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So, will Nine Entertainment’s Australian Financial Review report 'AFL grand final thriller trounced by Matildas still outrates NRL grand final thriller' or will its independent journalists let that one through to the keeper?

You may have nailed it here.

If the AFL plans to bring in Canberra as a twentieth team after Tasmania as the nineteenth (which hopefully is the case), the current giants situation probably makes sense. Sharing giants games between western Sydney and Canberra helps ride out the 20+ years it takes to seed support in western...

It's because the minor premier had the right to challenge if anyone other than the minor premier won in week 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_finals_system#Second_amended_Argus_system

The longer the situation lasts, the more we are likely to see these kinds of calls coming from industry in general. The limits on a currency-issuing government are not financial. It can spend in nominal terms without limit (which is not to say that it should). The relevant questions concern...

For people considering shelling out hard earned to get to Melbourne to watch a prelim at prelim prices, it should be a great experience in many ways, but just be aware that the game is likely to be manufactured to a certain degree one way or the other. The umpiring we get may partly be...

I wonder that as well. The AFL talking points can sometimes seem too clever by half. Some people actually take them to heart.

For what it's worth, those two completely empty stands only account for 1,899 seats. I was hoping for 20k plus, but it was enough of a crowd to give a good atmosphere, and the game itself exceeded expectations IMO. Thought the day was fantastic.

Hopefully you're right, but even if the media release is accurate, the total number of seats available to the public is unclear. A year or two back in an effort to determine whether the reported attendances were accurate (I believe they are, people appear to overestimate the proportion of seats...

As disheartening as the game itself was, getting a crowd of 11,741 in those conditions was a great effort. Well done to everyone who turned up.

Yes, exactly right IMO. Reading Rule 17.6.3 of the Laws of the Game clears a lot up and seems consistent with how the umpires are adjudicating. The key when the ball comes out but the player has no prior appears to be whether or not, in the view of the umpire, the player "elects" to dispose...

For Saturday, a 5 to 5:30 start is probably the sweet spot ratings wise. Late enough that people can be home in time to watch. Early enough that people can still head out afterwards. The limited evidence to date supports this. There are obviously pros and cons to whatever is decided. It will...

Interesting. Seems it would have to factor in to rights negotiations, but maybe not. For Friday nights, equal average figures for the competing football broadcasts would in itself be enough to give Seven about a 4 percent lead on national audience share.

I couldn't get access to the article, so this might already have been dealt with, but another factor often mentioned on this board is the different length of broadcasts, which means that Seven will gain more than Nine in ratings share if the average ratings figures for the AFL and NRL happen to...

One thought I had while watching West Coast beat Melbourne was how mournful Gerard and Robbo would be on AFL 360 throughout grand final week. I thought the AFL media was poor in general this year. With the grand finalists in particular, the media badly underestimated West Coast and rarely...