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2 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

As LH points out it is no longer Friday nights that are the big draws from a TV viewpoint.

It is now Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights ... all FTA coverage.

We get two of those plus the QB afternoon game (might rate better as a Sunday night game but perhaps a lower crowd.)

Would be very interested to see the breakdown by club (home or away) of night time FTA coverage

Again as LH says.. I cannot see it changing in the short to medium term but if we expect to attract reasonable sponsorship we have to be able to deliver FTA coverage

Here is a link that shows all broadcasts -http://www.afl.com.au/tv-radio/broadcastguide  but it is by round.  Its a labourious task to extract it and sort the info into team order.

Had a good look at it a few weeks ago and the front end FTA and prime time slots is heavily dominated by Ess, Rich, Coll and Carlton (who between them won only 27 games and the highest finish was 12th).  Based on the win games to get FTA games AFL 'policy', they certainly didn't earn the exposure.  But somehow they manage to pull strings to get the FTA prime spots. 

Bulldogs also got a fair run but they earnt it by virtue of being Premiers.

It is especially important to clubs to get a lot of FTA exposure early in the season as it helps with membership, merchandise sales and therefore sponsorships.  Of course all it does is help the big get bigger and sets them up for more FTA next year regardless of how they perform.

And the rest of us are fed chips (until we get 60,000+ members and a few premierships).

It's a similar story for the Saturday afternoon VFL FTA telecasts.  Very heavily dominated by Collingwood to the extent that it sometimes looks like the whole exists for Collingwood members.

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17 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

It's a similar story for the Saturday afternoon VFL FTA telecasts.  Very heavily dominated by Collingwood to the extent that it sometimes looks like the whole exists for Collingwood members.

Coverage is produced by maguire media, so hardly any surprise there.

Posted
13 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I tipped Brisbane, I think they're due for a win. 

Youre right. And Freo arent much better than the Lions really.  Their 6-5 record is fluke, as evidence by their very weak %.

Go Brizzy

 

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Interesting to see what crowd they will get at the G today. Especially with Hodge out. Shame on you hawthorn fans for dropping off because you are now losing and havent had a great season. This club has given you great success in the past 10 years with the premierships they have won. Try going to watch your team play that havent played finals in 10 years and sit there and just hope they compete and you are hoping they dont get beaten by more than 80. Thats what it was like a few seasons ago at our lean time. 

So your team is losing just go with it, they will bounce back. 

anyway on another note I hope Port smash the bummers tonight. Please Port beat them. 

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Posted
5 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

As LH points out it is no longer Friday nights that are the big draws from a TV viewpoint.

It is now Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights ... all FTA coverage.

We get two of those plus the QB afternoon game (might rate better as a Sunday night game but perhaps a lower crowd.)

Would be very interested to see the breakdown by club (home or away) of night time FTA coverage

Again as LH says.. I cannot see it changing in the short to medium term but if we expect to attract reasonable sponsorship we have to be able to deliver FTA coverage

  • Adelaide - 9
  • Brisbane - 1
  • Carlton - 5
  • Collingwood - 5
  • Essendon - 9
  • Fremantle - 2
  • Geelong - 9
  • Gold Coast - 2
  • GWS - 4
  • Hawthorn - 7
  • Melbourne - 4 (ANZAC Eve, West Coast (Saturday night in Perth), Sydney (Friday night), Adelaide (Saturday night in Darwin))
  • North Melbourne - 5
  • Port Adelaide - 4
  • Richmond - 7
  • St Kilda - 6
  • Sydney - 10
  • West Coast - 3
  • Western Bulldogs - 10

There will be two or three more games in Round 23 to add, plus finals of course.

Puts us last of the Victorian clubs (all others get at least 5) and one of ours is the "special" Anzac Eve game. 

Source.

Posted
17 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Let me repeat, McCartin looks solid.

So does Matt Preston - wouldn't make him a player!

6 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

.......

Re St Kilda, Gil McLachlan is a Saints supporter.  He weilds a bit of influence at Channel 7.  But I don't begrudge the Saints' FTA.  Like us they are a struggling club and need every bit of exposure they can get.  It is those that are already big and powerful gifted lots of prime time FTA that annoy me.

......

 

3 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Here is a link that shows all broadcasts -http://www.afl.com.au/tv-radio/broadcastguide  but it is by round.  Its a labourious task to extract it and sort the info into team order.

Had a good look at it a few weeks ago and the front end FTA and prime time slots is heavily dominated by Ess, Rich, Coll and Carlton (who between them won only 27 games and the highest finish was 12th).  Based on the win games to get FTA games AFL 'policy', they certainly didn't earn the exposure.  But somehow they manage to pull strings to get the FTA prime spots. 

Bulldogs also got a fair run but they earnt it by virtue of being Premiers.

It is especially important to clubs to get a lot of FTA exposure early in the season as it helps with membership, merchandise sales and therefore sponsorships.  Of course all it does is help the big get bigger and sets them up for more FTA next year regardless of how they perform.

And the rest of us are fed chips (until we get 60,000+ members and a few premierships).

It's a similar story for the Saturday afternoon VFL FTA telecasts.  Very heavily dominated by Collingwood to the extent that it sometimes looks like the whole exists for Collingwood members.

But there is no corruption. ?

And merely a coincidence that the rIch get richer and the poor stay poor. 

Posted

Jeez Hawthorn are rubbish. Absolutely embarrassing losing to them this year. Currently 8 goals down at the MCG to Gold Coast in the 3rd quarter and don't look AFL standard. That loss to them this year better not cost us finals.

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12 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

Jeez Hawthorn are rubbish. Absolutely embarrassing losing to them this year. Currently 8 goals down at the MCG to Gold Coast in the 3rd quarter and don't look AFL standard. That loss to them this year better not cost us finals.

I haven't watched a replay of our Hawks loss (yet?). Can anybody explain how the heck we lost to this rabble?

Posted
12 minutes ago, CanberraDemon said:

I haven't watched a replay of our Hawks loss (yet?). Can anybody explain how the heck we lost to this rabble?

Our players training for the week consisted solely of reading articles about how great they are.

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27,000-odd attendance at the G in nice conditions on a Saturday afternoon.

Biggest bandwagon membership of any club.

Meanwhile I suspect there'll be some pressure from Gold Coast on a top 8 spot. Their next three games are against Carlton, St Kilda and North Melbourne.

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Phew, changed my tip to Suns after seeing Hodge and Breaust out, thought they were gonna fluff it. 

Sucked in poos and wees! 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Lord Travis said:

Jeez Hawthorn are rubbish. Absolutely embarrassing losing to them this year. Currently 8 goals down at the MCG to Gold Coast in the 3rd quarter and don't look AFL standard. That loss to them this year better not cost us finals.

And Freo, and not kicking straight against the Cats....

Posted

If Brisbane go on with it, the stars and planets will have aligned beautifully for us. 

Our fate is completely in our hands. 

How utterly terrifying. 

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A pleasant afternoon in the sunshine of the AFL members at the MCG.

Suns played one excellent quarter and Hawks kicked straight which kept them in the game.

Hawks supporters are not quite desperate yet. They still enjoy their glory days and remember when. I am waiting for when they turn on their players like every good depressed supporter does.

Great to watch Ablett. His intercept and near goal in the third was just magic to watch. He is also wonderful around the pack. They will miss him big time

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