Another cold hard fact Terry.Terry wrote: Sat Nov 17, 2018 11:19 amOk here we go........again!!!!! Pal, the incontrovertable fact is that in 2018 RL had around 20 million more viewers than AFL. In that figure I am using NRL, SOO and a few International games that add up to the exact same number of games in the AFL season, finals included. PLEASE NOTE - the same number of games. A pretty fair comparison I would say.NlolRL wrote: Fri Nov 16, 2018 4:18 pmMany AFL games shown concurrently rate below 100k on fox.pussycat wrote: Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:28 pmI added up the figures and posted them here, not that long back. I'm sure you read them at the time . There was little or no difference. there is almost 100k difference in those 3 matches were you had 3 non overlapping matches. There is also a game played most Saturday, played with no overlap and gets similar results!
But what about all the extra FTA you get? What, slipped your mind? or you don't want to talk about that
I would venture to say none of the games shown in isolation on fox rate lower than 150k
I would venture to say none of the games exclusive to fox rate lower than 150k
That alone proves that concurrent scheduling drastically affects the AFL ratings totals and averages.
Of course AFLc will come out and say the AFL target their markets with multiple games. But tell me this, which game targets a higher home market? A single game with Broncos v Bunnies, or two AFL games of the Crows v Bombers, and Roos v Saints?
That is a monumental win to RL. As such it could be fairly said that RL is the most popular sport on Australian TV in 2018.
You argue that the cumulative number is not representative of the actual popularity of a code. Good luck with that one pal!!!!!
You then give us a myriad of excuses why the AFL could, should, maybe, get bigger ratings. Most are around scheduling. Some of your points may be correct. The fact remains though that RL thrashed the AFL this year. The only way to prove your point is to get Gilty to change the scheduling & see what any perceived increase would be. He won't do it.....so tough titties. The facts are the facts.
Conversely the NRL only has the home ratings for 15 teams. NZ ratings this year increased by 40%. Over the season that's about another 7 million viewers in total. That's an actual fact.....not a could, should or maybe.
You can and will continue to tell us that the AFL wins most Fridays and finals and that 'proves' they are the most popular code. You are right that on balance more people watch AFL than RL on Friday's & finals. However the numbers and averages over the year, taking in RL's 3 tiers, proves RL is the easy winner.
It's facts v could, should, maybe. The codes have different structures and viewing patterns. AFL do well on Fridays. RL go stupendously with SOO, are very strong with Internationals and have great domestic (NRL) numbers.
(Having said that the NRL comp alone, with many less games, outrated the AFL season for the first time in many years.)
You can and will continue on and on and on with your excuses, theories and spurious comparisons. It won't change the facts.
I will not be going round and round the goldfish bowl with you about this again......it's been done to death pal. Let's just say you can stick to your if, but's and maybe's and I'll stick to the cold hard facts.
By claiming a 20mil viewers win, your actually saying in reality it's only about 6500 more logs of an Oztam box.
Another way to see it is about half the average crowd at one NRL game.
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