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We Kicked too many Goals

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Friday night here we come.....

A source told The Age that Channel Seven gifted some of their sponsors, who didn’t originally plan to run advertisements during the telecast of the big game, some free plugs.

The reason for that act of generosity was partly due to there being so many ad breaks because of the glut of goals that were kicked in the second half.

In essence, Melbourne kicked too many goals for the host broadcaster to keep up with, leaving them with extra ad spots to fill.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/glut-of-demon-goals-leads-to-free-ads-for-lucky-companies-20210929-p58vtg.html

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    Begs the question of if they had filled their sponsors quota then why not just stay live and show more replays/chat between the goals? I’m sure people would’ve been very happy to do without the extra adverts. 

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    3 minutes ago, Pates said:

    Begs the question of if they had filled their sponsors quota then why not just stay live and show more replays/chat between the goals? 

    And treat their viewers with some respect??!!  You're a funny guy, Pates!

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    10 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Friday night here we come.....

    A source told The Age that Channel Seven gifted some of their sponsors, who didn’t originally plan to run advertisements during the telecast of the big game, some free plugs.

    The reason for that act of generosity was partly due to there being so many ad breaks because of the glut of goals that were kicked in the second half.

    In essence, Melbourne kicked too many goals for the host broadcaster to keep up with, leaving them with extra ad spots to fill.

    https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/glut-of-demon-goals-leads-to-free-ads-for-lucky-companies-20210929-p58vtg.html

    Ha ha. 

    I didn’t care one bit about the commercials because I didn’t even notice them, as I was too busy jumping up and down and screaming my lungs out with enjoyment. 🏆

    Edited by DemonOX

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    Yep. There would be A Grade spots. B Grade Spots and C grade spots. 
     

    even the cheapest got a good run on Saturday night 

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    Its how it's kept free. I am fine with it.

    As a customer, who doesn't love getting a little more bang for their buck? 

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    When your bladder isn’t as strong as it used to be, and your drinking, those ad breaks give you just enough time to get to the toilet and back!

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    23 minutes ago, Nasher said:

    As a viewer, the idea that they ended up just chucking in a few ads for free makes me cranky. Shows who the broadcaster's priority is - but I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

    It wouldn’t bother me if we weren’t subjected to 7:50 stars every Friday, 3:20 on Sunday, endless debate about moving the grand final later and so on. 

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    3 minutes ago, Rossmillan said:

    When your bladder isn’t as strong as it used to be, and your drinking, those ad breaks give you just enough time to get to the toilet and back!

    That's a mighty quick dash if you made it there and back in 30 odd seconds.

    The constant adds were another reason why I was snaky not being able to attend the game live. Some of us pay a fair whack of money for Fox Footy, Foxtel, Kayo etc. Disappointing that we were forced to tune into channel 7's coverage.

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    1 hour ago, Rossmillan said:

    When your bladder isn’t as strong as it used to be, and your drinking, those ad breaks give you just enough time to get to the toilet and back!

    And to grab another celebratory beer on the alternate breaks.  I wasn't quite going at a beer a goal at that stage, but the amber liquid was certainly flowing.

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    4 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Your TV doesn't come with volume control?

    perhaps DNIMD wants to hear crowd noises and umpires, but not BT.  Hmmmm, heaven.

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    BTW @Diamond_Jim this notion that we kicked to many goals pffffft.

    I mean, great click bate thread title, but how could you be thinking such a thing.

    Absolutely loved smashing the Dogs right off the park in that quarter and a half. 

    The goal just after the siren from T Mac that made it our greatest winning margin in a GF was the icing on the cake, although it did almost make me feel sorry for the Bulldogs players that had to stand the mark and the goals until he'd taken his kick and rub even further salt into the wounds once it went through post high, straight through the middle.

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    1 hour ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

    The best thing for Footy would be a no commentary option on Kayo. They can do it easily

    is this true? I've not come across it on Kayo...

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    are we likely to get a big fine from the afl for kicking too many goals?

    asking for a friend

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    so assuming they do the dynamic 6 week fixture again at least for the the first six weeks how many Friday night games do we get next year in the first six weeks.

    My guess is two.

    If we were Richmond or Collingwood it would be four.

    An early MCG home match against Essendon could be an enormous money spinner

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    31 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    so assuming they do the dynamic 6 week fixture again at least for the the first six weeks how many Friday night games do we get next year in the first six weeks.

    My guess is two.

    If we were Richmond or Collingwood it would be four.

    An early MCG home match against Essendon could be an enormous money spinner

    We're the twilight specialists now, so Saturday twilight probably seems more our slot.

    The AFL probably also likes Friday night games to be a close contest and not end up in blowouts, so going off our recent games against the Cats and Dogs, I'm not sure they'd have any confidence that we could provide that for them on a Friday night either!!

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    One thing I noticed while listening to a replay of the radio call, is the sound of the crowd after a goal is so good to keep you pumped. It's such a buzz-kill to go from seeing a cracking goal straight to an ad break. Its just not the same to have the commentators talk about it after the break.

    I usually watch every game on Kayo on the PC so I don't see the ads, but for the GF I wanted to watch it in the best quality I could on the Living Room TV (it's just too old to have the Kayo app onboard).

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    8 minutes ago, low flying Robbo said:

    One thing I noticed while listening to a replay of the radio call, is the sound of the crowd after a goal is so good to keep you pumped. It's such a buzz-kill to go from seeing a cracking goal straight to an ad break. Its just not the same to have the commentators talk about it after the break.

    I usually watch every game on Kayo on the PC so I don't see the ads, but for the GF I wanted to watch it in the best quality I could on the Living Room TV (it's just too old to have the Kayo app onboard).

    Kayo didn't broadcast the game live, so you didn't loose out there, but agree with what you are saying.  Best buzz would have been at the ground, but maybe next year for that 😥.

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