{"id":38064,"date":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/report-afl-could-restart-when-olympics-were-due-begin\/"},"modified":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T00:00:00","slug":"report-afl-could-restart-when-olympics-were-due-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/report-afl-could-restart-when-olympics-were-due-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Report The AFL Could Restart When The Olympics Were Due To Begin"},"content":{"rendered":"

The AFL and broadcasters are considering a plan that would see a rebooted season take over the TV schedule left blank by the postponement of the Olympic games, reports Caroline Wilson.<\/h3>\n \nCaro has told Footy Classified<\/a>:<\/span>\n \n
“My understanding is this is a real plan now, to run football if possible every single day over the Olympic schedule.<\/span>\n \n“It’ll certainly happen when you bring Fox Footy into play. Games will be played in the day and at night. Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday nights as well as Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon\u2026<\/span>\n \n“I think (a July 24 start) would suit them down to the ground. Maybe July 31 is the absolute latest, but I’m looking at July 24.<\/span>\n \n“Channel Seven and Fox are already talking at length with the AFL about how few possible technicians they could have in their hubs to broadcast the game.<\/span>\n \n“Five cameras would be the absolute minimum, what they use in pre-season games and AFLW. No commentators, they would be calling games from the tube.”<\/span>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

The Victorian Premier has thrown cold water of hopes of an early return. #FootyonNine<\/a> #AFL<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/4R955oqRYm<\/a><\/p>— Footy on Nine (@FootyonNine) April 12, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>