Possible itinerary:
- Depart LAX Tuesday around 9PM local time for Melbourne
- 16 hour flight, have dinner after you board then sleep 8 hours or so
- Land in Melbourne at noon local time on Thursday (‘lose” Wednesday because you cross the internat’l date line)
- Get to the hotel, have walkthroughs, meeting and dinner with lights out by 10PM local time
- With 8 hours sleep, you’re up at 6AM game day (Friday) for a 10;30AM kickoff
- Beat the snot out of the Whiners and board the flight home at 4PM local time Friday
- 14+ hour victory flight home with another 8 hours sleep and land in LA on Friday around 1PM
If my math is right, their body clocks should align with local time (presuming they sleep on the way there) until they cross back over the date line on the way home. They land in LA at 1PM but their body clocks will be at 6AM. That is the extent of jet lag they should have to deal with.
GO RAMS!!
