Questions abound after an opening round that was exhilarating at times, savage and gruesome at others
It wasn’t even the weekend, and footy was already tying itself in knots with its complicated questions.
Were we too quick to write off Collingwood’s 2022 as a fluke? Does any team give its supporters more bang for buck? Could Scott Pendlebury play 400, maybe 500 games? Does Collingwood’s high-performance manager, who they poached from the South Sydney Rabbitohs, get enough credit for the team’s astonishing ability to run out games? Did Channel Seven, in opting not to zero in onWould anyone involved with Port Adelaide countenance the idea that round one was just a warm-up, just a barrier trial?...
Was it, as David King contended, the most important home and away game in Adelaide in years? How long into that game were you convinced that Jason Horne Francis is a star? Fifteen seconds? Half a minute? If that’s what he’s capable of, how big was the boulder on his shoulder last year?Photograph: Michael Willson/AFL Photos/Getty Images
How does a code that is staring down billion-dollar concussion class actions deal with a hit like Kozzy Pickett’s? Is a two-week suspension a serious response? Was it intentional or careless? Do we punish the action or the injury? How the hell did Bailey Smith bounce up so quickly? Should Shane McAdam cop an even greater whack for his savage charge the following day? And while we’re talking about simplicity, complexity and head knocks, how does one make sense ofof “significant structural and...
What do we make of the AFL’s crackdown on its staff joining tipping competitions, and even shouting a friend a coffee over a match result? Is this the same organisation that gives it broadcast partners carte blanche to shove as manyas modern manners permit into each ad-break? The same broadcast partners that have Shaquille O’Neal dropping his towel for Pointsbet and Nathan Brown’s gurning mug encouraging us to gamble responsibly thrice hourly? And given that they coughed up billions to secure...
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