They won’t on sell to 7, if they wanted it they would have paid as part of the rights deal.
Ten is the likely candidate or fox keep it as exclusive.
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Think Luke Darcy is heading to Rio not for Seven but for Triple M’s Hot Breakfast. He hinted at it during their footy coverage recently
No idea.
Silly.
Fox Footy is very Melbourne-centric. Did I hear Eddie McGuire calling the derby in WA? LOL
Surely Ten would want it? Nice LIVE lead-in to Saturday evening line-up, especially if a great game.
Remember the AFL have brought back lots of traditional games to the MCG in that time slot, for the fans.
Fox Footy already doing live-crosses on Ten News
Why would they want it? It would be the twilight game and they don’t show news at 6pm.
Most likely the GWS and GC games that don’t rate.
As was discussed when the rights agreement was announced, there’s only going to be games played in the Saturday 3:20pm slot for half of the season. Seven has the rights to the games that otherwise would have been in that slot for Thursday Night Football and public holiday matches
Due to this fact alone, the package isn’t an attractive stand-alone proposition in the first place
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It will bring viewers back to the network, history shows twilight games get more ratings than day games do. If the AFL wants to make it attractive they have to put big blockbuster matches in that slot, in order for a network to bid for the rights. Maybe they will, maybe they won’t air news at 6pm. Its all speculation at this stage.
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It would cost more than its worth. For 12 games it isn’t worth the price tag. If I remember correctly it was reported it would be worth $20mill a year. That is nearly 1.5 mill per game.
Twilight games will only get good figures if good and popular teams are playing… Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane will have no interest if it is the interstate teams playing…
Where are these figures you are talking about. The more games the better. I heard differently. It is rumoured to be around $30m in total with a price tag of $2m per game.
AFL states will watch it, regardless whether or not its the state team that is playing. If they are major blockbuster events then viewers will watch it.
Let’s be realistic, the AFL want a free-to-air network to show Saturday afternoon football (rather than Foxtel)!
No turdall, the 3pm game would have many good matches probably 
Well that wouldnt work out mathematically… even worse deal if thats the case.
How do you know that?
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It will go to the highest bidder. As News Corp has stated.
There probably wont even be a bidder… no one seems to want it. Nine clearly dont want it, neither do seven.
Interesting. BT tipped to replace Dennis for Friday night footy and the Grand Final from next year.
Not really surprising to be honest.
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REALLY Imo the worst choice - Surely there are 100 better in the country then BT
The article also mentions the fill-in AFL commentators during the Olympics period: Mark Readings in Perth, Mark Soderstrom in Adelaide and Jason Bennett in Melbourne.
Seven could poach Huddo from Fox Footy to replace Dennis from next year
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