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Australia is borrowing billions to get through COVID. Hardly a surprise the AFL need to offset the loss of their significant attendance income.pussycat Mark 11 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 26, 2021 4:55 pmThat article does plenty of bragging about the AFL but know where in that article did I hear them mention that the AFL had to borrow $60m and still ran at a big loss and are expecting to for the next 4 or 5 years.
I'm not aware of any other sporting events in Australia that borrowed heavily last year though, I may be wrong there. I'm certainly not aware of any that will post heavy loses for the next 5 years. Then try to make out that there the no1 sport in the country. Even though fewer people watch there matches etc. etcNlolRL wrote: ↑Sat Jun 26, 2021 7:08 pmAustralia is borrowing billions to get through COVID. Hardly a surprise the AFL need to offset the loss of their significant attendance income.pussycat Mark 11 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 26, 2021 4:55 pmThat article does plenty of bragging about the AFL but know where in that article did I hear them mention that the AFL had to borrow $60m and still ran at a big loss and are expecting to for the next 4 or 5 years.
Furthermore, how the fuck is that relevant?
NFL clubs lost a combined $4bil last year due to COVID. Idiotpussycat Mark 11 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 11:14 amI'm not aware of any other sporting events in Australia that borrowed heavily last year though, I may be wrong there. I'm certainly not aware of any that will post heavy loses for the next 5 years. Then try to make out that there the no1 sport in the country. Even though fewer people watch there matches etc. etcNlolRL wrote: ↑Sat Jun 26, 2021 7:08 pmAustralia is borrowing billions to get through COVID. Hardly a surprise the AFL need to offset the loss of their significant attendance income.pussycat Mark 11 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 26, 2021 4:55 pmThat article does plenty of bragging about the AFL but know where in that article did I hear them mention that the AFL had to borrow $60m and still ran at a big loss and are expecting to for the next 4 or 5 years.
Furthermore, how the fuck is that relevant?
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Fred wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 11:41 amMore people watch in oerson… like actually go to the game. If you are going to state that purchasing foxtel is a significsnt effort than surely getting off your arse, going to the game, spending the money to go, is surely a bigger measure.
I don’t k or anywhere or anyone (apart from you) that disputes that the AFL is the biggest sporting body in Australia. Much bigger than the nrl and arl. You tend to place everything on ratings although they are only one measure….. and even then … it’s obvious when played directly against one another head to head afl 99 percent of the time win those ratings.
What were the figures from last year re: ratings anyway… I couldn’t really care enough to look them up… but didn’t the afl beat the nrl ? Doesn’t AFL win finals in a landslide every year ?
But anyway, you are basing nrl being bigger just by using ratings… which are obviously questionable and murky in the first place whilst excluding all other measures.
Look at the nrl commissioned report…. AFL is used as a benchmark (which I think is a fairly obvious flaw in the report I feel due to afl having a completely different culture in such things as attendance and membership) but it is quite obvious in that report that AFL leads in pretty much all their metrics.
NlolRL wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 12:07 pmNFL clubs lost a combined $4bil last year due to COVID. Idiotpussycat Mark 11 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 11:14 amI'm not aware of any other sporting events in Australia that borrowed heavily last year though, I may be wrong there. I'm certainly not aware of any that will post heavy loses for the next 5 years. Then try to make out that there the no1 sport in the country. Even though fewer people watch there matches etc. etc
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nfl-pandem ... enue-loss/
I realise that intelligence is not your strong point LOL but my post clearly says Australia and NFL is not an Australian sport.NlolRL wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 12:07 pmNFL clubs lost a combined $4bil last year due to COVID. Idiotpussycat Mark 11 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 11:14 amI'm not aware of any other sporting events in Australia that borrowed heavily last year though, I may be wrong there. I'm certainly not aware of any that will post heavy loses for the next 5 years. Then try to make out that there the no1 sport in the country. Even though fewer people watch there matches etc. etc
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nfl-pandem ... enue-loss/
Clubs were never mentioned. And while the NRL did record a loss it was largely due to Origin being played later in the season and not included in last years Annual Report.
Relevant because even the biggest sport in the world were hit. With the AFL based in Melbourne, the hardest hit of all states by covid, the impact was always going to be significantpussycat Mark 11 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 1:43 pmI realise that intelligence is not your strong point LOL but my post clearly says Australia and NFL is not an Australian sport.NlolRL wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 12:07 pmNFL clubs lost a combined $4bil last year due to COVID. Idiotpussycat Mark 11 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 11:14 am
I'm not aware of any other sporting events in Australia that borrowed heavily last year though, I may be wrong there. I'm certainly not aware of any that will post heavy loses for the next 5 years. Then try to make out that there the no1 sport in the country. Even though fewer people watch there matches etc. etc
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nfl-pandem ... enue-loss/
Well you did imply making a loss means you can't claim to be the country's no1 sport. Maybe tell that to the NFLpussycat Mark 11 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 1:43 pmI realise that intelligence is not your strong point LOL but my post clearly says Australia and NFL is not an Australian sport.NlolRL wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 12:07 pmNFL clubs lost a combined $4bil last year due to COVID. Idiotpussycat Mark 11 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 11:14 am
I'm not aware of any other sporting events in Australia that borrowed heavily last year though, I may be wrong there. I'm certainly not aware of any that will post heavy loses for the next 5 years. Then try to make out that there the no1 sport in the country. Even though fewer people watch there matches etc. etc
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nfl-pandem ... enue-loss/