.An AFL press to introduce a 'wildcard weekend' of the finals - or even more simply, to expand the finals series - is "quite on" according to the Adviser Sunlight's Jon Ralph.The organization has actually long floated the tip of including more video games to the post-season as well as along with the intro of the Tasmania Devils as the 19th team at hand, it is gaining momentum.The leading eight staffs have gotten approved for the AFL finals since 1994, once the competition had 16 clubs, yet with the 19 and also potentially a 20th staff to follow there goes to the very least some reasonable main reason to grow access.Watch Hawthorn v Collingwood SAT 4:35 PM AEST|LIVE & special to Fox Footy, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your complimentary trial today > Round 19WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Establish a down payment limit.The AFL will also experience the monetary advantages of a couple of additional post-season video games, depending upon the style decided on." It's closer than it's ever been," Ralph detailed on Fox Footy's Midweek Outfit." In 2014 at Werribee Residence they threw it up, slapped away due to the AFL's club executives." This moment though at the meeting over at Dental crown (Perth), it obtained an actually cozy function. I assume the AFL was actually pushing this challenging - they'll carry out a bit even more research on it." It's certainly not a certainty to follow in, yet I would certainly think by 2028, our company'll have whether it's an 8 vs 9 (video game), or 7 vs 10 as well as 8 vs 9 (sphere)." That will be throughout the (bye) weekend typically where the AFLW season begins, yet in happening years the AFLW time are going to be actually longer, it'll start earlier." I think this is actually very much on." WHAT AN AFL FINALS 'WILDCARD WEEKEND' COULD appearance LIKEBased on current 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 frequent very first full week of finalsSydney Swans (1st) vs Brisbane Lions (fourth) at the SCGFremantle (5th) vs Melbourne/Port winner (OR lowest-ranked champion) at Optus StadiumEssendon (sixth) vs GWS/Bulldogs victor (OR highest-ranked champion) at the MCGCarlton (2nd) vs Geelong (3rd) at the MCGThe Giants and Bulldogs will play in a wildcard final under the present ladder. (Image by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Resource: Getty ImagesIn 2023, the VFL launched what it named a 'Wildcard Around', along with 7th holding 10th as well as 8th organizing 9th, just before the highest-ranked champion faced sixth in a removal final, and also the lowest-ranked winner encountered 5th. Due to the addition of previous NEAFL sides, the VFL currently consists of 21 nightclubs, driving the choice to extend the finals.Technically the 'wildcard round' is only an added full week of finals, considered that the 'wildcard' idea arises from American sporting activities where divisional victors accelerate into the playoffs and after that the next-best staffs, regardless of division, certify as wildcards.In the AFL these staffs as well as games would certainly not hold true wildcards - yet will need to have to be branded as something.The fringe benefit of the additional around of finals could be giving a larger benefit to the staffs who qualify in the best 6, who would always keep the bye week, and especially the staffs in 5th and 6th who would certainly possess an extra full week off contrasted to their initial challenger.