Game Day Why is no AFL game on free to air tv today

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Title says it all
What's going on??

 

[Anja_Nees]

Mate we understand you want to see your precious footy matches on TV but there’s serious business going down on Ice Road Truckers this week so check your privilege and get back in your box.

 

[caitsith01]

Because the AFL signed a terrible rights deal where we don't get to see a top 4 contest but we do get to see a bunch of crappy floggings. Worse for those of us out in the provinces, here in Adelaide we are forced to what whatever crap Adelaide and Port dish up each week with only two other games shown on FTA (often a Friday night Carlton flogging plus one).

Now, for a bunch of people to tell us to give Rupert Murdoch our money and stop whinging. I'll consider pay TV when the old bastard's dead and I can pay for AFL and nothing but AFL.

 

[wowlace]

$

 

[Tony Harrison]

Bye weekend.
7 games instead of 9.
Thursday, Fri, and Saturday night games were all forecast.
So 3 instead of 4 will be forecast.
Foxtel as part of their deal get a certain amount of exclusive games.

 

[Isaac Cumming No 1]

8/10 for posting a relevant thread topic

0/10 for checking if there's a relevant thread existing.

 

[Interstater]

Port vs Sturt on TV in SA today.
If this is the way of the future then the SANFL is going to get a huge boost.

May swap over to Foxtel for Geelong Richmond score updates every now and then and catch the end if its close.

 

[Johnny Karate]

If the AFL is worried about the game going backwards in terms of eyeballs, they need look no further - siphoning off more games behind paywalls has never worked in terms of increasing viewership.

 

[Underarm]

Because there was a game on Thursday.

 

[Kwality]

Because the AFL signed a terrible rights deal where we don't get to see a top 4 contest but we do get to see a bunch of crappy floggings. Worse for those of us out in the provinces, here in Adelaide we are forced to what whatever crap Adelaide and Port dish up each week with only two other games shown on FTA (often a Friday night Carlton flogging plus one).

Now, for a bunch of people to tell us to give Rupert Murdoch our money and stop whinging. I'll consider pay TV when the old bastard's dead and I can pay for AFL and nothing but AFL.

FTA cannot pay more money, IF the game wanted the money* & it does, PAY wins the day as it has today.

* remember the last TV deal, the AFL spent the money before it received it so ran at a loss.

 

[Kwality]

If the AFL is worried about the game going backwards in terms of eyeballs, they need look no further - siphoning off more games behind paywalls has never worked in terms of increasing viewership.

It works in terms of $s.
You could spend more of your hard earned with the sponsors of FTA broadcasts, its up to you !!

 

[Damon_3388]

If the AFL is worried about the game going backwards in terms of eyeballs, they need look no further - siphoning off more games behind paywalls has never worked in terms of increasing viewership.

Seems to work fine in most other countries...

I don't think Australians realise how privileged we have been to get so much sport on FTA TV. Doesn't happen anywhere near as much anywhere else on the planet.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

I'm guessing Collingwood-Carlton on Sunday will be Fox only too, pretty disappointing IMO, the fans made the game what it is, without us the game is nothing.

Gill said "The big winners of the new broadcast deal are the fans", really Gill, how the * did you work thst out?