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Re: Ivory Tower in League Heartland
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:41 am
by Raiderdave
Beaussie wrote:AFL Warrior wrote:And who really cares about what those sheep shaggers in NZ do? They can stick to their boring league while in Australia we can have AFL all to ourselves. If you love NZ so much King-mywifeisaewe then stay there and don't come back.
People in NZ don't like RL, they love Union.
gee... the million NZ'ers that watched the NRL Grand Final must have been confused about what they were watching then ?
& the 50K plus who'll be attending the first warriors game next year at eden park will be quite baffled when that game starts won;t they
what a wally you are beaussie

Re: Ivory Tower in League Heartland
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:28 am
by Beaussie
Millions??? Bwhahahaha
Sky New Zealand, a monopoly pay-TV company part-owned by News Ltd, holds NRL rights across the Tasman.
Unlike the Nine, Fox Sports and Telstra contracts, which expire at the end of next season, the Sky NZ deal has already concluded.
Sky has made it clear it wants to pay less than the current $14 million a year, and has cited depressed ratings figures
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... =text-only
Re: Ivory Tower in League Heartland
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:33 am
by Raiderdave
it says ..........
million
as in one ...... million NZ'ers
the number that were glued to their sets for our GF
the number glued to their sets for the singletball GF
ah
umm..
was it 50............?

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Re: Ivory Tower in League Heartland
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:33 am
by Beaussie
Bullshit
Re: Ivory Tower in League Heartland
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:06 pm
by Raiderdave
you're right
it wouldn't have been 50 watching the boggerball GF
more like 30

Re: Ivory Tower in League Heartland
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:14 pm
by Topper
Beaussie wrote:Millions??? Bwhahahaha
Sky New Zealand, a monopoly pay-TV company part-owned by News Ltd, holds NRL rights across the Tasman.
Unlike the Nine, Fox Sports and Telstra contracts, which expire at the end of next season, the Sky NZ deal has already concluded.
Sky has made it clear it wants to pay less than the current $14 million a year, and has cited depressed ratings figures
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... =text-only
$14 million a year from a country in which RL supporters claim solid support? By that precedent by Sky New Zealand, the NRL can not possible hope for much more than what they got for TV rights last time, leaving it half as important as the AFL.
Re: Ivory Tower in League Heartland
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:37 pm
by Beaussie
Hilarious isn't it. Worse still, Sky has made it clear it wants to pay less. Ratings must be abysmal just like the crowds for the Warriors.
Re: Ivory Tower in League Heartland
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:31 pm
by Raiderdave
Topper wrote:Beaussie wrote:Millions??? Bwhahahaha
Sky New Zealand, a monopoly pay-TV company part-owned by News Ltd, holds NRL rights across the Tasman.
Unlike the Nine, Fox Sports and Telstra contracts, which expire at the end of next season, the Sky NZ deal has already concluded.
Sky has made it clear it wants to pay less than the current $14 million a year, and has cited depressed ratings figures
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... =text-only
$14 million a year from a country in which RL supporters claim solid support? By that precedent by Sky New Zealand, the NRL can not possible hope for much more than what they got for TV rights last time, leaving it half as important as the AFL.
its better then the ..

... $14 they pay AFL

Re: Ivory Tower in League Heartland
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:53 pm
by Topper
Beaussie wrote:Hilarious isn't it. Worse still, Sky has made it clear it wants to pay less. Ratings must be abysmal just like the crowds for the Warriors.
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so incredible in a supposed heartland.
Re: Ivory Tower in League Heartland
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:57 pm
by Raiderdave
Topper wrote:Beaussie wrote:Hilarious isn't it. Worse still, Sky has made it clear it wants to pay less. Ratings must be abysmal just like the crowds for the Warriors.
It would be hilarious if it wasn't so incredible in a supposed heartland.
a rapidly growing new frontier in a foreign land is NZ for RL .... massive growth in interest in this Rugby union heartland
has flogball got any " new " frontiers in any foreign lands ?
oh what am I saying
it has got any ... In Australia let alone anywhere else
