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Australian women soccer players can go to Europe and play in professional leagues if they have the ability
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I doubt women Hockey crowds draw the numbers for international comps that women's soccer crowds do, but you can always post a link to prove me wrong
That might impact choices when someone hits 15 or 16 but at junior level it would have no impact at all as those leagues are invisible here. Most girls simply want to do what their friends are doing, and netball remains huge for that reason.
In saying that, i'm noticing a lot of the better athlete girls are going to other sports now.
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It's been a long time....a very long time, since we saw any ratings in relation to the A-League.
Seen nothing for a couple of months.
Early in the piece the TV ratings guy might mention it on twitter, or someone would ask a question and he'd provide it, but no one has been looking for the number and no one has provided it in ages.
A fascinating nil-all draw last night would have had the eyebals glued to the TV.
Alas, A-League was incapable of breaking into the top 20, which bottomed out at a mere 62k.
Peppa Pig right up there in the ratings with 70k.
The Adventures of Paddington Bear came in 2nd with 103k. If the A-League got even half that, it would be cause for massive celebration amongst soccer fans, so dysmal their ratings normally are.
On Foxtel, the womens ODI is getting 67k, not counting Kayo.
Incredibly, the A-League (men or women) cannot even get within coo-ee of that number on FTA.
Seen nothing for a couple of months.
Early in the piece the TV ratings guy might mention it on twitter, or someone would ask a question and he'd provide it, but no one has been looking for the number and no one has provided it in ages.
A fascinating nil-all draw last night would have had the eyebals glued to the TV.
Alas, A-League was incapable of breaking into the top 20, which bottomed out at a mere 62k.
Peppa Pig right up there in the ratings with 70k.
The Adventures of Paddington Bear came in 2nd with 103k. If the A-League got even half that, it would be cause for massive celebration amongst soccer fans, so dysmal their ratings normally are.
On Foxtel, the womens ODI is getting 67k, not counting Kayo.
Incredibly, the A-League (men or women) cannot even get within coo-ee of that number on FTA.
I think its more that when a footy pathway wasnt available, girls from footy families, often played soccer. It wsnt their first choice, but it was available. Then, with girls playing soccer, other girls wanting to play with their friends, also played soccer.
Now, those girls play footy, and their friends whose families maybe arent into a footy code, also play.
This was actually one of the main arguments for a womens league and pathway.
Girl grows up in a footy family, but plays soccer, because she cannot play footy.
Settles down, has kids, takes those kids to play soccer, the sport she grew up playing, including her sons.
And now its a soccer family, not a footy family.
But its an elite international comp? International comps grow domestic leagues dont they?
If hockey isnt big, then the fact it has an elite international competition, should be the vehicle to make it big, both domestically in the countries that play it, and internationally.
Is that not the argument?
The only thing i've seen is the twitter account (@aleagueratings) that sporadically posts numbers. Last update was a couple of weeks ago:
But yeah, those numbers - assuming they're accurate - is ridiculously low. A national FTA rating of 9k is test pattern territory.
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No other event gets as many eyeballs looking at Australia or draws the same amount of tourists as the Aus Open. For example, above.
As I said, I feel it is the biggest annual sporting event in Australia and it is not even close. (the F1 would be 2nd)
Don't worry, the AFL is still the biggest sport in Australia. No need to fret.
As for the ratings being down......most things are. And heck, the AFL grand final ratings were massively down. If I say that, you will tell me about the timeslot, the teams, lockdown. all true.
This year at the Aus open, there is no Barty, Fed, Serena, Nadal. all true.
Helps to have drawcards like Smith and Warner playing.
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Your right but it’s around 1% of High school kids go on to be professional athletes.
The fact is in Australia the pathway to afl/aflw is stronger and more supported than soccer.
By a long way.
In the aleague women. a squad needs to be Min 20-max 26.
That’s not even half the positions available in aflw for girls who want to be in an elite sporting program.
(The standard of play isn’t the point)
If a kid and the parents are choosing between aspirations of an Olympian, and afl\aflw player or elite soccer player…
Not many talented 13-15yr olds choose soccer.
