eelofwest wrote:Drac wrote:
1) congratulations on submitting a post without a reference to penises.
2) So you admit that our biggest match is bigger than your biggest match then?
3) Now that we've established that the AFL's biggest match is bigger than the nRL's biggest match, let's look at the 4 biggest matches:
AFL Grand Final
AFL biggest Final #1
AFL Biggest Final #2
AFL Biggest Final #3
vs
SOO 1
SOO 2
SOO 3
nRL GF.
I think we'd win that. In terms of attendance it's a bit of a gamble for the AFL dependant on which teams are playing (in 2012 despite finals involving Sydney, Adelaide and West Coast, it was nRL 273k v AFL 318k), but in terms of revenue it's an absolute no-brainer. AFL Grand Final Alone generates $50 million, which is more than the entire State of Origin SERIES (that's including things like NSW and QLD jumper sponsorship btw).
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/state- ... 6372979674
The State of Origin series generates more than $30 million in revenue
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/AFL/a ... 6479849644#
GRAND Final ticket sales will top $50 million
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Huge problem with your theory.
That more then 30m figure does not included TV rights for the series which in 2011 was about 16m dollars.
Now take into account that the TV ratings for the series went from 10.3m for the 3 games series in 2011 to 11.9m viewers in 2012. In 2013 SOO is tracking for over 12m for the series, the TV right and money Channel nine make of the series is astronomical....
Last year, the QRL commissioned LEK Consulting to value the TV rights to the Origin series and the estimate was $11 million to $16 million, which means the three
games represent about a third of what Channel Nine pays annually for all rights to club, finals and representative football.
Read more:
http://www.smh.com.au/business/everyone ... z2VltjYWsF
This was in 2011 before the new TV deal which more then doubled in 2012........................the series would be worth in the vicinity of 30m just for TV rights annually atm and it will rise as SOO ratings rise.
The revenue the States(QLD,NSW) make during the SOO series is huge. that also is not included in that figure. I also herd during the first SOO game 2013 the state sports minister said on National telly at the start of the broadcast that these games make the state about 10m.
Please trying to compare your 4 largest games to ours is just fraught with disaster and it looks like you took the bait............... :_<> :_<> :_<>
I'm going to try to break this down to simple, rational points. Bear with me.
1) The LEK report was commissioned when the nRL was going to break the rights up and sell SOO separately. They didn't end up doing that, so it's not possible to say definitively what SOO is worth from a TV rights perspective, nor is it possible to gauge the exact worth of the AFL Grand Final from a $$ perspective. The AFL GF goes for longer and has more ad breaks, it rates better in the capital cities, etc. Also, ratings certainly help the bottom line of the network, but the sports don't see any extra money from it until rights negotiations time.
2) The $50m figure for the AFL GF is JUST from tickets. That's not including signage, sponsorship, the money from the Vic gov, etc.
3) Getting into what states make from events is tricky, but AFL fans travel in numbers that nRL fans simply don't. There were like 5 bays of QLDers at SOO I, and there's no telling how many of those live in Sydney already. I'm sure you'll agree that more Collingwood fans made the trip to Sydney for last year's prelim than made the trip from Brisbane for last wednesday's SOO. A similar story for the Hawks v Crows match. LOTS of people from Adelaide travelled, filling hotels and pubs (and throwing themselves off of bridges after
). Then there's the AFL GF being on during the day, with people buying BBQ supplies etc. Point is, neither side can't definitively say they generate more money for state economies in their 4 biggest matches.
4) that leaves us with match attendance and match revenue. Which the AFL wins handily.
