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AFL head of football operations Brad Scott says the league is pushing ahead with an August start date for the upcoming AFLW season.<\/p>\n

Frustrations are mounting within AFLW clubs given the lack of clarity around a set start date, as well as the length of the season and formality of lists, given the addition of four expansion sides.<\/p>\n

The sixth season of the women\u2019s comp only concluded in April, with the league needing to sort out a new collective bargaining agreement on top of implementing Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide and Sydney from scratch.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur clear position is that we are preparing for an August start for season seven of AFLW,\u201d Scott told Sportsday<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it is reasonable for all AFLW players and clubs to expect that that\u2019ll be the starting position for the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly the CBA has got to be worked through in terms of number of games and all those sorts of things, but we\u2019re pressing ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Football Operations we\u2019re preparing for an August start, and we\u2019ve communicated that to clubs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Melbourne captain Daisy Pearce said last week some of the issues holding up the new CBA, revealing the league wants the season length to remain at 10 games for the next three years, despite expanding to 18 teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment it\u2019s been proposed that it would be a 10-week season over the next three years with no growth,\u201d said on SEN\u2019s Whateley<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201c10 weeks felt okay for the 14 teams last year, it felt like you got a fair and reasonable outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the 18 teams next season, from a legitimacy of the competition point of view, but also a player development point of view, you just need to be able to play more football, particularly if you\u2019re not playing in the senior side, the competition in its timeframe now won\u2019t align to many of the state competitions around the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you\u2019ll just not be playing. Again, for the product we need more games and also for your development as an athlete you need to be able to play.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want 12 [games] in the next season and then 14 in the season after that. I think most players would be accepting given the short turnaround that we don\u2019t have a lot of time to change things on a broad scale this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it was 10 and then we saw significant growth beyond that, I think most players would be satisfied by that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s the fact that there\u2019s no growth in the length of the season, that\u2019s an issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

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– BY NIC NEGREPONTIS\/ SEN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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