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dumb as dogsht.yea it was
f**kstick
9 are contracted to the NRL
a magician
âA verbal agreementâ? But but but but.NRL to seek millions in compensation from Foxtel after monster AFL deal
The NRL will seek tens of millions of dollars in compensation from broadcast partner Foxtel after the pay-TV giant struck a mammoth rights deal with the AFL last week.
Some clubs are under the impression the NRL has an ace up its sleeve that will allow them to return to the negotiation table with Foxtel for the seven-year deal it signed in 2020.
As reported by the Herald at the time of the renegotiated television deal, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, ARLC chairman Peter Vâlandys and NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo tried to include a âmost-favouredâ clause in its five-year extension with Foxtel.
It would have prohibited the pay television provider from striking a better deal with the AFL without compensating the NRL for the difference.
Foxtel rejected the NRLâs request, but the club's are under the impression that the governing body believes there was an understanding between the two parties to revisit the deal if the AFLâs deal gazumped that of rugby league. Foxtel did not respond to requests for comment. The NRL declined to comment.
The deals are difficult to compare. The AFL has an extra game each round. The AFL has also secured exclusive rights to all Saturday games in the first eight rounds, but in exchange will hand the Seven Network exclusive Thursday nights for the first 15 rounds from 2025.
Whether Foxtel believes it is under any obligation to compensate the NRL is unclear. The pay television network paid around $200 million a season for the NRL when it renegotiated its rights deal two years ago.
Combined with the free-to-air deal with Nine Entertainment Co, the publishers of this masthead, New Zealand, international and radio rights, the total deal is approximately $400m per year.
The AFLâs deal with Foxtel and Seven is reportedly worth around $640m a year from 2025-2031. The Foxtel component of the deal is believed to make up about 60 per cent of that figure, or just under $400m.
Over the past week, Vâlandys and Abdo have been heavily criticised for leaving money on the table when they sat down with Foxtel, leaving some clubs seeing red.
Vâlandys has assured them there is nothing to fear but wonât divulge the ace up his sleeve. V'landys declined to comment, describing discussions as "confidential".
The Herald has been told that ace is a perceived verbal agreement between the NRL and Foxtel chief executive Patrick Delany that the NRLâs willingness to do a deal at the height of COVID-19 uncertainty wouldnât be forgotten.
Vâlandys indicated as much when he highlighted the dire predicament Foxtel found itself in when all of Australiaâs sporting codes were forced to shut down two years ago, leaving Fox Sports without content to provide its paying subscribers.
âAt the time, Fox needed an asset on its sheet to continue its viability. If we didnât come into play, thereâd be no Foxtel,â Vâlandys told the Herald last week.
âIf Foxtel coughs, all the codes catch a cold. If you havenât got them in play, the other parties wonât be paying as much as they should because you need competitive tension. When COVID-19 hit, they were the only ones. If they went under, there was no one else available.â
Vâlandys also recently went to war with the NSW government over a perceived verbal agreement to invest almost $800m into Sydney suburban grounds. But the government later decided to prioritise funding to the towns ripped apart by recent floods, much to the dismay of the ARLC chair.
NRL to seek millions in compensation from Foxtel after monster AFL deal
The NRL believes it has the right to return to the negotiation table with Foxtel after the AFL struck a record deal with the pay television giants.www.smh.com.au
a magician
86 Mill better the gill the dil in 2021
& probs the same in 2022
yep
you are as dumb as dogshit
a magician
86 Mill better the gill the dil in 2021
& probs the same in 2022
yep
you are as dumb as dogshit
lol $86 mill is half the cash amount they'll have over us just in 2025. Its not like they arent going to be hundreds of millions up on us by the time our tv deal runs out.a magician
86 Mill better the gill the dil in 2021
& probs the same in 2022
yep
you are as dumb as dogshit
AFL lives rent free in his head, doesnât try to get the best deal for NRL, just wants it to be better than the AFL, FMD.
sports arent meant to make profits, sure dont make a loss but the idea is you invest what you earn to make the sport better.
you getting paid by the hour ?
well yes they can
ah the old chestnut comes out when the debate has been lost. predictable as ever.
coulda sworn the NRL spent more on grass roots & its clubs then the aflol did while ... still posting a profit
chances of foxtel getting the NRL rights in 2028.... nil... if this happens
yes and no, a big chunk of the AFL club grants to the NSW and qlnd clubs goes to player development in the growth states. So if you just looked at the development lines it looks like it. Only a clown wouldnt know this.coulda sworn the NRL spent more on grass roots & its clubs then the aflol did while ... still posting a profit
only a clown wouldn't know this
That actually would be a good outcome! Id be bringing in Perth ASAP and a ninth game on Sunday at 6pm, certainly by 2026 when we should start new negotiations in a proper way with Nine and Paramount competing against Fox. Paying so much out for AFL the chances of us getting a good next deal out of Fox are zero so we are going to have find a new partner is our reality now.chances of foxtel getting the NRL rights in 2028.... nil... if this happens
1 million NRL subscribers gone ... like a fart in a hurricane
foxtel fold shortly after
the aflol deal ..... goooonnneeeee..
