The AFL has been accused of ignoring a plea from fans to abandon the floating fixture in 2024 amid claims it is a legacy idea from the Covid-impacted seasons and something supporters are overwhelmingly against.
Following reports the league will release the schedule for next season on November 16, the AFL Fans Association has called for it to be a complete fixture to bring to an end the ongoing “inconvenience” for supporters of leaving as many as the last eight rounds with unconfirmed times, dates and locations for matches.
AFLFA president Ron Issko said the continuation of the floating fixture could even impact club memberships. Issko made the point that no other sporting code in the world, or in Australia, had a floating fixture with unknown scheduling of more than 60 games across the final weeks of the season. But the idea was not shelved completely, with the first 15 rounds 2023 locked in, with rounds 16-23 left open to allow for the best games to be in the best TV timeslots.
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