my argument is very clear
nine are not foolish enough to throw revenue and ratings away.
If they believed league would rate, they would show it.
Thats just it though. Club games have been on telly, and it did rate a lot better than the usual old movie fair. Why don't they show it then, because as you say they are throwing ratings and revenue away. Maybe its because of a conflict of interest with other programing (such as AFL) they wish to promote.
Maybe because the people in charge of 9 in Melbourne are AFL stooges? It might be so Foxtel have a free run in the AFL states? Are you willing to conceed to the fact that TV ratings of Storm games in the past have done much better than what Channel 9 currently show? And if you are ready to accept the facts, can your little brain whirl into action and question
WHY it is so?
they have a responsibility to there shareholders to maximise profit and an absolute vested interest in winning as many time slots as they can.
They certainly do, but if putting down a program in a slot that they don't usually win so they can apeal to a rival program to gain more content to boost other time slots, would they not do it? And as has been pointed out there is massive conflict of interest between TV executives with involvment with the AFL and programing of NRL.
therefore, I believe that there is no massive audience in melbourne for live league.
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc. You have to show it first.
you really don't see how stupid yopu come across, accussing me of not having a position and yet all your posts are like the one above and rely on insults to get your point across.
Now you are just slinging off personal attacks.
If the next TV deal does the game some justice, 9 will end up the bridesmaid with regards to RL. Maybe then they will realise what a great deal they had and wasted.
