“If Foxtel coughs, all the codes catch a cold. If you haven’t got them in play, the other parties won’t be paying as much as they should because you need competitive tension. When COVID-19 hit, they were the only ones. If they went under, there was no one else available.”

V’landys also recently ...

If Paramount continues to be a player in sports rights we may very well find ourselves getting substantially more for our rights next time - long before 2031.


I think this could have some merit - but it is all speculation. What we do know is that AFL gets substantially more than the NRL ...