Clubs fume at spoon-fed Roosters

[Ziggy the God]

Hey Gyngel, instead of concentrating on getting your Chooks on the box in Sydney, how about getting the Storm on the box in Melbourne before midnight?

 

[Lambretta]

Hey Gyngel, instead of concentrating on getting your Chooks on the box in Sydney, how about getting the Storm on the box in Melbourne before midnight?

I agree but I have serious doubts Gyngel can get past the Maguire factions in Channel9 Melbourne that are keeping the Storm off the screens.

 

[Ziggy the God]

I agree but I have serious doubts Gyngel can get past the Maguire factions in Channel9 Melbourne that are keeping the Storm off the screens.

He is the CEO of Channel Nine, and although there are new owners, if he wanted to make it happen he could.

 

[Sonic Star]

Will be good watching the rorters being 0 and 5 on prime time TV :lol:

 

[Timmah]

While the Roosters do feature alot, to be fair, only Manly, Newcastle, Cronulla and NZ from memory won't feature in the first five rounds. That's 12/15 teams shown on FTA after 5 weeks, a pretty good spread.

 

[Raider_69]

While the Roosters do feature alot, to be fair, only Manly, Newcastle, Cronulla and NZ from memory won't feature in the first five rounds. That's 12/15 teams shown on FTA after 5 weeks, a pretty good spread.

What would be an EVEN better spread would be instead of showing the reigning wooden spooners 5 weeks straight, they could maybe show the Roosters twice and use the other games on NZ game, maybe even a Knights or Manly game... you catch my drift

there is no justification what so ever having the reigning wooden spooners on FTA network in the opening five games... not when all and sundry are telling clubs like Canberra we need to be semi finalists to get coverage. If its about ratings, fine play the games Nein think will rate, but then the NRL should be conpensating those clubs that dont, because without FTA coverage they are at a distinct disadvantage when trying to grow their fan base. Its a cycle, we cant get coverage unless we grow our audience, we cant do that as efficiently as we'd like unless we get FTA coverage. Its the NRL's responsibility the ensure every club is getting a fair crack at the market, at the moment, there are clubs that arent and they should be compensated for that

Or hell, allow us to sell our games to local networks... if we dont rate in Brisbane and Sydney fine, then let us try and get a deal with WIN to stream games into our region and grow our fanbase that way. Which would also help local sponsors in an area like Canberra see more value in sponsoring the club

At the moment the league talks a big game about the competition being even on the paddock... well its about time they started evening the playing feild off it too.

 

[fred92]

Just another good reason to hate the Roosters and avoid CH9 for the first 5 weeks.

The FOX coverage is better. No ads, no Rabs, no Gus and Roosters roll and no ads.


It is obvious the Roosters have some favours being handed out here, another reason to push the Independant Commission discussion that has become dormant of late.

No ads? Have you never watched Fox T.V.

 

[beave]

we had 2 free to air games in 10 years (1995-2004) due to us being p!ss poor.............

Now the chooks get 5 in their first 5 weeks????? They were deadset atrocious last year, I can see why people are complaining about this, but I am suprised it has taken this long for people to cry foul.

 

[gallagher]

No ads? Have you never watched Fox T.V.

No ads during game time.

Fox's coverage is light years ahead of nine's, I'd be happy if the tigers NEVER had a FTA game.

 

[fred92]

Channel 9 is interested in 1 thing - $$$$$$$$. They will put on who rates as ratings = $$$$$. Those conspiracy theorist about them giving the Roosters are leg up are delusional. The irony is - it's all you freaks hating the Roosters so much, tune in to watch us get smahsed by whoever we are playing that boost the ratings!!!!!

For the record - I hate the Sunday delayed coverage and would have preferred Fox.

No team is gifted more than the Broncos, they will be able to watch their team play live every friday night for the opening game for five weeks

 

[Timmah]

Really?

So those Sunday afternoon games they have, what are they?

 

[fizman]

Every club should receive equal FTA time in the first 10 weeks of the season.

I heard that the Roosters will be sponsored by Channel 9 if they can't secure one after 5 weeks??

 

[Timmah]

:lol:

"I heard" :lol:

 

[Lambretta]

What would be an EVEN better spread would be instead of showing the reigning wooden spooners 5 weeks straight, they could maybe show the Roosters twice and use the other games on NZ game, maybe even a Knights or Manly game... you catch my drift

At the moment the league talks a big game about the competition being even on the paddock... well its about time they started evening the playing field off it too.

Agreed 100%

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

What would be an EVEN better spread would be instead of showing the reigning wooden spooners 5 weeks straight, they could maybe show the Roosters twice and use the other games on NZ game, maybe even a Knights or Manly game... you catch my drift

there is no justification what so ever having the reigning wooden spooners on FTA network in the opening five games... not when all and sundry are telling clubs like Canberra we need to be semi finalists to get coverage. If its about ratings, fine play the games Nein think will rate, but then the NRL should be conpensating those clubs that dont, because without FTA coverage they are at a distinct disadvantage when trying to grow their fan base. Its a cycle, we cant get coverage unless we grow our audience, we cant do that as efficiently as we'd like unless we get FTA coverage. Its the NRL's responsibility the ensure every club is getting a fair crack at the market, at the moment, there are clubs that arent and they should be compensated for that

Or hell, allow us to sell our games to local networks... if we dont rate in Brisbane and Sydney fine, then let us try and get a deal with WIN to stream games into our region and grow our fanbase that way. Which would also help local sponsors in an area like Canberra see more value in sponsoring the club

At the moment the league talks a big game about the competition being even on the paddock... well its about time they started evening the playing feild off it too.

