It makes more sense from a fans' standpoint, but replays of Sportscentre are undoubtedly cheaper and more profitable given the expected viewership of the time frame.
I'll be PVRing the two matches tonight and watching midweek, so I'm going to hit and run this thread, but... what are your thoughts on the Essendon nonsense? I've only followed it from a distance, but I have to imagine that a team being kicked out of the playoffs one week before their start has to be close to unprecedented in major professional sports. Never mind the fines, suspensions and loss of draft picks. I don't understand very well how that will all effect the team since I don't follow the sport too closely, but for a drug scandal, probably not unwarranted. What is the full story there, anyway? Was the team basically forcing players to take supplements that are banned?
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