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“The day the AFL stops taking tax payers money so frequently to survive is the day I’ll stop watching the AL.”
Really?
You only watch the ALeague because the you think the AFL takes too much of the taxpayers money?
Couple of things…
1. That’s a damning comment on the ALeague.
2. The stadiums where the ALeague play all the matches…who do you think pays for them?
It's time the APL came clean on the state of the game in the A-Leagues
“The game has to be played in the winter on a regular home and away basis at times that are acceptable to the general public. TV should not dictate who plays who at what time and where and if they walk away we start our own streaming service after all we pay the production costs anyway.”
Nice sentiments…but:
– if the ALeague moved to a full winter season, stadium availability and pitch quality would be a disaster. I can promise you Roar would not get preference over the Broncos for any Fri/Sat games at Suncorp. Likewise SFC and any of the NRL clubs at SFS, or Victory at AAMI. It would be a total disaster.
– TV has to have a say in match times, so they can coincide with optimal broadcasting timeslots. You reckon any broadcaster will pay a zack for games at 2pm each Sat and Sun?
– “We start our own streaming service”. Shocking idea. First, Keep Up. Second, the best and only way to get eyeballs onto a product (that isn’t already watched by millions) is to get on the platform which already has the biggest tent/reach. Starting “our own” budget thing would be the quickest way to make the ALeague even more invisible.
It's time the APL came clean on the state of the game in the A-Leagues
“Be very careful what you wish for.”
– Stephen Lowy 2018
It's time the APL came clean on the state of the game in the A-Leagues
The crowds attending Bulls and WU games are “all paying spectators”?
Shirley you can’t be serious.
It's time the APL came clean on the state of the game in the A-Leagues
Well, $40M went to Keep Up, which was scrapped after 3 years.
Otherwise, its been reported that the broadcast deal with TEN/Paramount was dependent on ratings-based targets being met. These have not been met. This means less money going to the APL, which in turn means less money being distributed to clubs.
It's time the APL came clean on the state of the game in the A-Leagues
That’s the tissue he had to jam up his nostril to stop the nose bleed he had from a head high tackle earlier in the match.
Umpires' anti-Ginnivan bias has reached a new low - it's time for the AFL to step in
“ Let me guess those guys at the pub also believe all refugees need to go home. Aboriginals get too many hand outs (those lucky people) and men are always wronged in divorce proceedings. It wasn’t that long ago that women and aboriginals weren’t welcome there.”
Crikey.
Take a breath. Have a lie down.
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
It’s amazing that all these conscientious moral objectors to the Fox empire chose to take a stand and stop watching Fox content…at the precise moment FoxSports chose not to renew its contract to broadcast the ALeague.
😂
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
I think Rupert Murdoch is an appalling human being.
But FoxSports and Kayo are fantastic sports channels.
The guy who runs Netflix is probably an a*%hole.
Should I cancel my subscription?
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
I find that bizarre.
Sports fans don’t care about the politics of each individual media arm of a Group Company.
They care about having a quality sports broadcast, and easy access to watch their team on a weekend at a reasonable cost.
I have literally never met a person in a pub who says: “I’d love to watch my team on the telly tonight, but I can’t stand that one female journo who works for a different arm of the parent company…so I’m out.”
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
Yeah.
He works for Paramount because he was the FoxSports face of the ALeague for the 18 years prior.
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
That sounds simple and logical Knoxy, but “just say no” is the most famous failed anti-drugs slogan in history. Just ask G.H.W.Bush.
Go into the bathrooms of almost every pub and club in Australia and tell me drugs are not a (now seemingly acceptable) widespread social reality.
'Strongest drugs code in sport': AFL set to revamp three-strikes policy amid new 'secret immunity' bombshell
It’s a little trickier than most are acknowledging.
– The AFL cannot have players who have taken party drugs playing in AFL matches. No way. It’s an instant breach of the WADA code – 2 year ban for the player.
– The AFL is also ‘committed’ to prioritise player welfare, a singular demand of the AFLPA, who, naturally, represent the players.
– If a player goes to his club doctor (with an injury, ailment or drug confession) he is legally protected by doctor-patient confidentiality. The AFL, and even the club, cannot pierce that confidentiality.
So what do they do?
Does the club, or the AFL, dob a player in, get him banned, ruin his life, and leave the kid on the scrap heap?
I don’t pretend to have an answer.
AFL CEO Andrew Dillon responds to bombshell drugs claims, defends 'intervention' testing
“One of the best days of my life when I switched off Foxtel!!!!!”
Huh.
I’m always bemused when ALeague fans on this tab celebrate the separation from FoxSports, as though the ALeague had been held captive for years in some kind of battered abusive relationship.
To be clear, there IS no ALeague without FoxSports.
– no Simon Hill, Adam Peacock, Bozza etc
– no every match broadcast live
– no discussion panels
– no news updates and fixtures
– no visibility in its infant seasons.
The ALeague’s partnership with FoxSports is arguably the single best thing that ever happened to the game in Australia.
But by all means, drink up the champagne.
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
Yeah but Ted saves the day and gets the girl.
Result!
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
Yep.
Issues akin to Ted Striker’s drinking problem!
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
Shirley the AFL are behind all this.
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
The benefit of Fox was that it not only produced the digital content inhouse… it also provided all of the broadcasting infrastructure – the commentators, the cameras, microphones, production equipment – literally everything.
Yes, it was slightly more expensive, but it was a single-desk provider.
The risk of going with someone cheaper is…well, now we know.
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
Apparently NEP being announced to take over the production operations for the remainder of this season.
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
“The show must go on” is on the podium for the most ironic comment of the year.
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
There’s a bit of blame to go around here.
Of course, Global Advance are primarily to blame for taking on a contract, and then running on empty until it had to suddenly pull the pin, without giving any real notice to its only client. Extraordinary.
And then the APL, for engaging a 2-bit production company in the first place, and giving it the keys to provide all its broadcast content (which has been patchy to say the least). I’m tipping price had a fair bit to do with GA wining that contract.
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
For what I understand, Global Advance is the Sydney-based production company that is responsible for providing the remote broadcast services for all ALeague matches – taking the footage from the pitch and providing it to the TEN so it can be delivered onto consumer screens.
GA is as a company with basically 1 client – the ALeague.
For the ALeague chiefs to be unaware that a major broadcast partner has suddenly fallen over and gone into administration is appalling. With matches starting tomorrow, hopefully another provider can be found. It’s a tall order.
A-League avoids total embarrassment after broadcast partner goes belly up
To be fair, Adelaide Oval and Optus gave Adelaide and Perth locals a massive boost…along with more events coming into their cities.
The AFL holding Tasmania to ransom with stadium political football is an utter disgrace
I guess part of the thinking is to insist that it must have a roof, must be weather-protected, spend the money now, so its future-proofed.
Like a home renovation, it’s better to go big and do it all now, rather than build a budget version with incremental top ups over the years.
The AFL holding Tasmania to ransom with stadium political football is an utter disgrace
Yes, it’s true.
The APL spent $40M on setting up a digital arm, the centerpiece of which was the website KeepUp.
It was scrapped after 3 years. Along with about 40% of APL staff.
Binning that much money so quickly is genuinely hard to do. Especially when you don’t have much to play with. Absolute shambles.
It's time the APL came clean on the state of the game in the A-Leagues