Bharat Sundaresan

I guess that's always the case.

But no, I mean, I've never heard, you know, at times, Jared, if it's like the Crows playing someone or the Port playing someone,

regardless of the result, there'll be like some sort of, you know, consolation of some sort like, ah,

It's all right.

You know, at least Port played.

The young player showed something.

But with the showdown, it's just you have to bloody win.

And it's quite amazing.

I think my first showdown was 2019.

A friend took me along, gifted me a crow's calf.

And I remember meeting this Port fan outside the urinal who kind of like sort of didn't grab me by the collar, but he just said, look, man, I don't know who you are, but please be very careful which pub you walk into later tonight.

I might be there.

So...

Welcome to Adelaide.

It is, Jared.

It's an 18% drop in viewership in terms of just TV ratings this year.

And there are a few factors that go into it.

I mean, A, I guess the one aspect of it that everybody has sort of lamented about is the number of similar games, like high-scoring games.

I mean, just in the last week since we last spoke, Jared, four of the eight games have seen teams chase down totals of over 225 games.

with at least an over to spare, if not more.