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.

 

[Nunez]

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.

Flashbacks to "if you don't want to know the score, look away now" being muttered by the commentators.

 

[Dalions]

Hopefully we don’t get scheduled many Saturday games in the first 8 rounds.

 

[briztoon]

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

Welcome to watching AFL on free to air in SEA. Every game is on a slight delay, even the grand final.

 

[Dalions]

Welcome to watching AFL on free to air in SEA. Every game is on a slight delay, even the grand final.

Isn’t that the case everywhere?

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

Isn’t that the case everywhere?

Yes, the digital tv/radio process has an unavoidable delay of about 10 seconds compared to analogue, which was what killed radio-TV simulcasts like Roy & HG's calls of RL and AFL grand finals from their card table. Video over the internet adds more delay again, might be about 20s.

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

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.

I'm sure you're right, but I don't remember watching Lions games on delay during that time other than those played on Friday night, which were fairly rare. My memory isn't what it once was though!

 

[dlanod]

I'm sure you're right, but I don't remember watching Lions games on delay during that time other than those played on Friday night, which were fairly rare. My memory isn't what it once was though!

Honestly can't remember which night games - could well have been Friday nights only, but I thought it was Saturdays too. I mainly know the year because I lived in a share house in 2003 and I remember setting up camp in the rumpus room until after midnight.

 

[Section 5]

Yes, the digital tv/radio process has an unavoidable delay of about 10 seconds compared to analogue, which was what killed radio-TV simulcasts like Roy & HG's calls of RL and AFL grand finals from their card table. Video over the internet adds more delay again, might be about 20s.

The large screen viewing at The Gabba has a 1-3 second delay
It is a long way to and back from those satellites