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I really think the A League is a very solid starting point for any manager. You have a salary cap on players, for the most play 1 game a week, usually it's a pretty equal playing field (compared to other football leagues) and allows you to ease into your career with very little heat from the media.

On top of this it's a "nice looking league" and is a good stepping stone. For me if I was confident in my ability as a manager and wanted to live in a western country the A League would be a great first step.

All we need is a Popovic/Ange/Gombau/Arnie to pave a path that leads to bigger leagues and we'd attract a lot more managers that maybe are of a higher quality.
 
craigos said:
I really think the A League is a very solid starting point for any manager. You have a salary cap on players, for the most play 1 game a week, usually it's a pretty equal playing field (compared to other football leagues) and allows you to ease into your career with very little heat from the media.

On top of this it's a "nice looking league" and is a good stepping stone. For me if I was confident in my ability as a manager and wanted to live in a western country the A League would be a great first step.

All we need is a Popovic/Ange/Gombau/Arnie to pave a path that leads to bigger leagues and we'd attract a lot more managers that maybe are of a higher quality.
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Agree. Has the professional elements found in Europe but with less scrutiny, pressure and demands. Probably not the worst platform to start from. I'd imagine most A League club budgets also exceed those of a lot of lower league clubs in Europe which might also be tempting for prospective managers.

Steve Kean (former Blackburn boss) moved to Brunei to be their national team manager for big money. He wanted the Jets job to try and reinvigorate his career and was willing to take a big pay cut to do it.
 
So it appears that channel 7 are a late addition to the TV rights with them interested in showing the Saturday night game. Personally I see it ending up on channel 10 and doing absolutely nothing for the game itself.
 

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The City Boyz said:
Any updates on the FTA broadcaster for the A League for next season? nobbyiscool you seem fairly in the know about it?
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I'm not sure anyone here can offer inside information. The ABC would have shot themselves in the foot after last nights game. Lock in Foxtel broadcasting the games with Channel 10 having access to one live game a week (toss up between a Friday/Saturday night game).

I know a lot of people want the game on FTA regardless of cost but I am slowly changing my mind from this. At least Foxtel are genuine about it, the FTA have no interest in growing the game and SBS just aren't a commercial option.
 
They need to have 1 game, no more.
 
A-League gets mainstream home on free-to-air TV as Ten Network signs deal to show prime-time games


THE head of the Ten Network has promised to give the A-League “the respect it deserves”, after signing a two-year deal to become the competition’s free-to-air home.

From Round One of the new season Ten will simulcast the A-League’s Saturday night fixture as well as the finals and Socceroos friendlies, with Ten CEO Paul Anderson pledging to cross-promote the coverage across the network.

The deal was only finalised in recent days after Football Federation Australia held a tender process with the FTA channels and ABC. Under its terms, Fox Sports will pay FFA $2m a year to assume the FTA rights for the next two seasons and onsell to Ten, who Anderson said would initially give its weekly game “consistent and stable scheduling” on its One sibling channel.

The deal heralds the advent of the A-League onto commercial TV, coming after three years on SBS where viewing figures suffered from a perceived lack of promotion, with the move into a less niche environment seen as essential to building the competition’s brand.


Ten will take Fox Sports’ entire production, including match commentary, with the pay-TV network viewing the move as promotion for its subscription packages. The selected games will also be streamed live on the Ten Play app, as well as Foxtel Go.
Though Anderson said he was open to the possibility of showing games on the main Ten network eventually, he said the priority was building viewer loyalty for the A-League.“We’ve been talking to the FFA for quite some time because we believe the A-League needs to be on free to air, and people need to be able to find it,” said Anderson.

“Football as a participation sport is obviously huge and the A-League is growing.“We want to treat it with the respect it deserves, to promote it and give it scheduling consistency. We want to give it a regular timeslot, and give it the chance to grow. We can promote it through our news bulletins, through programs like The Project — through a range of appropriate shows.“That benefits us, and gives us a chance to use A-League talent in building the competition’s profile.

If you look at any of our properties, when you have good talent it helps us across a range of shows.”Anderson said the key for the competition was in giving it a predictable home, allowing viewers to know where to find it.

The Ten Network has signed a two-year deal to broadcast A-League games.
“The Women’s Big Bash is a good example of a show that began on One but when its numbers grew it was moved to Ten. But consistency is the key, you can’t chop and change.”FFA CEO David Gallop said the move would give the A-League unprecedented reach.“This new arrangement is an opportunity to showcase the game for the first time on a channel with a history of promoting major sport,” said Gallop.
“It will take our major games, including derbies, into every Australian household for the first time, as well as the finals and certain Socceroos games within our control.“It’s part of our overall deal with Fox Sports and is part of working with them to drive subscription packages so as many people as possible can see the A-League. It’s an important part of the growth of our media value for the future.”Fox Sports CEO Patrick Delany called it “a great result” for the game.

