The Queensland Government is throwing an extra $40 million towards getting a new Townsville stadium, in another bid to secure support from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Treasurer and Sports Minister Curtis Pitt flew into the north Queensland rugby league city on Friday to make the pledge ...

It's starting to look like Fairfax/9 misread or underestimated the ARLCs reaction .
Also misread other network interest .



Yes , Now that the real truth is coming out its sounding more and more like C. 9 have farked themselves.



Check ignition
And may god's love be with you,

42 days to ...

yeah he just makes this stuff up for My amusement

Always backed V’landys and supported the date. He makes things happen. He rolled the dice and was right.

I did point out the reasons that I came to my conclusion. Not just basing it on nothing and also gave a detailed response as to why.

List whatever I missed as i didn’t read all your post ...

"I do like annoying the Victorians; they are so easy to get," V'landys recently told the Herald after mocking the AFL for being weeks behind the NRL. "At times I've looked at them and had a giggle."

Here are the facts:

# The AFL have settled on a significantly reduced broadcast agreement with the Seven Network and Foxtel.

# It is the first time since 1971 that the AFL has signed a reduced broadcast agreement.

# the AFL were forced to take out a $600 million line of credit earlier this year ...

If there is any less incentive for fumbler to get PTV its because they have greater access to the higher rating FTA. Yet you still come 2nd??? why???

And if your weekly layout of matches is of such great concern then why is it that they don't change it??? Could it be they think there doing better ...

Lol because there is no penalty for being unco
No penalty for not kicking straight
No penalty for fumbling.
So there is no requirement to be "skilled "
Hence why the game is ugly .
It's full of long distance runners who have very little skill .


And when they get puffed - the tag teaming ...

NRL shares up 16% on Fox! WOW just Wow

The Australian.

Fred wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2020 1:27 pm

So AFL most watched sport on tv that day then ?

Yes , if that what makes you happy Fred go with that line.

it's not desperate.
its fox game vs a fox game...
Pussy keeps shoving it up the Murdoch's throat
again why did you pay the AFL more ?

FTA deals between the codes are drastically different.



I think it is desperate. Obviously there is more to what they paid above that is ratings. Not ...

Wishful thinking Wookie. The ARL was an organisation that Rupert sponsored for years - he hardly hated it! He obviously admired the way it was run and wanted it . And he had a bit more opposition than club colours!, ARL, Packer and Optus all wanted it . And yes, it had taken them Some years to get ...

More Head to Head

LIVE: NRL: RABBITOHS V BULLDOGS FOX LEAGUE 237,000
LIVE: AFL NORTH MELBOURNE V WEST COAST FOX FOOTY 178,000

I know you people don't like to talk about PTV but at 50k a match better in most years - thats 400k a rd.
So, you can work out what would happen if we both had the same ...

Say's it all really.

Oh I see , ,,, how will that work then - will they have Ampol or Caltex on their jumpers? And why then does the release say Ampol ?


According to the release, The two merged but took the Caltex name. They are now rebranding themselves as just Ampol.

They will be the new naming rights sponsor ...