Reg 36.4 Washouts in Finals

  WHAT'S THIS ABOUT

• Review Reg 36.4 Washouts in Finals.
  

PROPOSAL

• To be developed

DISCUSSION

• Surely, finals washout equals higher placed team wins is a nonsense that has to end.
• The expectation held generally is that the winner of the grand final gets the premiership trophy.
• When there's a default win by weather, it's unsatisfying and NOT what teams want/should be doing.
• It seemed quite obvious that when Sunday 50 finals were washed out in early March 2025 that the leading teams elected to claim 'unavailability' when offered a reserve final.
• If the expectation was in place from the start (as a natural part of the finals schedule) then this would be less of a problem.
• Viable alternatives are: 
• award joint premierships or 
• add some kind of "asterisk" on the premiership win
• is there any other way to decide what to do? Research some examples?
  
• A chance at a replay for a washout either in a few weeks or next September is preferable to a default win due to weather.

•  Main argument against this is the difficulty in scheduling an unexpected replay, especially up against early season footy demands on venues.

• The way to deal effectively with this is to build replays into the schedule with reserve days.
  

Clubs, Teams and Players must understand that finding slots for replays is very nearly impossible. Grounds and weekends are used for initial games. Opportunities to replay games that will not clash with SOMETHING are very rare. 

 

QSDCA ManCom declined to endorse this proposal in May 2025 

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ABM 15-Apr-2025

(Updated 16-Apr-2025, 5-Jun-2025) 

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