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It's $100m. It's not small potatoes.pretty shit of the AFL to suggest Auskick would have to go if gambling ads were banned
this is the kind of bullshit we're dealing with
The AFL spends waaayyy more on Auskick, including the half time games being free for everyone involved, than any other sport does on similar programs. Probably more than all the others combined.
The AFL gets more TV exposure.
The real impact of a blanket gambling ban is that there will be less money for the AFL to spend.
Further disclosure, I'm an Auskick co-ordinator and we let kids who can't afford it attend for free. Plus there's other kids who only do Auskick because it's half the price of other sports.
Sports participation has been subsidised by drinking, gambling and unhealthy food for as long as I can remember, at both the AFL and local level.
I do not want the AFL to go the way of almost every other sport in that if you can't afford a subscription you can't watch your team play.
If it means more sport on FTA, that might be a better health outcome overall than those with gambling addictions having a very small reduction in the amount of advertising they see.