grayham said:
Well, that puts the ratings for the League and AFL in its place.... LOL
You posted this site you eggfart...
http://mediaspy.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=4982
Here's one sentence:
"Nationally the AFL was watched by an average of 1.152 million people while the NRL was watched by an average of 631,000 (in all markets except Perth)." Referring to Friday night.
What that site neglected to mention was that the NRL match was only on at a decent hour in two cities covered by OZTAM and the AFL match was live into all 5.
The next sentence was:
"The League however was beaten by the Ashes second day which was watched by an average 660,000."
Again, not mentioning the obvious that the Cricket was live into 5 cities, the League live into 2.
Selective reporting.
Go to page 6 of the following, where AFL still had the distinct advantage of being live into all 3 markets against League being live into 2. Look at numbers 32 and 46 and explain why, with a massive advantage, AFL didn't beat League.
http://www.pbl.com.au/media/pdf/2005/Australian%20Television%20Ratings%20-%20Week%2037.pdf
Then explain why a
delayed NRL semi got 73,000 viewers in Melbourne, but a
live AFL semi got only 64,000 in Brisbane.
I reckon it's because "
Brisbane viewers couldn't give a toss about the AFL without the Lions playing."
Tell me I'm wrong. They just don't follow AFL in Brisbane and Sydney, they follow the team, not the game.
And if you think the figures are wrong, prove it.