So basically a confirmed Seven/Fox deal. Sad.
not true until the fat lady sings.
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Yes I was about to say⌠the fuckwits at the Australian are the ones who reported the alleged 10 bid and now they are saying they havenât bid.
This is all speculation. If the AFL only ever intend on having one intended outcome then theyâre negligent at best in any face value negotiations.
10 always remain tight lipped as opposed to seven and fox. This is all a mess. Sounds like if they go with the same existing deal it will be an abject failure by the AFL.
I think itâll go to 10/P+ The Age said they submitted a $3bn bid after Gil met with Paramount executives
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Will the correct information please stand up? 
Iâm not exactly siding with their perspective, but it seems evident there are conflicting sources.
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Not necessarily
The Australian reported the information they had at the time - if the new information in the latest article is to be believed, the source of that original information may have in fact been the AFL.
I donât think this one is quite over yet - if the 10/P+ âofferâ was used by the AFL to try and drive up other bids, then the news about Fox wanting greater exclusivity in SA/WA fits a push to extract a better deal.
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Just read the article - struck me as a run of the mill article from News, transparently pushing Newsâ agenda.
ie. Stop dicking us around and get the deal sorted. Stop negotiating with 10. Donât let Seven show all WA/SA team matches. Weâll lower our bid if any of those happen.
Was one unnamed source too without quoting anyone from a different organisation.
And it did occur to me that perhaps itâs less likely that you would push out an article like this if things were going perfectly for you at the negotiating table.
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By the looks of it, The Age/SMH have had writers on the AFL beat cover this story, whilst The Australian have used their media reporters. That may have something to do with the type of information that is coming out.
As much as I am hoping for a change of scenery (and that Iâm wrong about this), this has always had a feeling of inevitability that Seven/Fox are going to end up with it again. That being said, I donât buy the reports that 10 never submitted a bid all along, and thereâs still every chance thereâs a late bidding war.
However, lets say that 10 have had a very sudden change of heart for some reason - how much would all this bluster from News Corp and especially SWM have played a part in such a thing happening? SWM have orchestrated an extremely noisy campaign in the last week (even in yesterdayâs Sunday Times, they were still writing opinion pieces on this) which has had a somewhat threatening tone towards the AFL. Whilst this is really not surprising, it does show just how hostile Seven are now towards sporting organisations, which in my opinion is completely unnecessary and very, very unprofessional.
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If Foxtel games for Adelaide and Perth teams were to be shown exclusively, would this mean teams in those cities would get more games produced by Seven?
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Iâve wondered this too and surely it would, which isnât a great thing for Victorian club fans or Seven.
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The AFL draw would have to be manicured to favour SA and WA teams. Could see more Showdowns and Derbies on Seven plus games against big drawing Victorian clubs, Collingwood, Carlton, Richmond, Hawthorn and Melbourne.
Why would it have to be âmanicuredâ? Unless they want national FTA coverage. The current deal shows Foxâs coverage on Seven in those states only and works well enough.
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I echo @Jeffmisterâs comment from yesterday and feel it is highly unlikely that all WA/SA games would suddenly be FTA only due to the recent commentary.
Itâs a given that some WA/SA games would be for streaming only like the current deal, but there was concern that most, if not all games would be exclusive there only.
Agreed, especially given their recent tension with Cricket Australia.
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Seven are only hostile towards sporting organisations (AFL and Cricket Australia) if aspects of their broadcast deals donât go their way.
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From tonightâs Media Watch.
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Typical greedy Fox.
Hopefully 10/Paramount can swoop over instead. Maybe even Seven can find a new partner for the rights.
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Wanting super Saturday is a travesty. Theyâre trying to fuck the AFL over with these demands. Itâs really getting ridiculous.
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The only part of that I agree with is Fox wanting to use their own commentators, more choice is good especially as Sevenâs commentary these days is pretty dire at times.
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Ugh. Personally donât care if Fox do their own commentary, but the Super Saturday idea should be dealt with with contempt by the AFL.
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