To be fair, it was on that trajectory anyway. The paramount deal has utterly destroyed them, and made it virtually invisible to all but the most hardcore fans. Having a couple of games on a FTA channel that nobody watches isn't going to make up for that.
IMO it's made absolutely no difference to the BBL, or if it has it's negligible. CA were smart enough to avoid a similar TV deal though. Paramount would have killed the BBL as well.
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9,000 for a TV rating?? a national TV rating!!
looks like the sleeping giant is in for a long snooze!!
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I've sat in uni lectures with more people than that
extraordinary numbers
It's probably hard to imagine it could get much worse, but people on twitter were complaining (again) that they couldn't get a stream on Paramount of the Friday night game.
So no one watching it on FTA, and the handful of people who have subscribed to Paramount, can't get a stream.
looks like the sleeping giant is in for a long snooze!!
and 621 on 10 Play
I've sat in uni lectures with more people than that
extraordinary numbers
It's probably hard to imagine it could get much worse, but people on twitter were complaining (again) that they couldn't get a stream on Paramount of the Friday night game.
So no one watching it on FTA, and the handful of people who have subscribed to Paramount, can't get a stream.
Which network is broadcasting the WWC?
Foxtel/Kayo.
EDIT: Sorry, thought you were talking about the women's cricket, which starts in a few weeks.
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Fifa Womens World Cup?
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Women’s World Cup live and free on Seven and 7plus in 2023
The Seven Network has acquired the Australian free-to-air rights to next year’s women’s World Cup.
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Ah..... thanks. For a second there I thought that the wrestling may have split down the middle again.....
Ta.Fifa Womens World Cup?
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soccer is like the Olympics. We are all massive swimming fans for a week every four years. Then is disappears. Domestic soccer is shrinking, but we will always love our national teams once every four years.
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On the topic of soccer and the A league in Australia. I really feel like it did get some momentum, then the GF announcement then the Victory carry on killed it off within the space of 2 weeks. The BBL has benefited from it by having a mini resurgence.
It must be embarrassing for the greatest game of all that the local A League version that has been played in Australia for well over 100 years is consistently beaten in crowd attendance numbers by the NBL!
Relative to past events it might have died quicker in fact - maybe due to greater expectations not be fulfilled.
Sustaining momentum has always been a problem.
British Association Football and Rugby Football were options from the very beginning of the British colonies in New holland.
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I don't think that the BBL has either contributed to or benefited from the A Leagues doldrums
There is no doubt the grand final decision has as has the Melbourne victory active supporters violence, but I highly doubt that there is some alternate universe where the A League is going gangbusters of the back of the world cup.
I had a read of that ABC article and it seems to cover all of the usual false hopes
As the poster above pointed out, the world cup is basically one sport of the Olympics carved out because of its global popularity (in terms of its capacity to draw in people who otherwise have limited interest in the sport). Even with the unexpected performance of the Socceroos it was never going to result in a massive increase in interest in the A-League.
That's why my hand involuntarily hit my face at the conclusion of that article that the women's world cup is another opportunity to plausibly increase the popularity of the domestic league.
Einstein's definition of insanity
There is no doubt the grand final decision has as has the Melbourne victory active supporters violence, but I highly doubt that there is some alternate universe where the A League is going gangbusters of the back of the world cup.
I had a read of that ABC article and it seems to cover all of the usual false hopes
- The large participation base (nowhere near as big as is heralded when you consider actual outdoor club players)
- The most passionate fans of any code (yeah sure) will provide an atmosphere that will attract others in droves
- The popularity of the world cup
As the poster above pointed out, the world cup is basically one sport of the Olympics carved out because of its global popularity (in terms of its capacity to draw in people who otherwise have limited interest in the sport). Even with the unexpected performance of the Socceroos it was never going to result in a massive increase in interest in the A-League.
That's why my hand involuntarily hit my face at the conclusion of that article that the women's world cup is another opportunity to plausibly increase the popularity of the domestic league.
Einstein's definition of insanity
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