AFL officials have made the popular decision to scrap the highly-scrutinised playing of music after goals, with "hundreds of complaints" filed since the initiative began.
With many football fans opposed to the playing of music after majors, such a decision would result in the absence of in-game tunes this Saturday afternoon at the MCG during the 2022 AFL Grand Final.
SEN's Sam Edmund reported the development on Tuesday, Tweeting: "Hearing the AFL will ditch the music after goals on Grand Final day, but this is unconfirmed. The MCG has received hundreds of complaints."
Edmund added: "The league has been keen on the tunes during finals, but the MCC approached them after the Cats-Lions prelim to argue for the mute button."
Hearing the AFL will ditch the music after goals on Grand Final day, but this is unconfirmed. The MCG has received hundreds of complaints. The league has been keen on the tunes during finals, but the MCC approached them after the Cats-Lions prelim to argue for the mute button.
— Sam Edmund (@Sammy__Edmund) September 19, 2022
Edmund's reports have since been confirmed.
The AFL Fans Association recently conducted a Twitter poll asking football fans if they were for or against the playing of music after a team kicked a goal; the results were categorical, with a whopping 90.8% of the 947 voters expressing their opposition to the league's initiative.
The final result of our poll about music after goals in #AFL games. pic.twitter.com/PdK5xj1wIo
— AFL Fans Association (@FansAFL) September 13, 2022
