Will the Bushfire relief game be glorified AFLX or a real rough-and-tumble contest?
Most All Star games across the world are yawn-fests that waste the talent on display. Can the AFL’s star talent save the Bushfire game from resembling AFLX or the EJ Whitten charity fundraiser?
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The problem with All Star games in their current incarnation is that they are among the worst sporting spectacles on the face of the earth.
As the AFL prepares to reignite its own Victoria versus All Star game on February 28th, the NBA’s own version will take place in Chicago on Monday Australian time.
This version will have a layer of poignancy given tributes to Kobe Bryant and a new quarter-by-quarter scoring format that raises money to the designated charity of whichever team is in front at the end of each period.
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