It's out! The floating fixture between Rounds 16 and 22 is set.
The waiting game frustrates fans, but the new block of timeslots suits the broadcasters, who in effect pay for the game.
It also gives the AFL another announcement and time to shine, while at the same telling us all who those at City Hall (and in the halls of TV land) think is hot and who is not.
Below is my top 10 takeaways from the fixture reveal:
10There were leaks
Having been part of this process at Seven News, with a wink from certain people in the scheduling process as we leaked out random detail, it is no surprise there were no surprises in the announcement.
TV networks have a big say and afl.com.au even broke stories including "it's understood" as a rider. If it's understood on afl.com.au, it's right!