Exactly, Win has no problem putting diffrent programs on in the regional areas, Wollongong gets a lot of local stuff and the same happens with Win TV for the ACT/Southern region.

It'll turn eventually though, I remember in the mid 90's where Canberra was on every week, Parra couldn't get a look in, yeah we were sh*t and the Raiders were white hot, but it'll turn eventually.

The Roosters are a different breed though :roll:

 

[Generalzod]

this is totally right! where is the coverage for the Melbourne Storm, the preimers!

Who cares about the Storm in Sydney...

 

[Iafeta]

You seriously don't beleive that do you? The figures have been brought up before about Ch 9's favourites. Raiders,Cowboys, NZ get their minimum of 2 games each year, and the team that has dominated the last few years is lucky to get many more than that.

Most league fans will watch whoever is playing anyway, so there ratings argument is void.

Pretty much.

But thank god we have Gallop to ease our minds by informing us that rugby league will "struggle in media rights" blah blah blah, so we have no bargaining power to compromise and get objective equality into the broadcasting of the games.

Long live Fuhrer Gallop! Sodomising broadcasting equality from day one.

 

[Iafeta]

This is what f**ks me off. The first 5 rounds should feature every bleedin' team - after all the ladder hasnt started to take effect by this stage and each team should get an equal crack of the whip.

It's my team that is being featured and I'm feeling guilty about it.

I can understand them go for the Roosters v Rabbits as it's a traditional clash and the season opener, and of course we're going to feature away at Brisbane as every one of their home games gets FTA coverage, but f**k me, that should be it.

I understand they want Sydney derbies for the Sunday arvo games as they get bigger average attendences in Sydney and the draw has us up against the Panthers and Tigers - but seriously couldnt they tweak it so the Raiders and Warriors etc get a fair go on FTA?

The only reason the Storm get shown is their record and lets face it, if Parra or St George had that record they'd be on every f**king week.

The FTA coverage is shameful really. Yes, I know over the past 3 or 4 years we've gotten far less exposure on FTA but we've deserved to be omitted really. God alone knows what's changed their minds. A new beginning maybe? But it seems a bit off to me as a fan of the club. God alone knows what Eagles, Sharks, Raiders, Warriors etc fans think.

Agreed.

At the end of the day, I personally have FOX so I'll catch the Warriors on that and be quite happy that I'm watching a live product. TBH, I hate waiting for delayed games. And to be fair, our corporates want exposure into New Zealand, so it really doesn't matter too much if we get C9 exposure or not. That said, if the Warriors got more free to air exposure I would imagine our away crowds would rise - a lot of Kiwi supporters over here take up other teams or go for the Tahs for some reason (probably because we're inconsistently hopeless and a real ball breaker for our fans).

The ones who get done in mostly though are Raiders and Storm supporters. And they both could use the extra mainstream exposure on C9. The treatment the Storm have copped over the years IMO would have to come under as a serious weakness in the NRL's SWOT analysis. Here, they have a great opportunity to push into Melbourne, a very difficult and entrenched market, off the back of some staggering success, but C9 and the NRL miss the boat altogether. With the salary cap making the competition rankings largely cyclical it seems to me potentially a massively missed opportunity to get the Mexicans on board, which in turn further increases the sponsorship market and takes away this Gallop nonsense that we are basically a second rate product in the television bargaining process compared to AFL (he loves to talk the product down, if that's his job description he's doing an admirable job on the Good-Ship Lollipop).

I don't even see the issue with equitable rights opportunities for Melbourne. C9 Sydney and C9 Melbourne are scheduled differently for their sports anyway, so why not take advantage of that and promote it on C9 Melbourne moreso, particularly right now when they're a hot commodity on the field.

Talk about missed opportunities. It'd be nice if our Chief recognised that and was proactive rather than pessimistically dismissive about striking a fair deal.

 

[Non Terminator]

PS. I know it's another reason to "hate" the Roosters, but this is not our fault - it's Channel 9's thing.

I'm going to stand up and say it f**king stinks for fans of the game - people that truly love the game and the Roosters should stand alongside me in condemning Channel 9, not mindlessly bagging the Roosters and their supporters. After all, we're fans of the game too.

Well said.
In fact, we Roosters fans would love to see all the teams anyways.

Last few years we didn't get to see Canberra much, but they're a bloody exciting team to see.

 

[Willow]

Every club should receive equal FTA time in the first 10 weeks of the season.

I heard that the Roosters will be sponsored by Channel 9 if they can't secure one after 5 weeks??

You heard... Where?

Fizman, are you making it up as you go along?

Free speech, and all that... please share.