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Why won't 9 show the All Stars game on GEM in VIC/SA/WA?

Do you consider not showing the game as being racist?

  • Yes

    Votes: 15 55.6%
  • No

    Votes: 12 44.4%

  • Total voters
    27
  • Poll closed .

El Diablo

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Thry've done it for cricket and Union when not showing it on their main channel but not Rugby League

they wouldn't even need to apply to the minister for an exemption seeing it's not on the anti-siphoning list

instead they have repeats of Antiques Roadshow and CSI NY

info based on guide here http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/tv/

time for this shit network to lose the rights
 

Eels Dude

Coach
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If they don't show regular season games live on their digital channels why would you expect them to show a trial game live?
 

undertaker

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Thry've done it for cricket and Union when not showing it on their main channel but not Rugby League

they wouldn't even need to apply to the minister for an exemption seeing it's not on the anti-siphoning list

instead they have repeats of Antiques Roadshow and CSI NY

info based on guide here http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/tv/

time for this shit network to lose the rights

Not surprised one bit that Ch9 do what Ch9 do best: screw over RL. You shouldn't be surprised either. Sadly, we'll have to put up with this type of behaviour for another year before we see massive changes in the tv rights deal from next year.
 

El Diablo

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If they don't show regular season games live on their digital channels why would you expect them to show a trial game live?

it's non ratings time so they can't complain

it's not on te anti-siphoning list

plenty of indigenous people in those parts of Australia would be interested in it
 

AlwaysGreen

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This game isn't just a trial, it has significant meaning to Aboriginal Australia and indigenous health promotion and education. The NRL should step in, not with channel nine who are as useless as tits on a boar but with the government to put pressure on nine to reconsider it's decision.
 

docbrown

Coach
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If you really want to have fun with channel 9, then get the National Indigenous Council involved.

A headline that reads "Racist Channel 9 Blacklists Aboriginal Match" will solve the problem pretty quickly.

Happy Australia Day by the way!
 

SpaceMonkey

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If you really want to have fun with channel 9, then get the National Indigenous Council involved.

A headline that reads "Racist Channel 9 Blacklists Aboriginal Match" will solve the problem pretty quickly.

Happy Australia Day by the way!

Play dirty, I like it. Is the game being shown on Imparja?
 

Eels Dude

Coach
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This game isn't just a trial, it has significant meaning to Aboriginal Australia and indigenous health promotion and education.

The problem is it only has significant meaning for one team so it's a bit more like a celebrity charity match.
 

AlwaysGreen

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The problem is it only has significant meaning for one team so it's a bit more like a celebrity charity match.

It has significant meaning for the indigenous community and the billions of dollars of tax payer dollars being put into improving aboriginal health.
 

docbrown

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It's a good concept. I'd like to see it taken the Northern Territory once the GC period expires. It's a game you showcase around.

The AFL wank on about how their game is the embodiment of individual culture. Well here we have a game that we open the season with that honours Aboriginal players and matches them against the best of the NRL. You want to broaden the game's appeal? Then spread that game to other Aboriginal communities.
 

hineyrulz

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Typical Nein!!! Whatever happened to the Use or lose it???? Another empty promise from the Puppet Gallop.
 

some11

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If you really want to have fun with channel 9, then get the National Indigenous Council involved.

A headline that reads "Racist Channel 9 Blacklists Aboriginal Match" will solve the problem pretty quickly.

Happy Australia Day by the way!

f**king great idea, get on it!
 

RWB

Bench
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it's non ratings time so they can't complain

it's not on te anti-siphoning list

plenty of indigenous people in those parts of Australia would be interested in it

Based on what? What have we as Rugby League done to ensure this?

Western Australia has a large indigenous population (Just a tick over 60,000 from the most recent estimates) but they're all crazy about their AFL.

Take a place like Mandurah for example, it's packed with Union fans and AFL fans. You'd struggle to find anything Rugby League related and yet a large majority of Indigenous people reside in and around Mandurah. Why haven't we been there promoting this game? It's school holidays, set up a skills camp for one day... anything would be better than what we're currently doing now which is nothing.

I don't disagree for a second that we've been dealt a shit hand and that other codes seem to get inconsistent advantages but it's out of control what other codes get. We need to stop playing the victim card and get proactive, set up camps in WA, send players over there, get put on the local news, promote the game with advertising campaigns etc etc.

Give Channel 9 no reason not to put the game on. I've only used WA as the example but the same goes for the other two states.
 

jbl31649

Juniors
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Nine are nuffies and take NRL for granted, we better see a similar coverage deal like AFL.

SOO should be live across the Country. Our best event should be seen by everyone to promote the sport. Same with the Allstars match.
 

Tigger Madness

Juniors
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What I don't get is why channel 9 even have the exclusive rights to this game. It wasn't even around when they signed the last broadcast deal.
 

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