{"id":7942,"date":"2020-12-10T04:22:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T05:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=7942"},"modified":"2020-12-10T08:56:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T08:56:56","slug":"afl-brings-end-to-polarising-2020-game-changer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=7942","title":{"rendered":"AFL brings end to polarising 2020 game-changer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two of the AFL&#x27;s hottest debates of the year are now settled ahead of season 2021 after the governing body announced 20-minute quarters and a floating fixture would return.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/warren-tredrea-slams-fans-warns-afl-of-changing-too-many-rules\/d4ddc9f3-9c15-4105-baa2-d2b9ef15c69c\" title=\"Quarters were reduced to 16 minutes plus time on\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quarters were reduced to 16 minutes plus time on<\/a> due to the impact of COVID-19 on the competition, with the AFL pointing to the influence of the suspended season on fitness and the effect of footy frenzies on fatigue.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"57b80b5a-d682-436b-b460-b3f14609e4ea\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/57b80b5a-d682-436b-b460-b3f14609e4ea\" alt=\"Damien Hardwick\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/afl-2021-fixtures-delayed-backlash-at-rule-changes\/b8ff35ae-0eab-4b18-84f7-0019c8a94560\" title=\"The other ruling will see the AFL release the timeslots of only the first six rounds of next season by the end of this month\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The other ruling will see the AFL release the timeslots of only the first six rounds of next season by the end of this month<\/a>, including the traditional Anzac Day blockbuster between Collingwood and Essendon at the MCG.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the season&#x27;s match-ups will also be determined in December, although rounds seven to 23 won&#x27;t include the dates, timeslots and choice of TV broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFL\/status\/1336888875931725829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFL\/status\/1336888875931725829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The AFL has decided to release the remainder of the draw in blocks of four to six rounds to ensure flexibility in the face of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true)\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Two of the AFL&#x27;s hottest debates of the year are now settled ahead of season 2021 after the governing body announced 20-minute quarters and a <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=7942\" title=\"AFL brings end to polarising 2020 game-changer\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7942"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7942"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7944,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7942\/revisions\/7944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}