“The affect on gamers is a essential a part of any dialog about increasing the season additional and the AFL wants participant help for this to be critically thought of.”
Dillon floated the potential of a twenty fourth sport when he hit the airwaves throughout spherical one final weekend. Any additional sport would possible come on the expense of the observe match collection.
Earlier than the preseason evening competitors was phased out in 2013, the standard AFL season consisted of about 4 observe matches earlier than 22 rounds and 4 weeks of finals, which means the premiers might play 30 video games.
This yr, the 25 house and away rounds had been preceded by per week of match simulation and an official observe match.
“I believe there’s a capability, a possible perhaps for one more sport at some stage, however we’re actually aware of what we’re asking of our gamers, coaches and footy stuff. It’s making an attempt to get that steadiness proper,” Dillon informed SEN.
“Again if you guys had been enjoying you performed 4 observe video games and 22 matches. We’ve truncated the observe match collection, we’ve added one additional sport. Possibly there’s a possible for that.
“It’s all about entry to venues but in addition ensuring we hold the sport to the extent it’s.”