AFL Dominates Sports News in the Media

[Topper]

He will. It's only a matter of time.

[enarelle]

The report would seem to be from 2005. Is there any information from this decade? How many of these stories were written by the Herald Sun? How many stories per page? How many people read these stories?

Five different AFL stories on one page in the Herald Sun versus one full page story in the Sydney Morning Herald on NRL. AFL wins 5 to 1.Quality of the content? Value of the readership?

All a real nonsense

[Xman]

You can't deny the facts. 2 times the stories, the interest, the fans, the money, the crowds, the members, the size.

[enarelle]

The TV ratings.

[Topper]

Which are also being won by the AFL.

[Xman]

The TV ratings.

Even if the NRL is winning the ratings, which we all know it actually isn't given the amount each code is paid by the networks, that's one out of 7 key indicators.

That would be a resounding loss

[Beaussie]

The report would seem to be from 2005. Is there any information from this decade?

What you think the reporting would have changed? Face facts, the AFL dominates the sports news in this country. Reflective of course of the fact it is our national game.

[Topper]

That's why they have such a lying culture. They wouldn't know the truth if it jumped in front of them.

[enarelle]

I love the way the AFL crew resort to slagging people off when they dont get compliance. Seems to be part of the "born to rule mentality" that prevails down south. Hit them with a few facts or a different perspective and all hell breaks lose.

The majority of the media,along with the people, is based in NSW/QLD/ACT that is print,TV and radio and the AFL crew thinks that would be focused on the AFL. Dream on gentleman -dream on.

[Beaussie]

The majority of the media,along with the people, is based in NSW/QLD/ACT that is print,TV and radio and the AFL crew thinks that would be focused on the AFL. Dream on gentleman -dream on.

And yet we still get more TV dollars, bigger crowds, tv ratings, membership numbers, sponsorship deals and media coverage. Go figure eh?

[enarelle]

Higher TV ratings? What is the special AFL definition at this point in time?

[Raiderdave]

The majority of the media,along with the people, is based in NSW/QLD/ACT that is print,TV and radio and the AFL crew thinks that would be focused on the AFL. Dream on gentleman -dream on.

And yet we still get more TV dollars, bigger crowds, tv ratings, membership numbers, sponsorship deals and media coverage. Go figure eh?

the Crowds are big in Melbourne only ... the rest of the country AFL is a bit .. meh .. even SA'ers & WA'ers have had their fill
face it
you are a silly little sport .. confined to the Sthn corner of a small country ( population wise )
with no prospects of anymore growth
you've hit the ceiling .... expansion hit its peak about 5 years ago & is steadily declining & going backward .. certainly outside the heartland
even with hundreds of millions already spent & 2 new teams , nothing can hide the failure in the non traditional states ... if expansion had been a success ova the last 30 years ... the AFL would not of had to of compromised its own salary cap n draft rules & poached players off its main rival to help these new teams
if expansion in NSW & QLD had been a success .. they wouldn't have needed the amount of assistance they are getting ..with the dough spent .. they should have needed none
but sadly they'll be sucking on the teet for a very very long time as a result of the failure to make any real inroads... a painful truth.

your comp was a lop sided abortion in 2011
seriously it was awful..... & it will get worse in 2012... with another easy beat team to join the 6 or 7 you already have
tanking
off field scandals , all of this leading to declining crowds .... TV ratings ...etc


a failure to provide anything close to a succesful represenative program to offer your fans outside of this snorfest of a domestic comp
despite the ministery of falsehoods & lies claiming inroads overseas ..... it is a blip on the radar & will never be anything more then a game played by ex pats O/S for a bit of fun
my my
I'd hate to be in the AFL's shoes in the coming decades

meanwhile lets look at your main competitor .. the code that has not only halted your codes designs on national dominence ... but repelled it
the NRL
only now coming out of the shadows of a bitter civil conflict
a new IC to run the game
crowds doubling in the last 25 years ... memberships increasing by 400% in the last 4 years ... the most watched sport on TV in the country & increasing its lead ova its nearest rival each year
expansion options all ova the place including internationally as well as non traditional areas of Aust
about to sign a TV deal more then double its present one
a wonderfully even comp .... seriously its a case of ... your team is a chance against anyone , most weeks
talent being developed like it was a factory through great development systems .... Harold Mathews cup , SG Ball Cup ... Meninga Cup .. Toyota Cup
the emergence of NZ , the youth coming out of that nation is amazing .. Kiwis are just lapping our great game up so much so that a 2nd kiwi side out of the Sth Island.. is a given within 10 years

wow

Rugby League .... the Australasian code of the next 20 years
nothing surer

[Xman]

Every AFL club gets well over the average NRL crowd including non victorian clubs.

