Mark Schwarzer

But the way that it drops is as mysterious to me as it is to most of you.

So suitably chastised, but not in control of that one, Don.

Not in control.

Kevin's in Cranbourne.

Hello, dear Kevin.

Because being a Brisbane supporter living in Melbourne, and I want to take my sons interstate to watch them play, but you can't because you can't book flights, you can't book accommodation, and then as soon as the fixture is released, the price of the flights triple almost because they know that everyone wants to go there on a particular day, whereas if you can pre-book them earlier in the year...

you get them at cheaper prices.

So the AFL need to take that into account and set the fixture at the beginning of the year and then let everybody book their flights accordingly.

Yes, they used to do that, Kevin, but it led to some pretty terrible fixturing in the back end of the season once fortunes of teams had been revealed.

And the critical mass of people do watch these games on television as well as what happens in the attendance.

So...

What is it?

We're through to the middle of June and then two, four, six, eight, the last nine rounds are floating.

They'll come with a lot of advance notice, but yeah, it's clearly the flights go up once major sporting events are announced.

But it is preferable to do it this way than the way that it was previously done.

It had so many pitfalls in it.

and took away some of the feature pieces at the end of the season.

So the swings and roundabouts of that, it is irksome to those who want to travel beyond June, but it is preferable for the way the key slots will land in the run home when you're trying to maximise tension and audience along the way.

Kevin, thank you.

Hopefully we get that not too far away, at least the next batch.