Caroline Wilson says the AFL should’ve moved Friday night start times back earlier than just 10 minutes, adamant that the adjusted start time of 7:40pm is too late.

After fan feedback, all Friday night matches will be begin earlier than in 2023, where the first bounce occurred at 7:50pm.

Caro wonders why the AFL even bothered to change the start time for Friday night footy if they were only going to shift it back 10 minutes.

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“Clearly there must be a broadcast issue here,” she told Sam McClure on Wide World of Sports.

“I just assumed that this was a priority for the AFL, but it clearly wasn’t. I don’t know why you would even bother moving (the Friday night start time) by just 10 minutes.

“(7:40pm) is still too late.”

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