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This is cutting our nose off to spite our face type stuff.If we gave just one game per round to the ABC to air on Saturday night then it wouldn't devalue the rest of the product by much, if at all. If we go to 18 teams then we can give the 9th game to the ABC for production cost and still be able to sell the other eight games at market value.
For mine, the rights should go to the highest bidder, and likely be a mix of FTA and subscription services.
I don't give a f**k if its 9,10 or Ch 88. I also don't subscribe to the theory that another commercial channel will suddenly be the magic elixir for the game in terms of professionalism and broadcasting.