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Just read this article by Rebecca Wilson in the Telegraph thought it was pointless and had no substance, and gave the AFL a kick in the guts. thoughts.
David Gallop and the NRL are of historic deal which will cement the NRL's place at the top of the footy pecking order

RUGBY League has finished the home-and-away season so far ahead of the country's other three football codes that no amount of bluff and bluster from any of the losers can atone for it. Even the overly cautious NRL boss David Gallop allowed himself the luxury of arrogance this week when he delivered the state of the game report to the new NRL commissioners. League may have suffered a 0.6 per cent drop in live crowds, but the figure was still the third highest in the code's history.
The really dramatic difference between league and the rest comes when you look at the television ratings.
Of the 100 top rating pay television programs, a massive 74 are league games.
While the AFL rested on its laurels and bleated about its $1.2 billion television rights deal, the death is in the detail for a code clearly on the brink of a recession. The AFL accounted for a measly 14 of the top rating programs on subscriber television and not just because Foxtel did not have the best games of each round.

The AFL's crowds are down by a massive 5.5 per cent, and its free to air television ratings outside Melbourne often verge on woeful. Combine that with the ridiculous injection of money into two teams that will not win a competition for two decades (the Gold Coast and the GWS) and you can see why Gallop is crowing.
The fabled Battle of the West in Sydney is being won so handsomely by league that it is embarrassing the AFL has even tried to pump up their alleged success there.
The fact is that league is clobbering AFL in the west and shows no sign of waning in the face of the GWS.
Gallop has been accused of neglecting western Sydney but the NRL has 20 development officers in the west compared with the AFL's six. Participation figures in the juniors are so far ahead in the region that Demetriou cannot possibly skew them.
Attempts to sign school kids up with a back pack and a football, and then claim them as "participants", cannot hide the fact that junior league in the west is thriving.
Gallop has finally started to show some signs of self confidence in his game after being bashed for nearly a decade by his critics. As he enters the tricky world of television negotiations, his growing self-belief cannot be knocked by media executives keen to snare a bargain after paying way too much for the AFL. He said quite rightly this week that the major investment in the Gold Coast and the GWS - at the expense of haemorrhaging established clubs - is a massive risk for AFL boss Andrew Demetriou.
Already the drums are beating - signing young stars to stratospheric contracts at these two fledgling franchises has left other clubs wondering how they can ever balance the ledger. The one-sided scorelines have become endemic and show no signs of being fixed by a draft system that has been tinkered with to accommodate two new teams.
The fact is that 2012 can only deliver more hugely one-sided results and at least two games a week that will see new teams barely able to compete. Rugby and soccer, too, are staring down the barrel of oblivion if they fail to capitalise on opportunities.
The Rugby World Cup will make or break the code in Australia, at least over the next four years. If the Wallabies perform to expectations, rugby can expect a resurgence in popularity that should sustain the ailing Super XV competition. TV ratings were down 8 per cent on last season.
As for soccer, the A-League bled 15 per cent of its viewers last season and can only be saved in the short term by Harry Kewell and Brett Emerton. Whether these two can provide a long-term fix is debatable. My view is that soccer in Australia at domestic level is doomed, regardless of what these two do.
David Gallop stands on the brink of an historic deal that will cement his place at the top of the football pecking order in Australia. He cannot allow himself to be conned by the view from some that league's off-field troubles mar its sponsorship and television potential. The facts are that league has a growing young demographic, increasing family involvement and a television product that is by far and away the lifeblood of subscriber television.
We are only years away from movies and other television content being readily available at the click of a switch. Live sport holds the key for pay television growth and Gallop can safely boast league is the best option on offer. He just needs to hold his nerve and stare them down ... and he could have himself the deal of the century.
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http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...ty-pecking-order/story-e6frexnr-1226133524388
 
there was discussion about this earlier

Always found Sydney medias insecurity about AFL and their attempts to undermine it the equivalent of a little brother desperately trying to get the attention of their older brother

Look at me. Look at me!

Reality is rugby league in southern half the country is irrelevant. Save for the odd patronising comment about how well Storm are travelling, nobody really cares
 

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Live sport holds the key for pay television growth and Gallop can safely boast league is the best option on offer.
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Probably the exact reason Foxtel threw bags of money at the AFL for the next rights, to drive subscriptions in the southern states which lag well behind the northern states and the reason why Foxtel won't throw bags of money at NRL as Foxtel is already maxed out there.

Nice of Wilson to completely contradict herself.

Also I'm glad you posted the entire article so people don't click the link and provide the hits. Pretty smart tactic. Write an article talking up league and talking down AFL and you get fans of both codes clicking to read.
 
she is only comparing pay TV audiences not free to air between league and AFL which is pretty stupid considering there must be more people in NSW and Queensland which would have Pay TV anyway, on top of the fact that there are more league games on Fox plus have there own stand alone slot in Monday night footy which from what i've heard is a big deal in Sydney
 
Surely every one of her articles should start with the disclaimer:

"Ms Wilson is married to the head of News Limited and has been quoted as saying David Gallup is a close friend."
 
THRILLHO said:
Probably the exact reason Foxtel threw bags of money at the AFL for the next rights, to drive subscriptions in the southern states which lag well behind the northern states and the reason why Foxtel won't throw bags of money at NRL as Foxtel is already maxed out there.

