I remember reading somewhere that they aren't allowed to put it on GO!
I've got a dilemma though considering I live in Sydney at the moment, I've got to sit through another boring Titans game to wait for my beloved Raiders, and someone avoid other people/my phone/internet the whole time to ensure the score doesn't get given away.
Not until the anti-siphoning agreement is sorted - god knows when then that will be now.
But if the they bring in the Use It or Lost It Policy, which is expected, then the NRL can finally force Nine to play games nationally on either its main FTA, its Digital live or give the game over to Fox in those other states (which I'm sure they wont do). Likely bet it'll go to digital.
The NRL can argue for it as soon as the agreement is finalised, which all depdens on which government is elected and how long they take to review it. If the Coalition gets in, they'll like restart the process all over again.
There is a flip side though - the AFL have currently had to suspend their negotiations because of the uncertainty. If it drags out to Jan 1st next year, the NRL will be in their negotiation period and they can ask Nine to make their first offer on Jan 1st (if the agreement is settled by then). Nine then have 90 days to respond.
It means the networks will have to weigh up their decision at the same time, rather than be influenced by the AFL's earlier bargaining. The other thing I've heard is that AFL may opt for a 4 year deal so that their next window will be 2 years prior to NRL (again so they can try and get dollars). However they won't get a billion and they would actually risk decreasing their offers slightly because the networks lose a guaranteed 1 year on their contract. As rights go up, the more money the TV networks pay today, the less they'll have to pay in 4-5 years. Getting the longest contract possible is in their interest (which is why the Nine 6 year deal sucks).
