{"id":10738,"date":"2018-09-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/don-pyke-questioned-fairness-of-mcg-grand-finals-after-2017-loss-says-caro-wilson-2\/"},"modified":"2018-09-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T00:00:00","slug":"don-pyke-questioned-fairness-of-mcg-grand-finals-after-2017-loss-says-caro-wilson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/don-pyke-questioned-fairness-of-mcg-grand-finals-after-2017-loss-says-caro-wilson-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Pyke \u2018Questioned Fairness\u2019 Of MCG Grand Finals After 2017 Loss, Says Caro Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Adelaide Crows coach Don Pyke questioned the fairness of the long-term MCG Grand Final deal following Adelaide\u2019s loss to Richmond last year, reports Caroline Wilson.<\/h3>\n<p>The Crows coach apparently \u201cpushed for an AFL review of the finals system\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to Caro:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPyke is understood to have approached the AFL Coaches Association boss Mark Brayshaw after top-placed Adelaide lost to MCG home team Richmond in a move that has reignited Sydney&#8217;s push for a best-of-three grand final structure\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the MCG holds a contractual right to host the AFL grand final for the next four decades, the widespread view among the non-Victorian clubs is the competition should work to ensure a fairer system across the board\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCognisant of the lengthy MCG contract &#8212; a deal extended in April through until 2057 &#8212; and determined not to appear a sore loser, Pyke still remains convinced that the system is unfair. He told Brayshaw he supports the best-of-three grand finals still championed by [Sydney CEO David] Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last year Don Pyke questioned the fairness of long-term MCG grand final deal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFLGF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFLGF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFLGrandFinal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFLGrandFinal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BRRJtHMUTl\">https:\/\/t.co\/BRRJtHMUTl<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theage<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Real Footy (AFL) (@agerealfooty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/agerealfooty\/status\/1045531035507744769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 28, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adelaide Crows coach Don Pyke questioned the fairness of the long-term MCG Grand Final deal following Adelaide\u2019s loss to Richmond last year, reports Caroline Wilson. The Crows coach apparently \u201cpushed for an AFL review of the finals system\u201d. According to Caro: \u201cPyke is understood to have approached the AFL Coaches Association boss Mark Brayshaw after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-10738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Don Pyke \u2018Questioned Fairness\u2019 Of MCG Grand Finals After 2017 Loss, Says Caro Wilson - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/don-pyke-questioned-fairness-of-mcg-grand-finals-after-2017-loss-says-caro-wilson-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don Pyke \u2018Questioned Fairness\u2019 Of MCG Grand Finals After 2017 Loss, Says Caro Wilson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Adelaide Crows coach Don Pyke questioned the fairness of the long-term MCG Grand Final deal following Adelaide\u2019s loss to Richmond last year, reports Caroline Wilson. 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