An analysis of the AFL final eight system

An extensive analysis into the new final eight system employed by the AFL was undertaken using certain criteria as a benchmark. An Excel spreadsheet was set up to fully examine every possible outcome. It was found that the new system failed on a number of important criteria such as the probability of a premiership decreasing for lower ranked teams, and the most likely scenario of the grand final being the top two ranked sides. This makes the new system more unjust than the previous McIntyre Final Eight system.