By Davstar - 8 Aug 2023 10:42 AM
https://www.mediaweek.com.au/womens-world-cup-record-ratings-for-seven-and-optus-sport-ahead-of-quarter-finals/
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/matildas-score-massive-ratings-win-against-ashes-20230721-p5dq6d.html
A lot of people have ago at the media and its coverage of football well the WWC has had a lot of positive articles this includes from News Corp, SEN, ABC and other outlets.
The TV ratings are high and the stadium attendance is also very impressive.
It is good to see the media getting on board - if you are going to call them out when they are having ago at us when you need to praise them when they are supporting us.
Ill add this the Matildas hit 4.8m viewers against Nigeria - the AFL Grand Final gets around 3m Viewers - DO NOT TELL ME FOOTBALL IS NOT POPULAR IN AUSTRALIA
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By Munrubenmuz - 14 Aug 2023 10:04 PM
+x+x+x+x+x"In the current environment, this has been a screamer of a goal for the Australian economy."He said he hoped a Matilda's win tonight would "keep working its magic on our economy".A state-by-state breakdown is below. - New South Wales: $2.98 billion- hosting 11 matches
- Victoria: $2.30 billion- hosted 6 matches
- Queensland: $1.55 billion- hosting 8 matches
- Western Australia: $663.2 million- hosted 5 matches
- South Australia: $160.9million- hosted 4 matches
Those numbers are taking the piss. The only legitimate boost to the economy comes from international tourists, and there are only a few thousand of those. Even if they each spend $10k in Australia, that's a few tens of millions for the whole tournament. Nothing to sneeze at but certainly not in the billions. Interstate tourists shouldn't count because it's just robbing Peter to pay Paul. And locals obviously don't count because if they didn't spend the money on the WWC, they would just spend it on something else. Haha. Those figures are always rubbery. I heard FIFA say 1 in 5 fans are international. Robbing Peter to pay Paul? Sort of. You're buying a plane ticket, getting accommodation, food and drinks, merch etc. Stuff you wouldn't do if you stayed home. So it may not be as high as what they're saying but it'd be significant. Buying plane tickets etc. doesn't suddenly make you richer. If you didn't spend your money on that you would probably do it on something else, or invest it or whatever. From a national perspective, the only genuine economic boost is from international tourists (plus players, officials, etc.) who came here for the WWC, and who otherwise wouldn't have come to Australia. Everything else is money that would have been in the economy anyway. From a state perspective, it might be good for NSW if fans came from Victoria to watch a match, but then it's correspondingly bad for Victoria. And since there are matches all over the country, it's pretty much a wash. . The money would not necessarily be in the economy. The money from a tournament from people travelling interstate goes directly to the pocket of local businesses.
For example o recalled twice with friends, restaurants, hotels etc - that couple of k would’ve just sat in savings or lumped onto bank bills not being distributed to businesses.
That’s why we have cash injections - to get people spending in the community. Even if it the stats was over cooked, it’s definitely got people travelling and spending.
Pretty much this. I drove down to Sydney last Monday night, got on the piss, got dinner, watched the game, had more beers, late night kebab, uber and stayed the night in accommodation. Got up in the morning and had breakfast, filled the car up and drove 500k back home.
Would not have spent a cent if I'd have stayed at home watching Have You Been Paying Attention.
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