OFFICIAL Broncos 2020 Draw

Unbreakable

Unbreakable

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Round 3: v Eels at Suncorp, Thursday, May 28, 7.50pm
Round 4: v Roosters at Suncorp, Thursday, June 4, 7.50pm
Round 5: v Manly at Central Coast, Thursday, June 11, 7.50pm
Round 6: v Knights at Central Coast, Thursday, June 18, 7.50pm
Round 7: v Titans at Suncorp, Saturday, June 27, 5.30pm
Round 8: v Warriors at Central Coast, Saturday, July 4, 5.30pm
Round 9: v Bulldogs at Suncorp, Saturday, July 11, 5.30pm
Round 10: v Tigers at away venue TBC, Friday, July 17, 7.55pm
Round 11: v Storm at Suncorp, Friday, July 24, 7.55pm
Round 12: v Sharks at Suncorp, Friday, July 31, 7.55pm
Round 13: v Souths at away venue TBC, Friday, August 7, 7.55pm
Round 14: v Canberra at away venue TBC, Saturday, August 15, 7.35pm
Round 15: v Dragons at Suncorp, Friday, August 21, 7.55pm
Round 16: v Roosters at away venue TBC, Friday, August 28, 7.55pm
Round 17: v Panthers at Suncorp, Thursday, September 3, 7.50pm
Round 18: v Titans at Cbus/Suncorp, Saturday, September 12, 7.35pm
Round 19: v Eels at Bankwest, Friday, September 18, 7.55pm
Round 20: v Cowboys at Suncorp, Thursday, September 24, 7.50pm

Green = Home
Red = Away
 
Not one day game by the looks of those time slots
 
Hmm...when to take up Kayo again.
 
It’s unfair!... I’ll be at work for the first 4 Broncos games
 
Definitely glad to have the game back, but FMD 6 Thu games out of 18 is harsh
 
There is going to be a very real price to pay for all these Thursday and Friday night games for the Broncos.

It's been this way for several years now, and before long, there will be a whole generation of school kids who have grown up never getting to watch a Broncos game all the way through because of how late the games finish, especially on a Thursday (school) night. For many kids they really start to grow a connection to a club right around the time they start school and for those 5-8 year old's, a 10pm finish especially on a Thursday is just too late with such regularity.

When those young fans almost certainly aren't attending games because of this, and also very likely not getting to watch them all the way through on TV at home, how long before they just never really form an emotional connection with the club, and we lose the chance to win them over for life?
 
That's a great point @kooly87 and something I've wrestled with a bit with my own kids.

I grew up watching the Broncos. Sitting on the couch with dad, shouting at the TV. My kids don't get to do that anywhere near as often these days, it actually bothers me a bit. They mostly don't mind watching the footy at all, but with the only games I can get them to watch being ones that I'm not really invested in, neither are they. I know it's the commercial reality, but it sucks.
 

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