Geelong coach Chris Scott has called out the “frustrating” part of the AFL’s new compromised fixture following the Opening Round. The inaugural four-match curtain-raiser — dubbed ‘round zero’ by fans — drew sell-out crowds to venues across NSW and Queensland last week. Critics of the concept point out that Opening Round and associated byes in the early weeks of the season will give eight of the competition’s 18 clubs an additional break.
“If you ask the players, and this has gone on for a long time, the Players Association pushed the AFL to bring back the two byes and the answer was always there was no time. “But now they’ve found the time — that’s the frustrating part. “And ‘compromise’ sometimes gets a bad rap; sometimes you need to compromise for the greater good. “That could be the case in this situation, but my point is just don’t pretend it’s not a compromise. Of course it is.
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