What are you on enarrelle?

[Raiderdave]

And yet we still get more TV dollars, bigger crowds, tv ratings, membership numbers, sponsorship deals and media coverage. Go figure eh?

the Crowds are big in Melbourne only ... the rest of the country AFL is a bit .. meh .. even SA'ers & WA'ers have had their fill
face it
you are a silly little sport .. confined to the Sthn corner of a small country ( population wise )
with no prospects of anymore growth
you've hit the ceiling .... expansion hit its peak about 5 years ago & is steadily declining & going backward .. certainly outside the heartland
even with hundreds of millions already spent & 2 new teams , nothing can hide the failure in the non traditional states ... if expansion had been a success ova the last 30 years ... the AFL would not of had to of compromised its own salary cap n draft rules & poached players off its main rival to help these new teams
if expansion in NSW & QLD had been a success .. they wouldn't have needed the amount of assistance they are getting ..with the dough spent .. they should have needed none
but sadly they'll be sucking on the teet for a very very long time as a result of the failure to make any real inroads... a painful truth.

your comp was a lop sided abortion in 2011
seriously it was awful..... & it will get worse in 2012... with another easy beat team to join the 6 or 7 you already have
tanking
off field scandals , all of this leading to declining crowds .... TV ratings ...etc


a failure to provide anything close to a succesful represenative program to offer your fans outside of this snorfest of a domestic comp
despite the ministery of falsehoods & lies claiming inroads overseas ..... it is a blip on the radar & will never be anything more then a game played by ex pats O/S for a bit of fun
my my
I'd hate to be in the AFL's shoes in the coming decades

meanwhile lets look at your main competitor .. the code that has not only halted your codes designs on national dominence ... but repelled it
the NRL
only now coming out of the shadows of a bitter civil conflict
a new IC to run the game
crowds doubling in the last 25 years ... memberships increasing by 400% in the last 4 years ... the most watched sport on TV in the country & increasing its lead ova its nearest rival each year
expansion options all ova the place including internationally as well as non traditional areas of Aust
about to sign a TV deal more then double its present one
a wonderfully even comp .... seriously its a case of ... your team is a chance against anyone , most weeks
talent being developed like it was a factory through great development systems .... Harold Mathews cup , SG Ball Cup ... Meninga Cup .. Toyota Cup
the emergence of NZ , the youth coming out of that nation is amazing .. Kiwis are just lapping our great game up so much so that a 2nd kiwi side out of the Sth Island.. is a given within 10 years

wow

Rugby League .... the Australasian code of the next 20 years
nothing surer

Is that why WC have a waiting list for memberships and the WA government is about to build a new 60k seat stadium? do you think they're building it in the hope the Reds come back? , remember pre 2000? build it and they will come

if the demand was real.. they'd of built it 20 years ago
WA.. is supposed to be our wealthiest state isn't it ... why has it taken 30 years to get a decent ground

WA's AFL sides........... play in a hole & will for another 7 years

[Xman]

Oh my!

The demand is growing!

Why the hell would a city of just over 1.5mil, or whatever they were 20 years ago, build a stadium for 70k?? WAFL games were big for their population but never warranted a stadium larger than the WACA or Subiaco.

Once they joined the AFL the crowds just grew!

Perth is a smaller city than Brisbane, yet they have 2 teams which average a combined 80k a fortnight! Yet Brisbane Broncos averaged only 33k a fortnight and are your leagues highest crowd drawer by a long way.

I'd leave this one alone, youre looking sillier than usual.