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I believe this dichotomy is really more just a reflection of the fanaticism of a certain element of the fumbleball fan base. The madder of the bastards are flocking to games live in line with crowd increases in a lot of other sports,There must be some kind of explanation for this? Did they switch to a different game that was being played concurrently? There has to be something we aren't seeing in these TV numbers that are impacting AFL ratings.
The main reason is that their crowds are up a fair bit, as are the NRL's. The NRL crowd interest is translating to TV ratings, and the AFL's seems to be lagging. You'd expect if the AFL's games were boring, they'd suffer at the turnstile also.
The drop off in tv ratings numbers reveals though, if you`re not a fumbleball fanatic but rather a casual or semi-casual viewer, who may be a little more discerning in the allegiance to watching the game on Tv, then obviously a lot aren`t liking what they`re seeing.