A-Leagues financial crisis: Club funding slashed as TV deal tanks


A-Leagues financial crisis: Club funding slashed as TV deal tanks

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With the APL crying poor, Paramount having their own problems and FA looking at a new broadcast deal from 2025 including NTs, Australia Cup and NST you would think that FA may be interested in combining it all including the APLs into one package with both a FTA and streaming component. The APL may need to be open to P& R earlier than they would like. 

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patjennings - 10 May 2024 4:55 PM
With the APL crying poor, Paramount having their own problems and FA looking at a new broadcast deal from 2025 including NTs, Australia Cup and NST you would think that FA may be interested in combining it all including the APLs into one package with both a FTA and streaming component. The APL may need to be open to P& R earlier than they would like. 

Optus Sport and SBS maybe?
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libelous - 10 May 2024 5:11 PM
patjennings - 10 May 2024 4:55 PM

Optus Sport and SBS maybe?

No one watched it on SBS the last time they had it. Oh, and Basheer FFS.
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I know the answer (or at least I think I do), it is Media. You absolutely need personalities at the top end of the game with strong business and media connections. If not, you will become irrelevant to the mainstream market and the professional game suffers and takes generations to recover.

Football had its golden ticket in the Lowy family. A family with (in my opinion) a genuine love for the game, deep pockets and, most importantly, strong business, political and media connections. It is not surprising what the A-League achieved in that time as a result. We now have a bunch of, in Australian business terms at least, a bunch of executives with little or no influence. Accordingly, the game has fallen off the cliff. 

Sounds about right. They Lowy family had deep pockets to grow the sport in this Nation.  They had strong business, political and business conections. Take that away and look what the a-league is now. Its a poxy league run by unemployed dole bludgers and bums. lol
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No one watched it on SBS the last time they had it. Oh, and Basheer FFS.

Who do you suggest?
Nine …probably would want Stan as part of the deal.
Seven…they would bury it in the after midnight slot.
ABC….possibly but sports broadcasting is not their thing.

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AL might have to cut its losses and sell broadcast rights for all games to FTA. AL started on foxtel and never really gained enough viewers and interest- compared to other sports- cos foxtel was always fucking expensive. If AL started on FTA it may have become a lot bigger by now. Start again maybe 
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Balin Trev - 11 May 2024 7:40 PM
AL might have to cut its losses and sell broadcast rights for all games to FTA. AL started on foxtel and never really gained enough viewers and interest- compared to other sports- cos foxtel was always fucking expensive. If AL started on FTA it may have become a lot bigger by now. Start again maybe 

FTA for interstate games?
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patjennings - 11 May 2024 8:11 PM
Balin Trev - 11 May 2024 7:40 PM

FTA for interstate games?

Yep interstate games broadcast live 
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libelous - 11 May 2024 3:55 PM
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Who do you suggest?
Nine …probably would want Stan as part of the deal.
Seven…they would bury it in the after midnight slot.
ABC….possibly but sports broadcasting is not their thing.
Unless it’s free, no FTA will touch it. The MSM hate the code, outwith the men’s and women’s national teams in this country.
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I’m backing FA to go with Optus and SBS.

Optus would love to add Oz football to their package (see their ‘football belongs’ shorts from some time ago still there for free)

 FTA content would be taken back either free or  for a token fee on SBS.

Whether APL want to take the opportunity to ride on the back of a Football Australia ‘super deal’ will be up to them.


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Unless it’s free, no FTA will touch it. The MSM hate the code, outwith the men’s and women’s national teams in this country.

Unfortunately this is most likely true. It will have to be a give away. With APL covering broadcast costs.
My view is that unless Optus take it as a bundle, the A League will fold. 
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patjennings - 10 May 2024 4:55 PM
With the APL crying poor, Paramount having their own problems and FA looking at a new broadcast deal from 2025 including NTs, Australia Cup and NST you would think that FA may be interested in combining it all including the APLs into one package with both a FTA and streaming component. The APL may need to be open to P& R earlier than they would like. 

If you think Promotion and relegation is the difference between this sport living and dying, then you are sadly mistaken
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Razor Ramon - 13 May 2024 4:06 AM
patjennings - 10 May 2024 4:55 PM

If you think Promotion and relegation is the difference between this sport living and dying, then you are sadly mistaken

I didn't say that. I just pointed out that the APL are not in a position of strength. JJ has said he wants a traditional pyramid in the long run. It may be sooner than we are all thinking.
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patjennings - 13 May 2024 8:00 AM
Razor Ramon - 13 May 2024 4:06 AM

I didn't say that. I just pointed out that the APL are not in a position of strength. JJ has said he wants a traditional pyramid in the long run. It may be sooner than we are all thinking.

Ramon just being the razor every post of his goes.

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