.An AFL press to launch a 'wildcard weekend break' of the finals - or even more simply, to grow the finals collection - is actually "very much on" according to the Adviser Sunlight's Jon Ralph.The game has actually long drifted the tip of incorporating more video games to the post-season and also with the intro of the Tasmania Devils as the 19th team imminent, it is getting momentum.The best 8 teams have actually qualified for the AFL finals considering that 1994, back when the competitors possessed 16 clubs, but with the 19 and possibly a 20th crew to follow there is at minimum some reasonable main reason to broaden access.Watch Hawthorn v Collingwood SAT 4:35 PM AEST|LIVE & special to Fox Footy, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your complimentary trial today > Around 19WHAT'S WAGERING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Specify a deposit limit.The AFL will likewise reap the monetary advantages of a couple of additional post-season activities, depending on the layout decided on." It is actually closer than it is actually ever before been," Ralph detailed on Fox Footy's Midweek Tools." In 2013 at Werribee Residence they threw it up, slapped away by the AFL's club executives." This time though at the conference over at Crown (Perth), it received an actually cozy reception. I think the AFL was actually driving this set difficult - they'll carry out a little even more research on it." It is actually certainly not an assurance ahead in, but I would certainly presume by 2028, our company'll have whether it's an 8 vs 9 (activity), or 7 vs 10 and 8 vs 9 (around)." That would certainly be actually around the (bye) weekend ordinarily where the AFLW time kicks off, yet in coming years the AFLW period will certainly be actually a lot longer, it'll start earlier." I assume this is actually quite on." WHAT AN AFL FINALS 'WILDCARD WEEKEND BREAK' COULD appearance LIKEBased on present ladderPlayed the week after Sphere 24GWS Giants (7th) vs Western Bulldogs (10th) at ENGIE StadiumMelbourne (8th) vs Slot Adelaide (9th) at the MCGPlayed in the regular first full week of finalsSydney Swans (first) vs Brisbane Lions (4th) at the SCGFremantle (5th) vs Melbourne/Port victor (OR lowest-ranked winner) at Optus StadiumEssendon (sixth) vs GWS/Bulldogs winner (OR highest-ranked victor) at the MCGCarlton (2nd) vs Geelong (3rd) at the MCGThe Giants and also Bulldogs would play in a wildcard ultimate under the existing ladder. (Image through Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Source: Getty ImagesIn 2023, the VFL launched what it named a 'Wildcard Around', along with 7th throwing 10th and 8th holding 9th, just before the highest-ranked winner encountered 6th in an eradication final, and also the lowest-ranked victor dealt with 5th. As a result of the addition of former NEAFL sides, the VFL presently consists of 21 clubs, steering the selection to expand the finals.Technically the 'wildcard round' is merely an extra week of finals, given that the 'wildcard' concept comes from United States sports where divisional victors accelerate in to the playoffs and after that the next-best teams, regardless of division, qualify as wildcards.In the AFL these teams and also activities would certainly not hold true wildcards - however would need to become branded as something.The fringe benefit of this additional sphere of finals might be providing a much larger advantage to the staffs who train in the top 6, that would certainly always keep the bye full week, and specifically the staffs in 5th as well as sixth that would certainly have an extra week off matched up to their initial opponent.