It's the mock buster to end all mock busters - bottom team Melbourne hosting 15th-placed West Coast at the MCG on Saturday.
If ever a game had that 'who cares' ring to it - it would be this clash, particularly coming right in the middle of the Beijing Olympics.
But for the long-term future of the Eagles in particular, it is vitally important and in many ways has a morbid fascination about it.
With four wins for the season, the Eagles are two games clear of the Demons on the ladder and while a win would ensure the Eagles don't take the wooden spoon for the first time in their history - coming just two years after winning the premiership - it could come at an even greater cost.
That is because it would deny the Eagles' a priority draft pick, yet again highlighting the AFL's flawed draft rules which encourage teams near the bottom of the ladder to lose games at the end of the season.
The additional draft pick only goes to teams that win no more than four games in a season while any team that fails to do that two years running gets its priority pick before the start of the first round of the national draft - effectively the number one pick.
While no team is eligible for that this year, the Eagles will remain eligible for a priority pick at the end of the first round of the national draft provided they don't win another game this season.
And given they face likely grand finalists Hawthorn and Geelong in the final two rounds, it's obvious why Saturday's game against Melbourne becomes so important to the Eagles' chances of quickly rebuilding their playing list.
Melbourne, in contrast, can afford to win this game and not only keep its priority pick but probably still finish last on the ladder and earn the first pick in both the pre-season and national drafts while a loss for the Eagles will all but ensure they have three picks inside the top 20 instead of just two.
And in what looms as the last uncompromised draft - before the introduction of the Gold Coast team in 2011 - and in a year where there are so many talented Western Australian youngsters on offer in the draft, can the Eagles afford to register a meaningless victory against the Demons on Saturday?
It's a fascinating question and one which will ensure there is plenty of scrutiny on the Eagles' performance in Round 20, which is otherwise dominated by matches involving teams trying to secure their finals' berths.
Collingwood will be the first team with that opportunity against Port Adelaide on Friday night at AAMI Stadium, while North Melbourne and Adelaide will also fancy their chances of securing top eight finishes by beating Carlton and Essendon respectively at Telstra Dome this weekend.
Sydney, however, faces a tougher task to secure its finals berth against a Geelong side that has won 37 of its past 39 matches, while second-placed Hawthorn should end the slim finals chance of Richmond at the MCG on Sunday.
That leaves the battle for eighth spot between St Kilda and Brisbane. The Saints can take a two-game advantage over the Lions providing they can beat Fremantle in Perth on Sunday and the Lions lose to the third-placed but out-of-form Western Bulldogs at the Gabba on Saturday night.