Saturday arvo are out too. Saturday night works and are probably best.
We can't exactly request a time change either.
That's true, but imo it's a selfish way of saying no to Thursday night footy, it's not exactly a weekly timeslot, it only happens 5-6 times a season and we'd only get 1 or 2 games in the slot if we were awarded it via some sort of Bradbury decision.
TV audiences gain ratings, if we rate well then CH7 will request us in prime time more often the following season. Everyone cracked it when Carltank got so much of it this year, problem was they rated better than Norf last season even though Norf were the superior performing team compared to them, hence why they got the nod when they shouldn't have.
We only got 10 games on FTA CH7 Vic this season including our final, we rated better than the 2 afternoon finals games also (except WCE Hawthorn that week as that was Fri night). Every interstate club gets their local team shown on their local CH7 provider every week, we don't have that same luxury, we have to compete against the big Melbourne clubs to fight for our share of 4 FTA games a round here in Victoria which we have not got much of since 2010 IIRC. Currently, Carlton, Richmond, Collingwood, Hawthorn and Geelong are winning on that front, Essendon and Norf are slightly behind while Us, Melbourne and St Kilda are miles behind the rest. It's an unfair disadvantage compared to the rest of the comp that these 3 Melbourne teams have had to put up with while they've been down the bottom of the ladder, while interstate strugglers still get their games on their FTA networks. The remedy is fans of those 3 clubs have Foxtel or are prepared to go to games every week which gets expensive.
Anyways, that's my take on it, I only want what's best for our club.