The Breakers<\/a>: \u201cI think we can almost lock and key that it\u2019ll be a 5.15pm (Grand Final) the following year (2028).\u201d<\/p>\nMcGuire went on to claim he is \u201c80\u201d per cent sure that will be the case, before adding: \u201cPeople in high positions at the AFL have alluded to me that when Tassie comes into the competition they want to revolutionise the fixture in many different ways.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of them being looking at the Grand Final, and they\u2019ve found that 5.15pm slot for the prelims to be a massive success. It\u2019s gone really well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey (the AFL) like it because you get the balance of the tradition while also getting the darkness to have a bit better of a show.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The later time still appears unpopular among fans, with one reacting to the news by saying: \u201cLiterally nobody wants a twilight Grand Final, why is this being pushed on us so hard?\u201d<\/p>\n
While another added: \u201cOnce again demonstrating how much the AFL hates its own fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
A third reacted in a similar manner, saying: \u201cOnce again the AFL doesn\u2019t listen to the fans. It\u2019s a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n
And a fourth said: \u201cAbsolutely shocking if that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
But others defended the move, replying: \u201cI see no problem with this at all. Can\u2019t tell you how many people I know miss the game because they\u2019re at work. Still works for young families. Win, win.\u201d<\/p>\n
And someone else said: \u201cIt would be a much better time (5.30pm AEST).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The AFL is reportedly set to do away with tradition by changing the Grand Final start time. Aside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":918560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[469981,486625,486632,486613,486624,486626,32601,486619,469990,384900,486635,486633,376963,384430,396667,486611,486615,377075,486636,376733,486637,638,49418,469985,486634,64,63,55,639,390823,32092,63388,486608,486622,1635,486627,1127,469975,11288,470202,486614,390672,486616,486605,486639,486621,486620,486628,44,381003,486612,1861,378066,85,2801,325792,486629,379302,418276,391726,486610,392981,376840,380422,486617,91542,486618,378210,404000,382541,486604,418281,74713,420644,486630,486606,486631,280721,377421,376754,486638,379531,381892,486609,486623,19571,486607,6624,344572],"class_list":["post-918559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-s-pre-match","tag-s-showpiece-game","tag-s-thrilling-mcg-final","tag-10-35am-aest","tag-2-30pm-aest-be","tag-2027-get","tag-32601","tag-5-30pm-aest","tag-6pm-aest","tag-384900","tag-a-5-15pm","tag-a-5-15pm-start-time-afl-expert-xander-mcguire","tag-a-bit","tag-a-fourth","tag-a-joke","tag-a-massive-success","tag-a-much-better-time","tag-a-show","tag-a-similar-manner","tag-a-third","tag-a-twilight-grand-final","tag-afl","tag-afl-grand-final","tag-afl-grand-final-day","tag-an-evening-grand-final","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-bombshell","tag-cent","tag-controversial-move","tag-covid-protocols","tag-early-afternoon-yet","tag-fans","tag-footy-bosses","tag-fox-footy","tag-full-and-mini-replays","tag-grand-final","tag-halftime-and-post-match-coverage","tag-high-positions","tag-how-many-people","tag-its-own-fans","tag-kayo-sports-that-decision","tag-many-afl-fans","tag-many-different-ways","tag-mcguire","tag-necessary-adjustments","tag-news","tag-no-problem","tag-our-new-appthis-year","tag-people","tag-someone-else","tag-sports","tag-tasmania","tag-tassie","tag-that-5-15pm-slot","tag-the-afl","tag-the-arrival","tag-the-balance","tag-the-breakers","tag-the-cards","tag-the-case","tag-the-competition","tag-the-controversial-alteration","tag-the-darkness","tag-the-dockers-and-lions","tag-the-expert","tag-the-fans","tag-the-first","tag-the-fixture","tag-the-following-year","tag-the-game","tag-the-grand-final","tag-the-grand-final-start-time","tag-the-inaugural-nfl-game","tag-the-later-time","tag-the-league","tag-the-move","tag-the-news","tag-the-prelims","tag-the-success","tag-the-tradition","tag-the-usual-time","tag-the-very-near-future","tag-tradition","tag-widespread-praise","tag-work","tag-young-families"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/918560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}