I’m still baffled why Seven didn’t try airing the VFL on Sundays afternoons again before dropping it if that didn’t work.
After all, it was their push to have Saturday night VFL games which made it ‘commercially unviable’.
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Media reports have suggested the telecast match of the round will be in the traditional timeslot of Saturday 2pm.
I have a feeling that depending on the round they will swap between 1pm & 2pm matches to have a close consistency and people will know when to tune in.
I think the Tassie match in R1 would be a game that afl fans would be interested in and could be a good game to broadcast with big crowd expected etc - though not sure if it’s the best game on the Saturday.
Bulldogs unveil their 2025 flag for the 2pm match so that’s probably the ABC match for R1
So ABC get 1 game will the other games be on the AFL/VFL App why not Kayo Sports it’s probably better and it’s way more Popular.
All games will be on the AFL and VFL sites and apps. Live and free. Why would you want to put it behind a paywall like Kayo who is rightfully copping it for price goughing.
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Because it’s free on the app. Anyone who goes to the AFL APP will see a VFL live at the top of the screen and able to watch
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Who knew 7 would be scared of the ABC snapping up B-tier competition rights
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Maybe ABC can put Replays of all the other AFL Produced VFL Games on ABC iview which did not exist in 2014 when ABC last had the rights?
Still nothing from ABC about the VFL rights. No games appear in the forward schedules at this stage.
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I think a sticking point is commercial sponsorship. Smithy’s beer (named after Aussie Rules pioneer Thomas Henry Smith) is the naming rights partner of the VFL, and the ABC can’t be seen to be promoting alcohol.
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I don’t think they have to mention it, plus there have been plenty of times the ABC have shown sports with alcohol sponsorship.
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