Debunking the Collingwood FTA myth

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AndyD

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People here on BF seem to think that the AFL & Collingwood are in some sort of collusion to get them on FTA or that Eddie has orchastrated the draw to have them on FTA as much as possible.. However when you look at the facts you see that is just not true.

Friday Night Games= 5
Sunday Games= 2 (1 Twilight game on Foxtel)
Blockbuster/Special Timeslot games=2, or 3 if you include the split round game agaisnt Sydney in Sydney to gain 60,000+ to that game.
Saturday Games open to either 10 or Foxtel= 13 or 14

Out of 22 games there is only 8 or 9 games that are pigenhold into FTA , leaving up to 14 games for 10 & Fox to decide. Is it the AFL & Collingwoods fault that Channel 10 got most of the game? No it is not and it show that people here are just driven by blind hate with no regard for things such as facts and as such come across as ignorant fools.
 
But we were supposed to suffer when 9 lost the rights. What’s gone wrong? 10 couldn’t want Collingwood! 9 only showed them because of Eddie. There must be some sort of underhanded trench coat dealing going on here!
 

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being on FTA in perth means a delayed telecast.
and i for one cant abide delayed telecasts of anything.

as a pie fan of over 50 yrs ,id rather many more of our games on fox,so they would be LIVE and ad free.
 
Thanks and to clarify, I did mean last year as in 2006 :eek:

with the 15th place finish in '05 only 1 of our first 6 games were on fox, and because we started the year off really well whenever the networks picked which games they wanted to show 6 weeks in advance collingwood were always a top team
 

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