pussycat wrote:
The normal thing for a viewer is to watch matches not a certain number of hours.
All AFL / NRL can watch FTA matches in isolation. The viewier is able to watch 90 if your an AFL fan or 77 if your an NRL Fan.
A NRL viewer can watch 8 PTV matches , a AFL fan 6, at times 7. Were talking about just 30% of viewers. I don't see this as much of a point, matter of fact I don't see it as a point at all given that 3 or 4 PTV matches equal the ratings of 1 FTA match. An AFL Fan has a choice in what matches he watches. If his match is a blow out he has the option of watching another match and he can watch whatever part of 9 matches he wants. Realistically how many of that 30% are going to watch more than 6 or even 7 games?
Yes , I make the argument about ratings because this is a ratings thread!
Read the thread title FFS!
So you concede the NRL fan can watch 8 games and the AFL fan 6, and usually 7. Good
It's not only about how many people can watch more than 6 games. It's about how much time people commit to watching sport over the weekend. Most, like me, probably watch FN, maybe some on Saturday arvo or night, and some on Sunday. I dont schedule my weekend around games I want to see, other than maybe my own club. I usually have social or sporting plans and watch football around that. In the time I have free to watch AFL I would watch maybe 4 AFL games over 12 hours. Any more than that and Im probably ignoring my family, friends or own sporting/social life. You could watch 6 games over that same amount of time. Yet the reality is we have watched exactly the same amount of time and provided the same value to the broadcasters. As I've said, the raw ratings figures are misleading.