{"id":38203,"date":"2020-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/footy-going-change-forever-and-might-not-be-bad-thing\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T09:49:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T09:49:14","slug":"footy-going-change-forever-and-might-not-be-bad-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/footy-going-change-forever-and-might-not-be-bad-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Footy Is Going To Change Forever And That Might Not Be A Bad Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Previously unthinkable changes are now on the table as the AFL battles to survive the coronavirus fallout, says Caroline Wilson.<\/h3>\n<p>On Thursday\u2019s FIVEAA sports show Stephen Rowe said current conditions could provide \u201cthe correction the AFL needs\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s been run fat for years,\u201d he said. \u201c10 clubs in Melbourne, maybe they\u2019ll end up with eight. At the end of the day footy is going to change forever and that might not be a bad thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Caro agreed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMaybe we will end up with a shorter competition in the long term. Maybe we will end up with a grand final not always at the MCG. Maybe we will end up with coaches accepting that they\u2019ve been overpaid for quite some time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll those things are going to be looked at for the future \u2013 high performance experts, the Tasmania push, those things are now seen as an indulgence really aren\u2019t they.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Caro also said a 20 per cent pay cut agreed to by AFL coaches could be \u201cthe tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt could be a 50 per cent pay cut or more by the time the season gets completely underway.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>LISTEN:<\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/roweybicks\/interview-carolinewilson-19march2020\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previously unthinkable changes are now on the table as the AFL battles to survive the coronavirus fallout, says Caroline Wilson. On Thursday\u2019s FIVEAA sports show Stephen Rowe said current conditions could provide \u201cthe correction the AFL needs\u201d. \u201cIt\u2019s been run fat for years,\u201d he said. \u201c10 clubs in Melbourne, maybe they\u2019ll end up with eight. 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