Xman wrote:Raiderdave wrote:Xman wrote:
55k plus foxtel, which often shows the same game at the same time ad free.
Again, whether those ratings are good or bad for TV is irrelevant. Fact is there are still plenty of people living in Sydney who follow ARs. Far more than following RL in all states other than NSW and QLD.
plenty

.... the where the F are they then ?
25K at games
55K on TV
thats not plenty in anyones terminology unless you're a demented gimp... thats 1 in 60 people in Sydney
the game is quite .. unpopular .. in Sydney & thats not an unreasonable assessment at all.

I noticed you have ignored the simultaneous foxtel and FTA coverage the swans get. Therefore their ratings are close to 100k or sometimes higher.
Going by your logic the number of fans is limited to the people who watch the game on TV and attend the game. So the swans get 26k plus 100k on TV (foxtel included) per home game. That's 1 in 40 people who follow AFL.
The NRL get 400k on TV per home and away game, plus 17k average attendance. That's 1 in 12 people who follow NRL in Sydney.
So therefore there are 3.3 NRL fans for every AFL fan in Sydney. Nice logic.
Hardly a small following wouldn't you say?
45K ... on pay

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if its 55K on FTA ... & pay reaches only 1/3 of Sydneysiders .. then I'd say 18K to 20K on average is a fairer pay audience wouldn't you
afterall 175K was the " total " national rating for one pay game for the Swans ... metro n regional
to suggest a game that is as popular as a fart in an elevator in sydney could attract nearly a third of the national audience ... is hilarious
so we're back to about 75K on the box ... & 25K odd at the game ... a nice round 100,000 all up out of 5 Million ish who have interest in the Swans to some degree
1 in 50
appalling at best
oh & your lame attempt at working out that the NRL ( the entire code ) have just 3.3 times the number of fans in Sydney as the Swans ...
so just 330,000 all up ..needs some correcting don't you think
400K on TV ... thats either 200K per Sydney club ... or 200K for 1 & a mixture of fans of the other 7.5 sydney clubs watching the non Sydney club
remember thats an average for any NRL game ... an all Sydney games attracts more then that ..
so we have .... 200K on TV .. per club & 17K at games .... per club
217K X ... 8.5
thats 1.8 Million who are interested in League to some degree in Sydney
18 times the swans figure
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