“The arrangement between Fox Sports and Network Ten will ensure more fans than ever before get to watch the best Australian footballers in action every week,” he said.“A prime-time Saturday night A-League match on free-to-air, featuring FOX SPORTS’ expert commentators and world class production, will help grow the game and build football for long-term success.”

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...s/news-story/c996a6120ca44171950e960562cc6917

This is the best outcome we could have hoped for, I think Ten will certainly give it the respect it deserves. Finals and Grand Final to be shown live too!

Very Good!
 
giggler99 said:
A-League gets mainstream home on free-to-air TV as Ten Network signs deal to show prime-time games


THE head of the Ten Network has promised to give the A-League “the respect it deserves”, after signing a two-year deal to become the competition’s free-to-air home.

From Round One of the new season Ten will simulcast the A-League’s Saturday night fixture as well as the finals and Socceroos friendlies, with Ten CEO Paul Anderson pledging to cross-promote the coverage across the network.

The deal was only finalised in recent days after Football Federation Australia held a tender process with the FTA channels and ABC. Under its terms, Fox Sports will pay FFA $2m a year to assume the FTA rights for the next two seasons and onsell to Ten, who Anderson said would initially give its weekly game “consistent and stable scheduling” on its One sibling channel.

The deal heralds the advent of the A-League onto commercial TV, coming after three years on SBS where viewing figures suffered from a perceived lack of promotion, with the move into a less niche environment seen as essential to building the competition’s brand.

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Sydney FC players celebrate their A-League grand final win.
Ten will take Fox Sports’ entire production, including match commentary, with the pay-TV network viewing the move as promotion for its subscription packages. The selected games will also be streamed live on the Ten Play app, as well as Foxtel Go.
Though Anderson said he was open to the possibility of showing games on the main Ten network eventually, he said the priority was building viewer loyalty for the A-League.“We’ve been talking to the FFA for quite some time because we believe the A-League needs to be on free to air, and people need to be able to find it,” said Anderson.

“Football as a participation sport is obviously huge and the A-League is growing.“We want to treat it with the respect it deserves, to promote it and give it scheduling consistency. We want to give it a regular timeslot, and give it the chance to grow. We can promote it through our news bulletins, through programs like The Project — through a range of appropriate shows.“That benefits us, and gives us a chance to use A-League talent in building the competition’s profile.

If you look at any of our properties, when you have good talent it helps us across a range of shows.”Anderson said the key for the competition was in giving it a predictable home, allowing viewers to know where to find it.

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The Ten Network has signed a two-year deal to broadcast A-League games.
“The Women’s Big Bash is a good example of a show that began on One but when its numbers grew it was moved to Ten. But consistency is the key, you can’t chop and change.”FFA CEO David Gallop said the move would give the A-League unprecedented reach.“This new arrangement is an opportunity to showcase the game for the first time on a channel with a history of promoting major sport,” said Gallop.
“It will take our major games, including derbies, into every Australian household for the first time, as well as the finals and certain Socceroos games within our control.“It’s part of our overall deal with Fox Sports and is part of working with them to drive subscription packages so as many people as possible can see the A-League. It’s an important part of the growth of our media value for the future.”Fox Sports CEO Patrick Delany called it “a great result” for the game.

“The arrangement between Fox Sports and Network Ten will ensure more fans than ever before get to watch the best Australian footballers in action every week,” he said.“A prime-time Saturday night A-League match on free-to-air, featuring FOX SPORTS’ expert commentators and world class production, will help grow the game and build football for long-term success.”

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...s/news-story/c996a6120ca44171950e960562cc6917

This is the best outcome we could have hoped for, I think Ten will certainly give it the respect it deserves. Finals and Grand Final to be shown live too!

Very Good!
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Ahhh, the FFA...

A-League on Free to air television!


On a multichannel after we pissed and moaned about SBS shunting the Friday night game to its multi channel.
 
nobbyiscool said:
Ahhh, the FFA...

A-League on Free to air television!


On a multichannel after we pissed and moaned about SBS shunting the Friday night game to its multi channel.
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lol yeah but anything is better then that horrible SBS/Viceland coverage I guess... well it could have been worse we could have ended up with ABC2 and their comedy gold coverage!
 

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Punt Road Feral said:
On Channel One isn't that much of an improvement is it though?

The chance of getting viewers decreases dramatically once it's on a secondary channel.

Hopefully Channel 10 news etc can really promote the game and give it a plug.
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That's the key the cross promotion with their News programs, the Project, Their reality shows, no doubt Masterchef with the Columbaris connection e.g maybe get some A-league players taste test as guests on the shown etc.. All shows that rate well will certainly help, Ten are pretty good with their cross promotions if the BBL is any indication.
 
giggler99 said:
That's the key the cross promotion with their News programs, the Project, Their reality shows, no doubt Masterchef with the Columbaris connection e.g maybe get some A-league players taste test as guests on the shown etc.. All shows that rate well will certainly help, Ten are pretty good with their cross promotions if the BBL is any indication.
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Would love to see Kenny Lowe critiquing somones food.
 
giggler99 said:
A-League gets mainstream home on free-to-air TV as Ten Network signs deal to show prime-time games


THE head of the Ten Network has promised to give the A-League “the respect it deserves”, after signing a two-year deal to become the competition’s free-to-air home.

