AFL chief executive-elect Andrew Dillon says he prefers the standard AFL grand remaining time of two.30pm forward of twilight or evening choices.
The decider returned to its standard timeslot in 2022 and fan sentiment will doubtless once more win out over the business push for a twilight begin.
Dillon, introduced as Gillon McLachlan’s successor on Monday, was requested what he believed was the perfect beginning time.
“Best time? 2.30pm,” he advised Fox Footy’s AFL 360 as a part of a sequence of ‘fast money’ questions.
There is persistently business strain to push again the opening bounce for higher TV scores.
Record-low scores accompanied a return to the standard afternoon timeslot final yr, when Geelong thrashed Sydney within the first season decider performed in Melbourne for 3 years – albeit that was after two earlier years when the Victorian capital handled lockdowns.
Dillon had earlier hinted at his press convention he had most well-liked returning to a day decider in 2022 after evening and twilight grand finals within the earlier two COVID-19 affected seasons.
He attended all three of these matches.
“I went to my first grand final in 1976,” Dillon advised reporters.
“I’ve been to two drawn grand finals, I’ve been to a grand final at Waverley, and I was fortunate enough over the last three years to go to a grand final at the Gabba that was at night, one at Optus Stadium that was a twilight grand final, and last year back at the MCG for a day grand final.
“They’ve all been amazing. I haven’t been to a bad grand final. But last year’s grand final was really good.”
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