with what it wants for itself. Having said all of that, then if was going to happen, then the only real option for it would be Monday 24th April, the night before Anzac day. Lots of people will have the Monday off, and they don't need to get back to work on Tuesday. If it was going to happen, that would be the only conceivable option for this year. A similar type of date could no doubt be found next year.[/quote] Fair enough. Merely mentioning that many fans of the VFL are actually involved club wise at lower levels and perhaps the alternate game time may work in some areas. I appreciate that most of the players hold down 'real' jobs as well but I assume they have sympathetic work situations in most cases due to training demands etc. BTW There is zero chance I'm gonna travel for four hours to get to a Dolphins Monday night game which is why I used Ballarat as the example. Obviously we all post relevant to our own issues. :)

If Anzac Day 2006 is a Tuesday, perhaps the VFL should consider a Monday night game there. Work commitments for players didn't appear to come to the VFLs attention when they scheduled Coburg for a Friday night game in Tasmania or Werribee for a Friday night game in Bendigo during 2005.

footyman wrote:If Anzac Day 2006 is a Tuesday, perhaps the VFL should consider a Monday night game there. Work commitments for players didn't appear to come to the VFLs attention when they scheduled Coburg for a Friday night game in Tasmania or Werribee for a Friday night game in Bendigo during 2005.

That was my point. Good to see Footyman agreeing with me.

Dolphin wrote:Good to see Footyman agreeing with me.

I always agree with you :lol:

Heres the thing. Nobody can be f***ed going to the footy on a Monday, unless they were extremely avid fans.

bombermad09 wrote:Heres the thing. Nobody can be f***ed going to the footy on a Monday, unless they were extremely avid fans.

Which the people registered here would be. No?