Some contemporary claims from Victorian AFL golf equipment over journey calls for have fired up Western Australia’s two sides and members of the parochial WA media.
There may be little doubt the journey necessities of interstate footy groups are an added burden not confronted by the overwhelming majority of Victorian golf equipment.
Groups in Queensland, NSW, South Australia and significantly WA face journey just about each second week, whereas the competitors’s 9 Victorian golf equipment usually get pleasure from prolonged intervals with little or no journey in any respect.
At the very least, that’s what most rational footy followers have acknowledged for many years of the nationwide competitors.
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But it emerged this week that plenty of Victorian golf equipment dispute the drawback confronted by the Sandgroper’s out west, utilizing the considerably weird justification that 12 members of every travelling squad are afforded a enterprise class seat.
We’re fairly assured even Vic-based golf equipment are conscious 12 seats barely covers a basketball staff on its travels, not to mention a footy staff, whose travelling occasion would usually function many occasions that quantity.
However these 12 seats with a welcome drink and a few further leg room make all of the distinction, in keeping with Victorian golf equipment.
“I can let you know that some golf equipment are arguing the WA golf equipment aren’t deprived by the journey burdens they’ve taken on,” journalist Sam Landsberger informed Fox Footy’s Midweek Deal with.
“They consider that underneath the CBA (Collective Bargaining Settlement), the WA golf equipment — they’re afforded 12 enterprise class seats for each flight to and from the Japanese Seaboard — subsequently (Victorian golf equipment are saying) they’re at no drawback for the journey burdens they tackle annually.”
The difficulty has arisen because the AFL is at present reviewing its aggressive stability set-up underneath first-year chief government Andrew Dillon.
The reported take from competing AFL golf equipment was jumped on by Perth-based 7NEWS reporter Ryan Daniels, who didn’t maintain again in his evaluation of the state of affairs, together with some information about precise kilometres travelled as you may see within the video participant above.
“For the Vics, that is absurd, even for them,” Daniels stated on 7NEWS. “It would sound a bit of bit like a joke, however sadly it’s not.
“A lot of Victorian golf equipment are claiming West Coast and Freo aren’t deprived by their large journey load as a result of, get this, they’re allotted 12 enterprise class seats per flight.
“Now these seats account for lower than one-quarter of the travelling occasion (and) suggesting a number of seats up the entrance makes up for the journey toll is simply laughable.
“If we’re speaking simply primary distance lined, Carlton will journey simply 13.5 thousand kilometres this season, West Coast fly greater than 58,000.
“Final season the Dockers clocked greater than 62,000km within the air … and a fast have a look at Essendon, of their subsequent 13 video games, they go away Melbourne as soon as.
“I might roll out ridiculous journey stats like this all day, however actually that is about high quality and all groups having the identical probability of successful premierships.”
In reality, taking within the Bombers’ victory over GWS at Marvel Stadium final week, they get pleasure from 13 out of 14 weeks comfortably of their Melbourne houses with their chosen bedsheets and acquainted meals, damaged up by a spherical 12 go to to the Gold Coast.
They then face the Lions in Brisbane in spherical 24.
Carlton and Collingwood each get pleasure from two separate stints of 5 straight Melbourne matches throughout the season, with the Pies solely daunted by two journeys to Sydney, one to Brisbane, one to the Gold Coast and one to Perth all season lengthy.
The Dockers in the meantime face 11 journeys away from residence, whereas the Eagles have 10.
Information.com.au hasn’t verified the numbers, however an account on X referred to as Miguel Sanchez states Scott Pendlebury will journey much less kilometres within the air approaching recreation 400 than West Coast’s Tom Cole, who’s but to play 100.
Sanchez, aka Nguyen van Phoc in keeping with his Simpsons-parodying account, says it’s 222,648kms for Pendles to 234,674 for 97-gamer Cole.
Eagles coach Adam Simpson, a Victorian who spent 19 years within the AFL system with North Melbourne and Hawthorn, had a measured tackle the state of affairs.
“If anybody’s acquired expertise, it’s me,” he informed 6PR radio.
“I performed 15 years in Melbourne, coached 4 years in Melbourne and coached 11 years right here.
“I’m fairly certain the enterprise class seats don’t cowl the stability of all of it.”
West Coast has claimed 4 premierships in its time within the AFL, whereas the Dockers are but to carry the cup aloft.
Whereas there are a litany of causes behind these numbers, the added journey certainly doesn’t assist.
We’re fairly certain, deep down, even Eddie McGuire would concede that.
