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General A Leagues thread (Men and Women) 2025/26 season

Not new but the 360 article about Adam Peacock and the winter schedule change should simply be trialled. Let's do it for one season.

Start in May. Have a 6 week summer break then resume mid February. Add a few more fixtures.

Sounds tricky to near impossible given ground shares and the crucial summer school holidays.
 
JS96 said:
Not new but the 360 article about Adam Peacock and the winter schedule change should simply be trialled. Let's do it for one season.

Start in May. Have a 6 week summer break then resume mid February. Add a few more fixtures.

Sounds tricky to near impossible given ground shares and the crucial summer school holidays.
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But then we’d have to compete with the AFL and the NRL and we won’t be aligned with Europe and (now) Japan.
 
JS96 said:
Not new but the 360 article about Adam Peacock and the winter schedule change should simply be trialled. Let's do it for one season.

Start in May. Have a 6 week summer break then resume mid February. Add a few more fixtures.

Sounds tricky to near impossible given ground shares and the crucial summer school holidays.
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Adam Peacocks schedule is Feb-May, 2 month break, then Aug-Nov. Teams play each other 3 times.
 
Kitwally said:
Adam Peacocks schedule is Feb-May, 2 month break, then Aug-Nov. Teams play each other 3 times.
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Hmmm. Feasible I think but the two coldest months omitted. That is when the eggball sports are really in.
 
JS96 said:
A massive concern. I think we need to look at some flexibility somewhere to avoid the summer heat.
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Alternatively if we want to keep the current model and avoid transitioning to a single calendar year model as proposed in the article the A-Leagues could run October through December and March through May, with the two month period where the league shuts down coinciding with the hottest summer months of January and February.
 
rebelliousfeminist974 said:
Alternatively if we want to keep the current model and avoid transitioning to a single calendar year model as proposed in the article the A-Leagues could run October through December and March through May, with the two month period where the league shuts down coinciding with the hottest summer months of January and February.
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That seems like too long of a break though.
 
rebelliousfeminist974 said:
Alternatively if we want to keep the current model and avoid transitioning to a single calendar year model as proposed in the article the A-Leagues could run October through December and March through May, with the two month period where the league shuts down coinciding with the hottest summer months of January and February.
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Probably the best we can bet. October starts are also way too late as the rest of the world is well underway. We simply need more clubs at a sustainable level. We needn't worry about big arenas just yet.
 
I mean it's a lose lose situation isn't it. We either go head to head with the other codes and likely suffer reduced crowds. Or we deal with summer and the intangible effects that has on youth development, and the more tangible effects on game quality and speed.
 
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