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It’s a great thing to say 30 years after the fact to make you sound more important than you actually were, but the idea that the State gov would’ve allowed the comp (and all the revenue they got from it) to be shut down is laughable. Even if they attempted that, deals like Fitzroy’s with Hecron...

You were so close to getting it but then completely missed the point. Out of the 2 competitions you referenced, which one generates more revenue from their TV deal, the one with 2/3rds of the league in the playoffs or the one with under 50%? I would hope the AFL learns it lessons from the latter...

I’d call it giving teams who weren’t worthy enough to meet the original qualifying criteria given another chance simply because the AFL could make some more money from the additional game? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Absolute joke of a site and service with dining tickets for round 7-8 this morning. From around 8.50 the sale site started going funny and then after 9am first attempt at loading crashed and needed to reload and then surprise surprise no tickets left for ANZAC day once it finally loaded at about...

Clearly it was a mishap that occurred when he was trying to cut open a bottle of SPF 30+ to quench his thirst Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

He ran off the biggest draw in the company by being an insufferable baby also? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It really is impossible to believe that no one at the club knew by at least 1994 and the criminal case. Claiming the opposite was only ever going to end badly for the club. It is not hard to assume that from that point forward, the clubs credibility with the jury was shot and rightly so. It is...

I’m not sure why experience is looked down on in a role like that. In a given year only one coach can be seen as truly successful, so for 17 other clubs what was successful in one year may not necessarily be seen as successful the next. Given how hard it is for a team to win a premiership, it...

So why wouldn’t Goodwin just say that instead of saying it was his anger that was stopping him from doing so. Knowing Goodwin’s previous disregard for the drug code, is he suggesting that he would’ve contacted Smith, regardless of any prohibition, if he wasn’t so angry? Sent from my iPhone...

The membership tallies for all clubs are full of smoke and mirrors. The true story is often told by attendances and TV viewers. After 40 years (with the first 30 years being the only club in the market) Sydney games could only draw an average of 50k viewers in a Grand Final year or only 20k more...

If he continues at the same rate of improvement and barring injury, all things being equal he will be the best forward in the league when he hits 25-26 or so. The unfortunate thing for Dogs supporters is that he is unlikely to reach his peak until Bont will be on the downside of his career...

Adding Pert, Osborne and Roos to our 92 team would’ve made us much stronger and not difficult to see that team going all the way. So much of our modern identity was and still is based around the Fightback campaign. So if the merger went ahead, it’s hard to not see a merged Footscray/Fitzroy...

So why haven’t people naturally gravitated to football in NSW &. QLD? I guess if viewer averages doesn’t convince you, how about looking at the ratings for some individual games. Sydney played Geelong in Sydney on a Friday night in Round 2. Buddy Franklin looked set to break the 1,000 goal...

Two of those clubs averaged over 700k on FTA and over 200k in their home markets. How many people watch Southport and how much are TV companies paying to show their games? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I could use the exact same argument for China, India or any other country with a massive population, which would be as stupid as what your proposing. If the people in those areas don’t care about your product it won’t make a difference how many people live there, and all of the available...

Please explain how this growth will magically start to happen? If it was as simple as placing a team and waiting 40 years for people to watch en masse, why has it not yet happened for Sydney & Brisbane but would happen for any new teams in that same market? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Seven learnt a lesson in 88 and a longer, more painful one from 2002-2006, and now Ten has been learning the same since 2012. For Seven to retain their position, or for Ten to be able to be anything but a distant poor 3rd cousin, they need live AFL football. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Exactly, and those stations aren’t paying for some far off return that they have no guarantee of benefiting from. They are paying for what the AFL can give them in the here and now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

TV figures from here 2022 AFL TV Ratings - Sports Industry AU North drew 81k in Melbourne in what could be called a rock bottom type year. The only people that wanted to watch North in Melbourne last year were the diehards. If you move that team, you can say goodbye to pretty much all of those...

Literally the only market you listed bigger than the two current expansion markets is New Zealand, and given the clear lack of demand in that market, it would be nonsensical to expand into NZ without a clear and obvious demand for it. Culling an exisiting club to move to a developing market is...

Please explain how a “new market” helps grow the TV rights? Sydney couldn’t crack 60k in a grand final season after 40 years in the largest media market in the country. What untapped market exists that a TV or Streaming company is going to be paying a premium for to help with development, with...

What value does the 51k average for Swans matches in their home market with every game live on FTA really add to the TV deal? Suggesting the Bulldogs move to Ballarat is also ludicrous when you look at the TV ratings, considering we were the 3rd highest watched team for the year, with a higher...

Bizarre someone who clearly sees themselves s “anti racist” making such a discriminatory comment. Why would you look at an at risk Indigenous child any different to an at risk non Indigenous child, if not for a pretty clear underlying bias against Indigenous people. It is attitudes and views...

Can you point to any tangible real benefits that have flown from Rudd’s apology apart from making inner city leftist’s feel all warm and fuzzy inside because they are protecting the poor blacks who can’t defend or help themselves from the nasty redneck racists? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Therein lies the flaw in this entire exercise. Any real attempt to be a “showcase” event means playing the biggest games there to draw the crowds. But what on earth is the point in filling the SCG for Collingwood/Carlton when you could do the same at the MCG and make more money? It is also...

Define “ok” though? 71k people in Sydney watched Buddy Franklin kick 1,000 goals this year. The following week on a Thursday night (which is a better night for TV than Friday), a paltry 39k watched Sydney play the Bulldogs. After all the hype and attention that Sydney received after the 1,000...

I think the phrase “a lot of us” is doing a bit of heavy lifting in that sentence looking at the crowds at some games this year. But setting that aside you basically prove my point, because for all the factors you listed, none would seem to matter enough if the price for a ticket was $30-50...

Would be one of the worst ideas possible, because all you’re training those kids is that you shouldn’t have to pay to attend a game. Partnering with junior clubs to provide exclusive areas/benefits to junior members that play with those clubs would be a worthy idea, but discounting in the way...

I’d say on any critical analysis, the V/AFL’s two expansion attempts to Sydney certainly couldn’t be considered a success. This was the Swans 40th year in the market, and since at least 1993/4 the AFL have been committed to Sydney’s success in that market. In a season in which they made a grand...

Unbelievable this incredibly stupid idea looks like it’s close to happening. If the AFL wanna whore themselves out for money so bad, just go the traditional route and create an AFL players OnlyFans and count the cash as it comes in Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk