Seven AFL coverage (pre-2001)

[ConnarO]

Most or all of them are mainly Fox-produced.

[foxyrover]

“Most” so the statement is incorrect?

[BigVic]

C7 aired matches all produced by 7

[Avatar5991]

@Expensive_Horse5538

So it sounds like that after Round 8, for example, if Port, Crows, Swans etc have a Saturday night game, it will be shown live, rather than on delay.

I remember in 2000, a Sydney Swans home game against Geelong at the SCG was delayed on TV in Sydney until at least 9:30pm or 10:30pm, while in 2011 a Friday night game between the Swans and Carlton was delayed on Seven in Sydney until 11:30pm, though 7two or 7mate (can’t remember which station) aired it live in that market; it was on the same day/evening as the Royal Wedding between Kate and William.

[stmookeyj027]

@Avatar5991

The previous year, a final between Hawthorn and the Geelong Cats was played at Docklands (it was played on a Friday night), for what reason I don’t know.

Believe it may have had something to do with trying to protect the MCG who had 2 other finals on that weekend (and thus fulfilling contractual obligations)

[Avatar5991]

In 2011, Melbourne hosted all four first week finals; one of them (an elimination final between St Kilda and Sydney) was played at Docklands Stadium as the AFL believed that would be the lower-drawing final.

No AFL finals have been played at Docklands since.

[Avatar5991]

Channel Seven AFL Grand Final 2001 Brisbane Lions vs Essendon Promo

Courtesy: Lachlan Patterson AFL

At the end where it says “Seven’s Grand Final”, I think it could be interpreted in two ways:

• their actual Grand Final coverage, or
• their “Grand Final” in the sense that it was their final AFL match before Channels Nine and Ten gained the FTA broadcasting rights; Seven, of course, would regain the FTA rights with Ten for the 2007-11 period before again becoming the sole FTA broadcaster from 2012 onwards.

I also think the era of networks sharing FTA broadcasting rights for certain sports (another such example being when Seven and SBS co-televised the 2008 Beijing Olympics) is well and truly over, given multichannels didn’t exist prior to the teens decade.

[1323ZM]

@Avatar5991

I also think the era of networks sharing FTA broadcasting rights for certain sports (another such example being when Seven and SBS co-televised the 2008 Beijing Olympics) is well and truly over

If it’s a quality product and all the networks want it, and all are prepared to pay top dollar for it, then it’s in the sport’s best interest to split the FTA rights. Take the NFL for example, where all four major FTA networks have a slice of the action every week. So yeah, nothing to do with multi channels.

There’s every chance the same will happen here (again).