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- Sep 1, 2009
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Currently the Saturday Night games start at 7.40pm, which is a good time for television, granted, but it is a major pain for spectators, especially as my team always seem to get 7.40pm Saturday Night home games. 7.40pm starts work fine for rugby union, league and football (soccer) because those sports go for less than two hours. An Aussie Rules match goes for nearly three hours and by the time I am home after a Lions home game it's around 11-11.30pm. It is simply way too late for families. FFS I'm a uni student and I'm bitching about it. I thought 7.10pm as a starting time was pushing it a bit but this takes the cake.
So here is my solution (realistically won't happen until 2017 and done under the assumption that 7 keep the rights and keep their news service at 6pm).
Have the first Saturday Night game at 6.40pm AEST.
Have the second Saturday Night game at 7.10pm AEST.
Have both games shown on free-to-air, one game live and the other on replay. Of course both games live in Foxtel.
Victoria and Tasmania FTA viewers will always get the 6.40pm game first and the 7.10pm game afterwards.
South Australia and Northern Territory FTA viewers will always get the 7.10pm game first (which of course starts 6.40pm their time) and the 6.40pm game afterwards. If a South Australian team is playing on a Saturday Night they will always get the 7.10pm AEST game.
Queensland and NSW/ACT FTA viewers will normally get the 6.40pm game first and the 7.10pm game afterwards, unless if the local team is playing the 7.10pm game, in that case they will get that game first on FTA TV.
Western Australia FTA viewers will get whichever game is more appealing to the neutral first, unless if their local team is playing, in that case they get that game first.
This is good for spectators because games don't start ridiculously late and they can watch a game on television afterwards, which is good for viewership. Television viewers get a double header and 7 get extra ratings because of the double header and the first game starts straight after the news (except in WA).
The other three games on Saturday can start at 1.10pm, 2.10pm and 4.10pm.
So here is my solution (realistically won't happen until 2017 and done under the assumption that 7 keep the rights and keep their news service at 6pm).
Have the first Saturday Night game at 6.40pm AEST.
Have the second Saturday Night game at 7.10pm AEST.
Have both games shown on free-to-air, one game live and the other on replay. Of course both games live in Foxtel.
Victoria and Tasmania FTA viewers will always get the 6.40pm game first and the 7.10pm game afterwards.
South Australia and Northern Territory FTA viewers will always get the 7.10pm game first (which of course starts 6.40pm their time) and the 6.40pm game afterwards. If a South Australian team is playing on a Saturday Night they will always get the 7.10pm AEST game.
Queensland and NSW/ACT FTA viewers will normally get the 6.40pm game first and the 7.10pm game afterwards, unless if the local team is playing the 7.10pm game, in that case they will get that game first on FTA TV.
Western Australia FTA viewers will get whichever game is more appealing to the neutral first, unless if their local team is playing, in that case they get that game first.
This is good for spectators because games don't start ridiculously late and they can watch a game on television afterwards, which is good for viewership. Television viewers get a double header and 7 get extra ratings because of the double header and the first game starts straight after the news (except in WA).
The other three games on Saturday can start at 1.10pm, 2.10pm and 4.10pm.