If the NRL does expand to 18 teams in 2012...

[Knight87]

Out of the current timeslots where matches are played:

2 x Friday 7:30pm
1 x Saturday 5:30pm
2 x Saturday 7:30pm
1 x Sunday 2pm
1 x Sunday 3pm
1 x Monday 7pm,

if the NRL expanded to 18 teams, which timeslot and day should the extra (9th) match be held on?

And also which two teams should be the ones admitted into the comp in 2012 (unless there are Sydney teams who either fold or merge before then)?

 

[Matt23]

1 x Saturday afternoon
Teams from Perth & The Central coast

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

sunday afternoon at 2pm ... both of em ... then have you foxsports active and choose which game you like

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

sunday afternoon at 2pm ... both of em ... then have you foxsports active and choose which game you like

Agree, except I think all three Sunday games should be on at 2 and Fox active. Channel nine can jam their 4 o'clock replay packed with 97 adds right up their ar$e!

 

[Knight87]

I agree with the extra game being on Sunday, but how about creating a triple header (Sunday 12pm, Sunday 2pm and Sunday 4pm). Sunday 12:05pm kickoff being the early game, Sunday 2:05pm kickoff being the afternoon game (both live on Fox Sports), and then the match of the day at 4:05pm (live on Channel 9, leading into the 6pm news)? That's be 6 hrs of rugby league. And before people start saying that 12:05pm is too early for a match, I think it would obtain higher attendances than the Sat 5:30pm or Sat 7:30pm match in Sydney

And the teams I think should be admitted are Central Coast and Perth, although if either a Sydney team merges with another or a Sydney team folds, I'd also include Wellington as well.

 

[Timmah]

...And then the NRL and it's clubs can kiss millions of sponsorship dollars and revenue goodbye ;-)

 

[Timmah]

I agree with the extra game being on Sunday, but how about creating a triple header (Sunday 12pm, Sunday 2pm and Sunday 4pm). Sunday 12:05pm kickoff being the early game, Sunday 2:05pm kickoff being the afternoon game (both live on Fox Sports), and then the match of the day at 4:05pm (live on Channel 9, leading into the 6pm news)? That's be 6 hrs of rugby league.

And the teams I think should be admitted are Central Coast and Perth, although if either a Sydney team merges with another or a Sydney team folds, I'd also include Wellington as well.

9 would never agree to 4pm live - too much risk of Golden Point.

 

[Knight87]

Between the current Sunday 2pm and Sunday 3pm match, I prefer the 3pm timeslot better.

 

[Knight87]

9 would never agree to 4pm live - too much risk of Golden Point.

So what. When both Bulldogs matches vs Knights and Parramatta went into extra time in 1998, both of them didn't finish on tv until close to 6:30pm (even though the extra time system was different back then, but the game still went beyond 80 mins). Even better! more rugby league, the better

 

[Knight87]

If Nine didn't agree to a 4:05pm live game for your reason, they can kickoff right on 4pm, and start telecast at 3:45pm (with 15 mins of pregame talk), which occurs just after the conclusion of the 2pm match. That way, even factoring in Golden Point, the match would still finish before 6pm.

Even the finals matches on weeks 1+2+3 last year on Sunday, they all kicked off at 4:05pm and were shown live. I'm sure there was a risk of Golden Point there too, you know.

 

[skeepe]

I would structure it thusly:

1 x Friday night 7:30pm
1 x Saturday afternoon 2:30pm
1 x Saturday evening 5:30pm
2 x Saturday night 7:30pm
1 x Sunday morning 11:30am
1 x Sunday afternoon 2:00pm
1 x Sunday afternoon 3:00pm
1 x Sunday evening 6:30pm

 

[lotti]

could have 3 games on Sunday.

 

[Johns Magic]

I would structure it thusly:

1 x Friday night 7:30pm
1 x Saturday afternoon 2:30pm
1 x Saturday evening 5:30pm
2 x Saturday night 7:30pm
1 x Sunday morning 11:30am
1 x Sunday afternoon 2:00pm
1 x Sunday afternoon 3:00pm
1 x Sunday evening 6:30pm

sh*t idea

 

[skeepe]

What a well thought-out argument.

 

[Dragon]

NRL needs more afternoon games (like 2:30, not that 5:30 twilight crap).... im so sick of night games.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

LOL 11 30 am ?? when are you going to play the NYC, 8 am ?? how many people you think will turn up to an 11 30 kick off ?? leaving for the game atleast an hour, 2 hours before ... probably 4 hours + if you want to see the NYC

 

[Eels Dude]

I would structure it thusly:

1 x Friday night 7:30pm
1 x Saturday afternoon 2:30pm
1 x Saturday evening 5:30pm
2 x Saturday night 7:30pm
1 x Sunday morning 11:30am
1 x Sunday afternoon 2:00pm
1 x Sunday afternoon 3:00pm
1 x Sunday evening 6:30pm

There's a reason why saturday afternoon games were abandoned, going back there would be a mistake. Nobody is going to go the footy on a sunday morning either.

The extra game should be on the sunday arvo, it's a proven timeslot and 3 games on a sunday seemed to work well prior to the friday double and monday night footy.

 

[Brutus]

18 teams in 2012?

Hopefully its true.

Perth and Wellington for mine.

 

[Johns Magic]

What a well thought-out argument.

Probably more well thought-out than your idea

 

[Quidgybo]

It has been mentioned that Nein are extremely happy with their Friday night double header which allows them to target matches to maximise ratings in both Sydney and Brisbane, but they are less pleased with their Sunday afternoon ratings leading into the evening primetime. It wouldn't surprise me if there is a big push from Nein to have both Friday and Saturday night double headers on free to air in the next contract, abandoning Sunday afternoon telecasts altogether. That would effectively leave Fox with Monday nights and a triple or even quadruple header, possibly all live, on Sunday afternoon/evening. Ultimately that will depend on how much impact Fox suffers in ratings moving from a Saturday night triple header to Sunday afternoon and the division of the costs for the rights between the two companies. Anyone got a breakdown of Fox's Saturday night vs Sunday afternoon ratings?

Leigh.