I'm hitting pause on the A-League and going on the Euro football holiday I've always dreamed of
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Sebastian Hassett has written a report for the Sydney Morning Herald that should be a concern for football fans.
Sebastian has reported that the top two TV executives at SBS have suggested that football be reduced or taken off the SBS schedule.
The SBS review is an internal document. I have not been able to to obtain a copy. SBS has made no announcement.
From what I can determine, the SBS Board has not made any final decision. So, I think it is up to us football fans to let SBS know what we think.
The reason SBS is looking at this appears to be connected to ratings and commercial revenue. If SBS really understood how many football fans there are in Australia, they would rethink this proposal.
I certainly appreciate the coverage that they give with A-league, UEFA and other football.
Football needs coverage on free-to-air TV. Foxtel also do a great job with their coverage of football. And I am sure that Foxtel will happily pick up any rights to games that SBS give up. However, the sport needs to be on free-to-air TV as well. I think even Foxtel understands that free-to-air helps grow their audience.
Some of the commercial networks are happy to pick up the big events such as when top international teams visit Australia, or even the A-league finals. As yet, no commercial TV network has shown that they want to be involved in football on a weekly basis.
ABC has cut the W-league despite the fact that it rated in its afternoon timeslot. For ABC, it was all about cost, as they have no way of making revenue from broadcasting sport. SBS is different as it can show advertising.
These decisions will continue to be made until people understand that there is a large number of people who want to watch football on TV.
So, please get on the phone, or on email and tell SBS that you would like to see football continue on the channel.
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