NRL to reap $1.2b from TV rights

[Raiderdave]

they will ignore any valid points .

well try posting a few & we'll talk.............

[Xman]

They had 17 this or last year didn't they?

Has the NRL draw even been announced yet?

it has now. Raiders, 1 FTA game in the first 20 rounds! Didnt they make the finals last year?

http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/artic ... draw-2013/

What a joke!

[Stewie]

That's fucking pathetic. Raiderdave try not deflecting this fact and stay on topic.

[ParraEelsNRL]

Don't be so quick to jump guys, if the Raiders are having a good season, ch 9 still has the last 6 rounds leading into the finals, open.

[Stewie]

Don't be so quick to jump guys, if the Raiders are having a good season, ch 9 still has the last 6 rounds leading into the finals, open.

They had a good season this year, did they not? What makes you think anything will change come the last 6 games with the nRL scheduling? AFL fans would be up in arms if Collingwood got 17 Friday night games and a team that finished above them on the ladder only had 1 game on FTA. We don't accept that shit though like nRL fans do.

[Xman]

Don't be so quick to jump guys, if the Raiders are having a good season, ch 9 still has the last 6 rounds leading into the finals, open.

They had a good season this year, did they not? What makes you think anything will change come the last 6 games with the nRL scheduling? AFL fans would be up in arms if Collingwood got 17 Friday night games and a team that finished above them on the ladder only had 1 game on FTA. We don't accept that shit though like nRL fans do.

As would the AFL. Ch9 screwing with the NRL and its fans all for ratings. Yet the AFL still win, plus they sold their rights for more.

[Xman]

It would if the broadcasters, and that means Channel Nine who have their Sydney and Brisbane blinkers on didn't still have an inordinate amount of say in who plays where and when, and the NRL administration didn't break its back bending over to accommodate them.

It's staggering to think that the best team in rugby league will feature in the prime TV slot just twice in the opening 20 rounds.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/t ... 6522882639



NRL, what a joke!

[Xman]

“It is disappointing for our fans, our sponsors and our players,” Furner told AAP.
“I think there are a lot of teams who aren’t as attractive to watch as us that are getting a lot more games on Channel Nine.
“We have some of the most exciting players in the competition, Josh Dugan, Blake Ferguson, Terry Campese … I have been banging on about it for years and I will keep banging on about it but I just don’t know what we have to do.
“Channel Nine games are a big deal for us, the players love to play in them … it is a pity.”
Furner said the raiders were one of the highest rating sides on Fox Sports but remain shunned by the free-to-air broadcaster.
“I understand Nine have paid a lot of money for the rights, and it is a great deal for the code. But I can’t understand why there can’t be a more even spread of games,” he said.
“I have been in constant contact with the NRL in regard to this and they are sympathetic to our requests but they just can’t seem to get them across the line.
“We are in battle down here against the AFL and we need all the help we can get.
“We just have to use it as motivation to win games to put us in a position to get free-to-air coverage in the last six rounds and to qualify for the finals where of course every game is on Channel Nine.”
Wests Tigers captain Robbie Farah was another to vent his anger over the draw.
“No Sunday afternoon game at Leichhardt. #Speechless”, he tweeted.

Looks like the raiders are furious about their treatment from the NRL and ch9

[pussycat]

And only the lucky 13 get a Friday night game in AFL.

[Xman]

And only the lucky 13 get a Friday night game in AFL.

It has nothing to do with luck you fool. Teams who perform well get more prime time games. Plus these 5 play prime time Saturday.

After 20 rounds and 40 Friday night round the raider play 1 or 0 prime time games? and they made the finals last year!

[pussycat]

Form , Didnt I tell you that.


Poor Suns and GWS banned from being shown Ch7 in there own state for 5 years, While West Coast is shown every week in theres something has to be wrong here.

[Raiderdave]

They had 17 this or last year didn't they?

Has the NRL draw even been announced yet?

it has now. Raiders, 1 FTA game in the first 20 rounds! Didnt they make the finals last year?

http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/artic ... draw-2013/

What a joke!

and this is a surprise how exactly ?
its a commercial reality even our CEO has admitted is "understandable "

the Raiders would obviously like more games on FTA
but will be content counting their millions in profits from their other business activities to help them sleep at night

meanwhile
port crapelaide .. with 22 FTA games & many other VFL clubs .. like the wions
will be crying themselves to sleep at night , wondering where their next penny will be coming from

[Xman]

Form , Didnt I tell you that.


Poor Suns and GWS banned from being shown Ch7 in there own state for 5 years, While West Coast is shown every week in theres something has to be wrong here.

Their not banned from ch7. The agreement was to show AFL on 7mate to qld and nsw, just like NRl is on gem to AFL states.

Every AFL gets a decent go on FTA TV, even better if they make the 8. The suns and giants are shown on FTA 20 times the number of times the raiders are in the first 20 rounds last year!

Interesting how youre defending it but the raiders and other clubs are furious...

[Xman]

They had 17 this or last year didn't they?

Has the NRL draw even been announced yet?

it has now. Raiders, 1 FTA game in the first 20 rounds! Didnt they make the finals last year?

http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/artic ... draw-2013/

What a joke!

and this is a surprise how exactly ?
its a commercial reality even our CEO has admitted is "understandable "

the Raiders would obviously like more games on FTA
but will be content counting their millions in profits from their other business activities to help them sleep at night

meanwhile
port crapelaide .. with 22 FTA games & many other VFL clubs .. like the wions
will be crying themselves to sleep at night , wondering where their next penny will be coming from

Its a commercial reality is it? No, its an nRL reality. They get shocking FTa coverage and basically sellout to CH9 for top dollar. The AFL could have got heaps more if they had have demanded west coast, crows, Collingwood and Essendon were shown every prime time game. They didnt and settled for less money for the good of their game.

As for port and the lions, their next dollar comes from better sponsorship due to better FTa exposure.

The lions made 11M from corporate sales and sponsorship in 2011 http://www.lions.com.au/Portals/0/lions ... %20ART.pdf
Isnt that about the Raiders entire annual football budget?

[Raiderdave]

Don't be so quick to jump guys, if the Raiders are having a good season, ch 9 still has the last 6 rounds leading into the finals, open.

They had a good season this year, did they not? What makes you think anything will change come the last 6 games with the nRL scheduling? AFL fans would be up in arms if Collingwood got 17 Friday night games and a team that finished above them on the ladder only had 1 game on FTA. We don't accept that shit though like nRL fans do.

ah no c head .... they had a good finish
but they were still equal 2nd last ... at round 18


VFL fans don't know how to get .. up in arms about anything
if they did , they'd do something about how their comp is geared toward the sides in the non traditional states

it is obscene that a side like the swines are given an extra million to use in the salary cap .. still .. after 30 years
& seriously
why don't the VFL force teams that play the midgets & thuns .. to play with one arm tied behind their backs , as that'd be fairer then the help these 2 are getting to " compete" in the VFL.

VFL... a joke