eelofwest wrote:piesman2011 wrote:Eelofwest,
You make a good point comparing Sydney friday night to Perth friday night. Sydney averages about 36K FTA friday nights for the AFL compared to Perths average of 6.4 K on friday night for the NRL. Sydney's population is not quite 3 times bigger then Perths. When you almost tripple Perths NRL numbers you get about half the ratings that Sydney gets. With some good advertising and a team of their own I could see Perths ratings doubling. The only other factor comming into play would be that Sydney really has about 50K watching the AFL friday night with PTV numbers included.
Thankyou pies for you balanced view, i see what your saying and your acknowledging that Sydney has had a team in the AFL for 30+ years
and still at the level of Perth with no team no coverage. So AFL not in a good place in Sydney and Brisbane.
Thanks for your opinion, i can see you like to add to the conversation/Debate unlike Xman and Tpg. =D> =D>
Perth have watched 12 NRL games at an average of 8k.
Melbourne have watched 11 NRL games at an average of 18k, and they have their own team on top of the ladder!
Sydney have watched 20 AFL games at an average of 39k, plus foxtel ratings. Their average would be well over 50k. They average 54k when the swans are playing, again with foxtel ratings probably producing another 30k.
Brisbane have watched 19 games at an average of 40k, plus foxtel ratings, which would add at least 10-20k.
Going by population,
per million:
- Perth watch NRL at 4.4k
- Melbourne watch NRL at 4.5k
- Sydney watch AFL at 8.7k with foxtel ratings making it closer to 13k. The swans would rate 18k per million.
- Brisbane/GC watch AFL at 16k with foxtel ratings making it closer to 22k.
Somehow I think the AFL is well ahead of the NRL in non heartland ratings.
