Given GWS and the Swans performance, I would say there could be a chance - still a small chance, but higher than if they were both losing games every week.
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No chance in hell. Even if the AFL wonāt admit it their priority is a commercially driven fixture. No matter how well the Swans and Giants are doing on the field, it cannot be justified putting them in primetime on national TV given the low viewership it will attract.
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Itās worth noting that the inaugural Sydney Derby (also the Giantsā inaugural AFL match) was held as a standalone Saturday night match to start the 2012 AFL season.
Since then there have been four Sydney Derby finals, but no regular season FTA Derbies outside of New South Wales.
There has also never been a FTA QClash aired outside of Queensland, and there hasnāt been a FTA Western Derby (held as a standalone match on a Friday night) since 2005.
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Both sides prefer a Saturday for the Derby as well
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Hopefully not, itās a much better broadcast when produced via Fox.
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And thatās saying something considering Fox commentators arenāt even at the ground most interstate matches.
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Does it really matter now that Fox will have their own commentary for every game?
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Depends if heās talking about commentary or camerawork.
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Iām pretty certain that Fox Footy will use Sevenās camera feeds for games produced by Seven, overlaying their own Fox graphics where possible. Theyāll have their own commentary teams calling those games, either on-site in converted radio commentary boxes or remotely from Fox Footy HQāessentially following the same approach as the arrangement Fox League has with the NRL and Nine.
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Donāt the same camera people do the games regardless of whoever broadcasts, since NEP does the broadcasts for all the menās games?
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Thatās correct, Iām referring to the over-all picture so things like comms, directing, graphics etc, the camerawork is almost irreverent as itās so similar between 7 and FOX.
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Well from next year if Seven is the host broadcaster a Showdown, youāll still be able to watch it with the Fox Footy team and look.
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Will be curious to see how far Fox goes in terms of modifying the visual coverage of Seven matches.
Fox League is pretty hands off bar the scoreboard and end of the match to avoid showing Nineās interviews, whereas the BBL they frequently show different angles between balls due to 7 & Fox having different players micād up.
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Not new information but the article has some insights on what 9, 7 & Fox will do in 2025.
Former Adelaide captain Rory Sloane has emerged as a contender to replace Cornes on Nineās flagship football show, Footy Classified Two industry sources, who would not be quoted because no deal has been reached, confirmed Nine (owner of this masthead) had approached Sloane,
However, this masthead can reveal there are Fox Footy staff already concerned about the prospect of heavy travel commitments from a Thursday through to a Sunday, and some say itās unclear whether commentary for all games will be at the venue or in the Melbourne studio. āNo one yet knows how that will look yet,ā said an industry source, who did not wish to be named publicly. A Foxtel spokesman declined to comment because the AFL fixture had not yet been released.
Industry sources, who did not wish to be named for confidentiality reasons, said the AFL was considering up to 21 Thursday night matches, up from 14 weeks of Thursday matches in 2024, before the finals.
The increase would mean the overall number of free-to-air games would remain the same as under the previous agreement, ensuring supporters without pay TV or access to streaming were not disadvantaged. The AFL was contacted for comment.
could this mean that from R16 - R21, 7 will show Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday games?
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Seems highly likely - they would definitely need some rounds where they broadcast four games in order to ensure the same amount of games are shown on FTA.
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Have it been specified what the broadcast arrangements for Saturday matches for Northern Territory and Tasmania are like, under the new broadcast deal? At the moment, NT and Tasmania follow Victoria as their local station Southern Cross relays programming from Seven Melbourne. But with Tasmania Devils entering the AFL competition in 2028, the arrangements will certainly change.
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Not yet, but I say itās likely that Tasmania would get local games either live or on delay, to keep it in line with the other Non-Victorian states. Apparently the deal was done with a 19th team (presumably a Tasmania team) in mind, so it might be that there is something in the finer print, but hasnāt been revealed publicly:
McLachlan said the new broadcast arrangement, which will expire in nine years, ācontemplatesā a 19-team competition as the AFL gets closer to making a call on Tasmaniaās bid for a licence. The outgoing AFL boss said the broadcast deal didnāt change the equation for Tasmaniaās hope of a standalone team.
As for the NT, considering they arenāt getting a team for now, I guess they would probably continue to broadcast the full Seven Melbourne schedule, including all games that air on Seven Melbourne.
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Iām going to bet that after a couple of rounds games will be studioed. Thereās no way theyāre calling a Sunday afternoon game with everyone at the ground in Adelaide or GWS.
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It will be interesting to see if this deal will affect the AFLās international broadcast rights from 2026 season onwards. At the moment, the rights are scattered across several broadcasters including TNT Sports, Fox Sports US, ABC Australia, Sky Sport NZ etc.
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Would depend on how much DAZN sees in bidding for them. However, given that my understanding is some contracts (at least Fox Sports) ended this year, I wouldnāt be surprised if some broadcasters have already signed new deals.
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