From Round One of the new season Ten will simulcast the A-League’s Saturday night fixture as well as the finals and Socceroos friendlies, with Ten CEO Paul Anderson pledging to cross-promote the coverage across the network.

The deal was only finalised in recent days after Football Federation Australia held a tender process with the FTA channels and ABC. Under its terms, Fox Sports will pay FFA $2m a year to assume the FTA rights for the next two seasons and onsell to Ten, who Anderson said would initially give its weekly game “consistent and stable scheduling” on its One sibling channel.

The deal heralds the advent of the A-League onto commercial TV, coming after three years on SBS where viewing figures suffered from a perceived lack of promotion, with the move into a less niche environment seen as essential to building the competition’s brand.


Ten will take Fox Sports’ entire production, including match commentary, with the pay-TV network viewing the move as promotion for its subscription packages. The selected games will also be streamed live on the Ten Play app, as well as Foxtel Go.
Though Anderson said he was open to the possibility of showing games on the main Ten network eventually, he said the priority was building viewer loyalty for the A-League.“We’ve been talking to the FFA for quite some time because we believe the A-League needs to be on free to air, and people need to be able to find it,” said Anderson.

“Football as a participation sport is obviously huge and the A-League is growing.“We want to treat it with the respect it deserves, to promote it and give it scheduling consistency. We want to give it a regular timeslot, and give it the chance to grow. We can promote it through our news bulletins, through programs like The Project — through a range of appropriate shows.“That benefits us, and gives us a chance to use A-League talent in building the competition’s profile.

If you look at any of our properties, when you have good talent it helps us across a range of shows.”Anderson said the key for the competition was in giving it a predictable home, allowing viewers to know where to find it.

The Ten Network has signed a two-year deal to broadcast A-League games.
“The Women’s Big Bash is a good example of a show that began on One but when its numbers grew it was moved to Ten. But consistency is the key, you can’t chop and change.”FFA CEO David Gallop said the move would give the A-League unprecedented reach.“This new arrangement is an opportunity to showcase the game for the first time on a channel with a history of promoting major sport,” said Gallop.
“It will take our major games, including derbies, into every Australian household for the first time, as well as the finals and certain Socceroos games within our control.“It’s part of our overall deal with Fox Sports and is part of working with them to drive subscription packages so as many people as possible can see the A-League. It’s an important part of the growth of our media value for the future.”Fox Sports CEO Patrick Delany called it “a great result” for the game.

“The arrangement between Fox Sports and Network Ten will ensure more fans than ever before get to watch the best Australian footballers in action every week,” he said.“A prime-time Saturday night A-League match on free-to-air, featuring FOX SPORTS’ expert commentators and world class production, will help grow the game and build football for long-term success.”

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...s/news-story/c996a6120ca44171950e960562cc6917

This is the best outcome we could have hoped for, I think Ten will certainly give it the respect it deserves. Finals and Grand Final to be shown live too!

Very Good!
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im happy the a-league game is on one. just hoping the coverage is good
 
giggler99 said:
Could be no games at all now with ten just about to go bust!
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Nah it'll be ok, BBL could be in trouble by the looks of things. They have gone into administration because they overspent on some contracts, and completely misread the markets, but because they are still solvent then it'll still run as usual.
 
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Well, if Gallop and Lowy were even interested in getting something going in Tasmania, North Melbourne just took that chance away from them for the moment..

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-06-16/roos-and-tasmania-combine-for-aflw-bid

This is the FFA's chance to venture to an untapped market, having a sole professional football code club from Tasmania in their league, and they're not going to inquire about it quick enough to take it!!
 
Andonis1997 said:
Well, if Gallop and Lowy were even interested in getting something going in Tasmania, North Melbourne just took that chance away from them for the moment..

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-06-16/roos-and-tasmania-combine-for-aflw-bid

This is the FFA's chance to venture to an untapped market, having a sole professional football code club from Tasmania in their league, and they're not going to inquire about it quick enough to take it!!
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that Tasmanian team needs to average around 9-10,000 people a game to break even
 
Freomaniac said:
that Tasmanian team needs to average around 9-10,000 people a game to break even
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How did you come to that conclusion? I have been told that the stadium deal the team would get would be greater than most in league.

Keeping in mind that this year Adelaide only averaged 9,500, Perth 10,500, Newcastle 8,500 & CCM 7,400. I do think that a Tassie team would regularly draw similar crowds to the above.
 
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