.An AFL push to present a 'wildcard weekend' of the finals - or even even more simply, to expand the finals collection - is "very much on" according to the Adviser Sunlight's Jon Ralph.The game has long drifted the tip of adding even more video games to the post-season and also with the intro of the Tasmania Devils as the 19th team imminent, it is obtaining momentum.The leading eight crews have gotten approved for the AFL finals due to the fact that 1994, once the competition possessed 16 groups, however along with the 19 and also potentially a 20th crew to come there goes to minimum some affordable reason to broaden access.Watch Hawthorn v Collingwood SAT 4:35 PM AEST|LIVE & special to Fox Footy, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your complimentary test today > Round 19WHAT'S GAMING REALLY COSTING YOU? Prepare a down payment limit.The AFL would certainly also reap the monetary benefits of one or two extra post-season activities, relying on the style chosen." It's closer than it's ever been," Ralph explained on Fox Footy's Midweek Tackle." In 2013 at Werribee Mansion house they tossed it up, whacked away due to the AFL's nightclub executives." This moment though at the seminar over at Crown (Perth), it acquired a really cozy function. I think the AFL was actually driving this set difficult - they'll perform a bit a lot more study on it." It is actually certainly not a certainty to find in, yet I will assume through 2028, our company'll have whether it is actually an 8 vs 9 (game), or 7 vs 10 as well as 8 vs 9 (sphere)." That would certainly be actually around the (bye) weekend break typically where the AFLW period begins, however in happening years the AFLW time will definitely be actually longer, it'll start earlier." I assume this is quite on." WHAT AN AFL FINALS 'WILDCARD WEEKEND' COULD appeal LIKEBased on present ladderPlayed the week after Round 24GWS Giants (7th) vs Western Bulldogs (10th) at ENGIE StadiumMelbourne (8th) vs Port Adelaide (9th) at the MCGPlayed in the routine initial week of finalsSydney Swans (1st) vs Brisbane Lions (4th) at the SCGFremantle (5th) vs Melbourne/Port champion (OR lowest-ranked victor) at Optus StadiumEssendon (sixth) vs GWS/Bulldogs winner (OR highest-ranked victor) at the MCGCarlton (2nd) vs Geelong (3rd) at the MCGThe Giants as well as Bulldogs would certainly play in a wildcard ultimate under the existing ladder. (Photograph by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Source: Getty ImagesIn 2023, the VFL offered what it named a 'Wildcard Round', with 7th hosting 10th and also 8th hosting 9th, just before the highest-ranked victor experienced 6th in an elimination final, and the lowest-ranked victor dealt with 5th. Due to the add-on of past NEAFL sides, the VFL presently consists of 21 nightclubs, driving the selection to expand the finals.Technically the 'wildcard sphere' is actually just an added week of finals, dued to the fact that the 'wildcard' idea arises from United States sporting activities where divisional champions advance right into the playoffs and then the next-best crews, no matter branch, certify as wildcards.In the AFL these staffs and also games would certainly not be true wildcards - yet will require to be branded as something.The fringe benefit of the added round of finals can be giving a larger benefit to the crews that train in the top six, who will always keep the bye week, as well as especially the crews in 5th as well as sixth who would possess an added week off reviewed to their preliminary opponent.