Is hallowed turf truly hallowed? Is a sacred stadium sacred for eternity? Could the AFL shift the Grand Final from the MCG?

The word on the street is the impact of the Gold Coast Suns’ addition – taking the league to 17 teams – will be to push the fixture out so the Grand Final goes from the last weekend in September to the first one of October (Aside: Every time I hear the first day in October it doesn’t sit well, the song clearly states it is the one day in September that we will remember. There may also be something to the fact that the draw in the 1990 finals series meant Collingwood took the Cup the last time the GF took place in October. Unsettling.)

The problem is Cricket Victoria holds the rights to the ground on that date and so everyone has started scrambling for advantage. The propaganda war is waged in the public eye and the Chairman is threatening a move.

Chairman Demetriou of the AFL Central Planning Committee has gotten onto the front foot and made stern statements in the press about ‘goodwill’, which translates as do you know who we are, mate? He has name-dropped Sydney’s ANZ stadium, it might work as Sydney-siders are great band-wagoners. Surely it could never be in Adelaide, they can’t get even fill Football Park for home preliminary final. How would they fare with a game between opponents neither of whom calls South Australia home even if it is the Biggest Game in Town?

It sounds a bit like a media beat up covering the early posturing of mismatched opponents. 1,200 people to see the Bushrangers take on the Redbacks or 99,000 footballeros witnessing Collingwood get the Colliwobbles again. No contest. The Grand Final will be played at the East Melbourne Colosseum, be it September’s last weekend or Octobers first. Bluster I tell you, bluster.

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