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AFL alteration on “compromised” detail in Gather Round match Chris Scott makes a call.

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Chris Scott, the coach of Geelong, has pointed out a major problem with Gather Round, stating that a crucial aspect of the Adelaide football spectacular has “compromised” the AFL event. For the second installment of the football festival, which will see Adelaide host all nine of the round’s games, all 18 teams have converged on the capital of South Australia.

Gather Round will begin on Thursday night when Adelaide takes on Melbourne at the Adelaide Oval. On Friday night, Port Adelaide will play Essendon at the same location. Gather Round, according to Scott, unfairly grants the two Adelaide-based teams an extra home game in 2024 compared to the other 16 teams.

Although he agrees with the Gather Round concept, the premiership-winning Cats coach maintains that the two Adelaide teams should play each other in order to make it a more equitable idea. “I think this is a great initiative, and I love it.” Scott told SEN’s Whateley, “I’m a fan of Adelaide full stop and they’ve done a terrific job of making the town come alive.”

“After the success of last year, I could totally understand the motivations behind committing to Gather Round in Adelaide for a number of years.” Therefore, while I think the notion is sound in theory, I have concerns about the fixture being further compromised. The AFL can and should, in my opinion, address this.

You can’t just say, “Oh well, it’s just one of those things,” in my opinion. There’s a pretty clear fix for it. The two Adelaide clubs might benefit from an additional home game versus an away team, but I’m not convinced about that. The obvious and unambiguous way to resolve the compromise is to simply hold another Showdown.

Scott’s critics will refute his claim by highlighting the fact that some teams, like Collingwood, host more home games at the MCG each year than others. However, Scott claims that because Western Australian clubs play fewer home games annually than Adelaide-based clubs, the Gather Round program is especially unfair to them.

“Even if you limit it to the Perth teams, for instance, there is no reason why the Adelaide teams should receive an additional home game in addition to the Perth teams simply because of Gather Round. When asked whether the Power and Crows should compete against each other in Gather Round, Scott posed a question. “If there were no solution, that would be understandable, but there is a solution.”

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