On April 29, 2022 Peter V’landys urged the NSW Government to develop suburban grounds around the state instead of using the money on Accor Stadium at Homebush, stating that rugby league needs the ‘tribalism’ that the smaller grounds present. A handshake deal was allegedly done at this time, pending formal paperwork by both organisations. The…
RATINGS WRAP | AFL Suffers Viewer Drop-off as ASHES CRICKET Dominates Sports Fans Attention | #AFL #NRL #ASHES | FULL STORY – https://t.co/ZyGbcleqOT — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) August 7, 2019
Its a massive day for sports news of all varieties. The 2019 Ausplay survey has been released, The Storm relocate to Albury, while the A-league prepares for August restart and theres some Rugby CEO speculation thrown in to a big news mix, 2019 Ausplay Survey The latest Ausplay Survey data has been released by Sport…
On December 18th, Adelaide and AFL Northern Territory were reported to have submitted a joint application for a womens side, with the team to split its home games between Adelaide and Darwin. Both parties have submitted written submissions to the league. “For the Northern Territory, who’s probably never going to have an AFL male team…
The Northern Territory will launch a bold bid to establish an AFL team when the league grants its next licence. The team would be based in Darwin with plans already drawn up for a new stadium to be built in the city’s CBD. Games would also be played in Alice Springs, with options for matches…
The Australian reports that club bosses are concerned that the NRL wont be able to afford expansion if it continues to prop up clubs – there are at least four presently receiving assistance from the league at the moment. “We need all the current clubs to be sustainable and the only way you’d look at…
The Big news today coming from the A-league with their announcement of the cancellation of the A-league Grand Final deal and the new announcement of the A-League United round. More details in the dedicated news post. Meanwhile the rest of todays news
Simon Hill writes that the Asian Cup is expected to deliver a $20 million surplus to the state and federal governments who spent $61 million hosting the event. He hopes that they will spend some of the proceeds on the local game. We had unprecedented government and community support. There is no question that the…
Tournament organisers have announced that they are aiming for a worldwide audience of 2 billion, surpassing the 1.19 billion FIFA claims watched the 2019 edition of the Womens tournament. So lets have a look at how the ratings are going around the world. Australia The World Cup is being shown on Seven and Optus Sports…
AFL JLT Series: St Kilda d Port Adelaide: Crowd: 5,363 @ Etihad Stadium LIVE: AFL: JLT SERIES: ST K V PORT ADEL FOX FOOTY 87,000 GWS claims 15,706 GIANTS 2017 Members, up 82 per cent increase on the same time last year. The club reports 3,356 members are based in Canberra. Richmond have signed Bang…
There was barely a spare seat to be found as the first knock out stage of the Womens World Cup saw venues filled to capacity in both Australia and New Zealand. The Group of 16 matches were attended by 310,706 people at an average of 38,838 per match across 7 venues in 2 countries using…
The Australian Financial Review has a report by Mark Di Stefano on Sportsbet and how the bookmaker used a shell company to shield involvement in an NRL Pick’em tipping competition, which skirted advertising regulations and promoted gambling offers. Essentially, Sportsbet created a seperate shelf company to operate the competition which enabled them to get around…
AFL Sat TV #AFL #AFLSaintsTigers Seven Mel 260k Ade 77k 7mate Per 78k pic.twitter.com/CIJ2YQNcjF — Mediaweek (@MediaweekAUS) July 8, 2017 Sat STV #AFL #FoxFooty #AFLSaintsTigers National 186k Metro 139k (Syd 19k Mel 72k Bri 10k Ade 14k Per 24k) pic.twitter.com/xozcea5QwI — Mediaweek (@MediaweekAUS) July 9, 2017 Sat TV #AFL #AFLLionsCats 7mate Bri 20k pic.twitter.com/xLuGIVGEQV —…
The AFL has released its 2016 participation figures. THE ESTABLISHMENT of the new AFL Women’s competition is the major reason behind an enormous spike in participation numbers, according to latest figures released by the AFL. A 56 per cent increase in female community club teams boosted the total female participation by 19 per cent to…
A big Saturday block of AFL matches played up and down the east coast with matches in Launceston, Melbourne, and the Gold Coast. Sevens Saturday night football was a combined ratings affair between the Tigers/Bulldogs and Suns/Roos matches with an average audience of 399,000 watching on free to air television, with a reach of 1.447…
The Australian is reporting that Football Federation Australia has kicked off negotiations on the richest television deal in its 11-year history by targeting a doubling in the price of its media rights with more free-to-air coverage. Administrators are said to be confident of achieving a big rise in the value, potentially up to $80m annually…
Crowds at this Womens world cup so far total 1.065m….and will pass France19 by the end of the group stage in 2 days time, will overtake China 2007 by the end of the first weekend (on aggregate not average), and hurtle USA 1999 at Accor Stadium on Monday night (again on aggregate not average) when…
NFL ESPN Cowboys/Raiders 30,000 Saints/Bills 23,000 WBBL Final – Scorchers v Strikers The 15,511 crowd at @OptusStadium for the @WBBL Final was the: – Biggest crowd at a standalone #WBBL match (prev 5650) Biggest crowd at a WBBL Finals match (prev 10,069) Fifth highest crowd in WBBL history Television 7mate 378,000 (+17% on 2020) Metro 228,000…
Steve Mascord writes in Fairfax media that making player salaries public knowledge is only a matter of time.
The Western Bulldogs Football Club has announced an operating profit of $3,641,018 for the year ended 31 October 2016. It is the third consecutive year of profit for the Club. The Club’s total revenue rose to a record $48.4 million, surpassing last year’s previous record of $41.3m. The Club’s net debt reduced from $8.3m to…