My reading of it is the Storm are pawns in a row between the free to air tv and the pay tv mob and their owners...to not have their games shown at remotely reasonable hour is absurd..this damages their profile and must damage their sponsors exposure.
This what happens when an American multi national sticks it beak into league and tries to own and run the game..they are too incompotent to pull it off.
We hear the usual hollow threats of removing games from free to air if they are not shown properly in Victoria and others States..but I believe there is a tacit agreement between the News/NRL and the tv owners that league will not impinge on AFL in Victoria for some reason..god knows why the shady types make these arrangements but they exist and are costing league in Victoria big bucks and big expsoure!
This what happens when an American multi national sticks it beak into league and tries to own and run the game..they are too incompotent to pull it off.
We hear the usual hollow threats of removing games from free to air if they are not shown properly in Victoria and others States..but I believe there is a tacit agreement between the News/NRL and the tv owners that league will not impinge on AFL in Victoria for some reason..god knows why the shady types make these arrangements but they exist and are costing league in Victoria big bucks and big expsoure!