eels_fan_01 said:
Its definately a night grand final, they will not be discussing that and rightly so. I think there should be day finals but still the night grand final.
The Grand Final should be moved back to the afternoon as soon as poosible, before more damage is done. The Night Grand Final smacks of pandering to NSW at the expense of all other regions, which is rather idiotic considering the poor Sydney rating.
It's sad how much the NRL grand final is being degraded as an "
Event" here in QLD. Years ago it was
huge, dozens of people over at friends places, the BBQ, the game, then the after game party. These days it's little more then going around to a friends place with a few mates, watching the game and having one or two beers if you don't have to drive, then heading straight home to go to bed for work the next day. It must be even worse for people in New Zealand as the game doesn't kickoff till after 10pm and finishes after midnight.
Even more worrying is that AFL is filling the void. The AFL grand final party I went to had 3x the people and even more worrying was my mates young kids running around having a blast before sitting down to watch the game with everyone. My friend wasn't able to come around the following night as he had to put the kids in bed - not a chance they were able to stay up and watch the game. It's losing the young viewers as kids that is the most worrying thing.