The AFL has yet to adequately answer why it felt the need to split the competition into conferences
What will it take for the AFL to listen? As we approach the start of the AFLW 2019 season – the competition’s third – the powers-that-be have decided the growing competition should have a shorter season and be played in a way that most people will best remember from primary school.
It doesn’t make sense for the now-10 club competition to be split into two conference-style rounds, with five clubs in each round over a seven week home-and-away season. To confuse things even further, there will be three cross-conference games played, meaning that clubs will be denied the opportunity to play two clubs, unless they meet in the finals. To put that in perspective, the first two seasons featured seven rounds between eight clubs.
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