Fixture 2025 Fixture Discussion

[rye]

north is the sick man of the afl.

not a matter of if theyre going to get kicked out its a matter of when.

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

How Fox Footy’s ‘Super Saturday’ deal will shape the AFL fixture (The Age, 1 Nov 2024)

Clubs are bracing for the commercial impact of delayed free-to-air AFL coverage on Saturdays from next year as Fox Footy holds exclusive live broadcast rights of the game nationally for the first eight rounds.

The AFL’s lucrative new broadcast deal starts in 2025 and runs for seven years, and it is having an impact on the schedule for next season, with the league working to release the fixture by mid-November.

The $4.5 billion broadcast deal has some restrictions on the number of games teams can play on Saturdays for the first eight rounds to share the load across the competition, but that desire to spread the number of games each team plays on a Saturday is also making the development of the fixture more complicated.

Clubs want clarity from the league as to how it will affect them, and their fans.

The deal means that supporters of teams playing anywhere in Australia on Saturday in the first eight rounds will need a Foxtel or Kayo subscription to watch them live, with free-to-air coverage on Seven to be delayed. Only the Anzac eve, Anzac Day and Dreamtime games will be shown live on free-to-air if they fall on a Saturday.

Assuming we are fixtured on a Saturday prior to R8, for the first time since 2001 not all Lions games will be live on FTA into Brisbane, which is a shame.

 

[mighty_lions]

How Fox Footy’s ‘Super Saturday’ deal will shape the AFL fixture (The Age, 1 Nov 2024)




Assuming we are fixtured on a Saturday prior to R8, for the first time since 2001 not all Lions games will be live on FTA into Brisbane, which is a shame.

I have Foxtel so it doesn't matter too much to me, but why would anyone want to watch a game on delay, its not the 90's or early 00's

 

[dlanod]

Assuming we are fixtured on a Saturday prior to R8, for the first time since 2001 not all Lions games will be live on FTA into Brisbane, which is a shame.

I remember watching games on delay back in 2003 and getting the result spoiled occasionally before I moved away so at least there's a couple more years there.

Just did digging - 2002 was the first year every game was shown live or on delay, which is probably what you're thinking of. I think 2012 was the first year of the deal that meant every NSW/Qld game was live and every local team game would be on FTA, the combination getting us where we are today.