Modest Estimate: Melbournes Value on our FTA agreement

[bobmar28]

zero, zip, nada - why would they pay millions for a product and then broadcast it in competition to the home shopping channel at midnight!!
wake up people - Mark my words - Melb will NEVER, EVER want league. AFL is on a pedestal down there, the moment they feel threatened it's bye bye league.

So you want to throw in the towel without a fight? I don't. We must have a team in the second largest city. If that means subsidising the Storm then so be it.
Having The Storm in the comp is worth at least 10 million.

 

[big country]

So you want to throw in the towel without a fight? I don't. We must have a team in the second largest city. If that means subsidising the Storm then so be it.
Having The Storm in the comp is worth at least 10 million.

more like costing us $10mil a year - I hope you're not in business my friend;-)

 

[Joker's Wild]

The game was never as close to extinction before Melbourne came in.

True, due to your teams current owner and their short-sited greed.

Dont forget that the 1st Storm side was made up of an amalgamation of 2 SL only sides (Hunter and Adelaide) and 1 ship jumper (Perth)

FTR I think a Melbourne side is important to have in our comp but the governing body really needs to man up and make the TV rights holder show games at a decent time, otherwise we are pissing money into the wind.

 

[big country]

True, due to your teams current owner and their short-sited greed.

Dont forget that the 1st Storm side was made up of an amalgamation of 2 SL only sides (Hunter and Adelaide) and 1 ship jumper (Perth)

FTR I think a Melbourne side is important to have in our comp but the governing body really needs to man up and make the TV rights holder show games at a decent time, otherwise we are pissing money into the wind.

this is the problem - if they take a risk and show a game live on friday night the switchboard will be inundated with complaints as to why re-runs of the Brady Bunch was taken off and this funny game with people running into each other has come on - PEOPLE - THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BUY IT!! GIVE IT TO SOMEONE WHO DESERVES IT MORE