Nice of Wilson to completely contradict herself.
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Exactly. Pretty dopey article logic-wise. She's almost arguing that Pay TV would pay Rugby League overs as a reward for delivering 74/100 top rating programs. What she fails to realise - and she ain't Robinsonetta Crusoe here - is that Pay TV will only pay overs to GROW their business. The market in NSW/Qld is saturated, so why would they pay more for something they pretty much already own.
 
She needs a good kick in the snatch.
Horrible woman who probably made excuses for Inglis, Bird, Thaiday and Stewart when they were up for various female abuse cases.
Shit game anyway
 
PrideOf said:
Surely every one of her articles should start with the disclaimer:

"Ms Wilson is married to the head of News Limited and has been quoted as saying David Gallup is a close friend."
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She is not married to Hartigan just lives with him - maybe he is too smart for her.

She never lets the FACTS get in the way of one of her anti AFL/ALeague/Rugby Union rants

It has to be the only reason she gets a gig writing for News Ltd rags because as a "journalist/reporter" she is just plain woeful and would struggle to get a job on your local throw away paper.

I wonder if next year Hartigan lets her get away with bagging the AFL when foxtel which News Ltd owns 25% of starts telecasting every game in a bid to lift their subs in AFL states?
 
PrideOf said:
Surely every one of her articles should start with the disclaimer:

"Ms Wilson is married to the head of News Limited and has been quoted as saying David Gallup is a close friend."
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Not right ... nearly right, she sleeps with him.

But if you are suggesting she's his handbag, you need to review your opinion of relationships, you are living in a bygone era, long gone where women of Rebecca Wilsons individuality is concerned.
 
FERRIS said:
She needs a good kick in the snatch.
Horrible woman who probably made excuses for Inglis, Bird, Thaiday and Stewart when they were up for various female abuse cases.
Shit game anyway
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Eddie would love you, no wonder Pies fans get pidgeon holed. Your opinion of females is there for all to see - genuine sad case !!

IF you read the article you'd have considered this bit:
Live sport holds the key for pay television growth and Gallop can safely boast league is the best option on offer. He just needs to hold his nerve and stare them down ... and he could have himself the deal of the century.

Fox have the NRL fans in legions, not so AFL fans.
 

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Kwality said:
Eddie would love you, no wonder Pies fans get pidgeon holed. Your opinion of females is there for all to see - genuine sad case !!

IF you read the article you'd have considered this bit:
Live sport holds the key for pay television growth and Gallop can safely boast league is the best option on offer. He just needs to hold his nerve and stare them down ... and he could have himself the deal of the century.

Fox have the NRL fans in legions, not so AFL fans.
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My opinion of her, not females you fool.
I did read the article and every article that comes out about AFL that she writes.
She is biased and irrational when discussing AFL and obviously her relationship with a News Ltd exec clouds her better judgement.
AFL fans would prefer to go to games, NRL fans obviously prefer to sit at home and watch a half empty stadium every week.
 
FERRIS said:
My opinion of her, not females you fool.
I did read the article and every article that comes out about AFL that she writes.
She is biased and irrational when discussing AFL and obviously her relationship with a News Ltd exec clouds her better judgement.
AFL fans would prefer to go to games, NRL fans obviously prefer to sit at home and watch a half empty stadium every week.
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Your problem is there for all to see. Do you actually believe women say/do/write what a bloke tells them?
 
Kwality said:
Your problem is there for all to see. Do you actually believe women say/do/write what a bloke tells them?
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Please highlight?
When did I say she was being told to write something?
Her relationship is clouding her judgement, she is becoming overly defensive of NRL and overly critical of AFL. In her world, there isn't room for both codes.
But keep going, I'm interested to hear more psychoanalysis.
 
I don't have the stats but I'd be stunned if the fta ratings in Perth would ever verge on woeful, especially considering the Eagles have been so successful this year. Adelaide might be down a bit with the poor year for the Crows and Power but they'll be up again soon.

As for TV ratings in Sydney or Brisbane - surely the AFL would do no worse than the NRL does in Perth and Adelaide
 

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reggie said:
I don't have the stats but I'd be stunned if the fta ratings in Perth would ever verge on woeful, especially considering the Eagles have been so successful this year. Adelaide might be down a bit with the poor year for the Crows and Power but they'll be up again soon.

As for TV ratings in Sydney or Brisbane - surely the AFL would do no worse than the NRL does in Perth and Adelaide
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Given past rugby league-related data manipulation she has probably just compared Perth and Adelaide AFL ratings and compared them directly to Sydney and Brisbane NRL ratings.
 
FERRIS said:
Please highlight?
When did I say she was being told to write something?
Her relationship is clouding her judgement, she is becoming overly defensive of NRL and overly critical of AFL. In her world, there isn't room for both codes.
But keep going, I'm interested to hear more psychoanalysis.
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I'd refer you to what was said:
Live sport holds the key for pay television growth and Gallop can safely boast league is the best option on offer. He just needs to hold his nerve and stare them down ... and he could have himself the deal of the century.
 
PrideOf said:
Surely every one of her articles should start with the disclaimer:

"Ms Wilson is married to the head of News Limited and has been quoted as saying David Gallup is a close friend."
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As has been pointed out, they are not married, but there is clearly a conflict of interest here. A staggering one, really.

I started a thread about her a couple of years ago, before her admission that she was doing the deed with Hartigan. I asked, 'how is she getting a gig writing opinion pieces'. When I got the answer, I couldn't stop laughing.

This is a woman who sits atop a moral high-horse when it comes to the actions of male sports stars but who has herself been convicted of drink-driving more than once.

I mean, seriously...
 

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