Australian Football League Could Mix Up Good Friday Clash

The teams that "contest the first Good Friday match will not necessarily have a permanent hold on the fixture," with Australian Football League CEO Gillon McLachlan "expecting an ideal match-up will reveal itself over time following the league’s decision that it was the 'right time' to permit a game to be played on the religious holiday," according to Emma Quayle of THE AGE. McLachlan said that "it was not a given that the 2015 fixture would feature a Good Friday match." All teams, match-ups, timeslots and venues "would be considered when the executive decided when and where the first game would be played." The CEO said that "ladder position, and teams that played competitive, fun and watchable football would determine which were given first opportunity to claim the day." He said, "I think what happens is that permanent slots evolve. I think you go into something like this with the view that you could rotate it" (THE AGE, 6/16).