We want everyone to survive. At the time, I attended a briefing at AFL House where proposed rule changes were discussed and explained. "The AFL, which resumed last month after a near-three month suspension due, is scheduling matches on a rolling basis to try to mitigate problems thrown up by COVID-19.The lockdown order prompted multiple AFL teams' players to move out of their homes in the hotspots and into other accommodation on Wednesday before the midnight deadline.Some teams will then head to Western Australia or South Australia (SA) in the following round, the AFL said.Melbourne-based team St Kilda Saints will head to SA to play the Adelaide Crows in round seven but the state government has ruled out hosting an AFL hub of Melbourne teams.Like us on Facebook to see similar storiesThere were 66 new cases in Victoria on Friday following more than 70 cases reported in each of the previous four days.
They are the best credentialed, they are the best run, they are the best financed, they have the best deals, but if you don’t play football then you don’t make the money.However McLachlan will be there before the game for a TV interview - he’ll then head back out.Correction Gil going to MCG to do TV interview then going home, or to the pub, or to wherever he wants to watch the game. Callum Godde The West Australian. "The AFL needed to get the 10 Victorian clubs out of that state due to a worrying spike in the COVID-19 infection rate," the league's website https://www.afl.com.au/news/460394/fixture-rewrite-vic-clubs-forced-north-for-r6-7-return-date-unknown said.All nine matches in the sixth round of competition next week will be played in Sydney or southern Queensland state. 1.25 up to 1.5 million per game, times five, times nine, that’s a lot of money.”“My view is that this is an important step for the community,” he said.The league has also confirmed a 17-game season for every club, with each match containing four quarters of 16 minutes plus time on. The decision forced the AFL to make late changes to this week's fixtures, with Thursday night's game between West Coast Eagles and Melbourne's Richmond Tigers on the Gold Coast called off.Representative Image (Photo Credit: Getty Images)Queensland said Monday that any team from the state that plays in Melbourne, or hosts a team travelling from Melbourne, would need to quarantine for 14 days after the match.Australian Rules, the country's most popular spectator sport, resumed its season in empty stadiums on June 11 after a lengthy shutdown because of the coronavirus. After some scary negotiations, the NFL is back and ready to kick off the 2020 season, barring any sidetrack from the COVID-19 pandemic. Never have we faced anything like this.Wilson outlined the clubs most at risk, given a number are already in debt heading into the 2020 season.However they’ll now also be allowed twice a quarter for a maximum of 90 seconds, during live play.Here’s all the latest AFL updates from the developing coronavirus crisis.With government edicts in effect meaning only 100 people are allowed at gatherings, some big names won’t be in attendance for Richmond vs Carlton.“We can’t guarantee that this will go on forever… but I think at this stage, when we can have as much normality as possible… we want to ensure people can have as much normality as possible… for that sense that we have six months, six difficult months, but what we can take from it, what we can do to support each other, that’s what we should be doing.”Federal Minister for Health Greg Hunt has revealed details of the crisis talks with the AFL yesterday, which led to CEO Gillon McLachlan’s extraordinary decision to continue as planned with footy this week.They’re also not allowed to be on the ground during the final three minutes of any quarter, except after goals - so it’s just those two-a-quarter runner uses that aren’t permitted.Ratten also suggested the changes could signal a new norm for the code.“We look at the St Kilda Football Club with their massive debt, Melbourne not great, Gold Coast and GWS obviously, Brisbane still have a huge debt albeit much improved last year. Thursday night’s season opener will bring in a new and temporary era as the AFL embarks on shortened games in a bid to play 153 regular-season games this year.
We don’t want to sack staff.
The nation's second-biggest city, Melbourne, has seen a surge in Covid-19 cases over the past week, with another 75 reported in the last 24 hours.