- May 13, 2012
- 15,812
- 5,967
- AFL Club
- GWS
- Other Teams
- Brumbies, Socceroos
but it also helps them negotiate with the tv networks a stronger deal for themselves given it's constantly very strong ratings, the AFL would love to have a ratings juggernaut like SoO.
It's only three games, and it disrupts a big chunk of the NRL season.
The AFL loves it.
While the SOO gets its 85k to a game, and ratings of 3 mill or whatever it might be (while disrupting the whole NRL season), the AFL continues to go about its business, amassing its normal quota of attendances and ratings for the year, and raking in more than double the annual revenue of the other football codes combined.
The AFL loves it.