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SEven would be delighted with getting 3 million to watch an afternoon time slot that usually rates close to zero. They still get whatever they usually charge for the Saturday night movie plus squillions for the grand final
That it isn't discussed publicly doesn't mean it isn't a factor in negotiations. Negotiations would include lots of stuff not part of public discussion.
there's no way they are adjusted, they're raw. Therefore an AFL rating of 1m over a 3hr telecast is far more impressive than the NRL rating 1mil over 2hrs. Furthermore, we have 9 games per round, therefore we have a whopping 27 hours of football usually over 3 days each weekend. For us to average anywhere near the NRL in ratings per game simply isn't feasible when they only have 16 hours of telecast per weekend. Watching 16 hours of sport over 4 days (Th, Fr, Sa, Su) is easily possible (4hrs per day). Watching 27 hours of sport over 3 days (Fr, Sa, Su) just isn't feasible, especially when most games overlap.
I assume you're suggesting there's no ratings penalty for a day GF because there's no loss in audience due to competing events? Reality is there's a massive loss in audience for a non-prime time GF compared to prime-time. Put it this way, I watched the NRL GF because it was in a convenient time slot and I was home watching TV. If it had been played during the afternoon there's no way I would have watched it because I had more interesting/important things to do. Multiply that by millions of people around Australia and the difference for prime time v afternoon is huge.
It's a fair point, If Collingwood ever played Port Adelaide in a Grand Final I'd definitely refuse to watch it myself. I didn't watch the 2017 NRL Grand Final as Storm and Cowboys are my two most hated teams in the NRL.
Oh yeah i definitely agree that a day grand final hampers ratings and a night GF would way more successful ratings wise because people are more likely to be home at night etc. I was just talking about local sport being scheduled on GF day specifically, I have never seen any local sport of any kind scheduled that day at all. Cricket normally starts the week after but maybe this is different in non-AFL states.
I was just talking about the local sport specifically. Of course i know people work etc on saturdays (I worked GF day this year).
Fair point. Having never lived up there I've never experienced any sport at all being played on GF day.
Sydney Premier Cricket typically plays on GF Saturday, whilst Melbourne's typically starts the week after.
No that will be the Sydney centric media trying to spin that the NRL beat the AFL all year which if you read some of the previous posts refute this assumption.
If you add ratings for every game through the year the NRL come out on top, as they basically do every year once their rep games are included. However, this was the first year where they were ahead without rep games. The question is why and is it important or even relevant?
I'd argue just as big as a factor is the simple times in which the matches are scheduled. If the AFL played on a Thursday and Monday night for every round of the season, they'd get more viewers.
