www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/c ... 6045092567 channel 10 are looking like they want the nrl bad including mnf

www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/c ... 6045092567 channel 10 are looking like they want the nrl bad including mnf

RB, don't you think it is a classic case of doing business via the media. Whine like feck about MNF costing big shillings in the full knowledge it is a Pay TV golden goose and one the TV companies will break their back trying to keep.

I'll bet Gallop was grinning ear-to-ear when he saw these articles.

www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6045238058 nrl on track for 1 bill deal still with 7 confirming still interested

www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6045238058 nrl on track for 1 bill deal still with 7 confirming still interested

The slow march towards rugby league's independent commission has stalled negotiations for the NRL rights.

What's the hold up? How hard can it be to get people in place...especially when the NRL knew it was going to happen.

It could well be getdown.

Thing is, NRL clubs do not like playing on a Monday. End of. Maybe they are trying to use money as an argument to get rid of it. But they won't succeed as JB points out, because they rate highly on TV and will be part of an increased TV deal.

I still suspect there are genuine concerns about attendances on Monday nights from the clubs re monies, but JB has pointed out that their comments don't appear to be 100% accurate. So they are deliberately misleading, are lying, or don't know what they're on about. It can't be the latter, surely.

I wasn't aware Nrth Qld didn't play MNF last year but I do remember there CEO complaining about it due to the distance some of their fans travel.

7 NRL games this year have made the list of top 15 most watched programs on Foxtel ever

4 of those games are monday night football

and im sure as the season progresses this will only increase

yeh ....nrl club CEOs really want MNF gotten rid of

Dally, CEOs want cash in their banks, not lazy people not bothering to go to their games. You do get that principle right?

It all depends on "how much" MNF is worth as part of the TV deal?

I showed how in 2010 the clubs could argue against MNF based on the potential to lose $360k a game based on a 4k average shortfall in fans at $45 a ticket with another $45 spent on residuals.
2009 figures show:
192 regular season games, 3084,481 fans at 16,065
24 MNF games, 313, 629 fans at 13,068
168 non MFN games, 2770,852 at 16,493.

so, about 3,500 fans at $45 a ticket and $45 residual...potential for $315k a game revenue loss or $7.5 million and change a season or 7.5% of the deal...which I believe if you break down roughly and extract cash for SOO et al, is $500k a game.

Clubs (and their CEO's) can't have it both ways......without TV they wouldn't get the fanbase (sad social comment...but alas now true) and if they are required to cough up $450k a year out of ticket revenue to secure $6,000,000 a year in TV income then so be it.

you can only go on corresponding fixtures and reality is Sth's or Bulldogs did no worse from MNF last year.

as I said, mickles and muckles. The CEO's will use the figures that I did....showing that the average gate at a MNF game is 4k less than the ones played on Fri/Sat/Sun.

which is individually irrelevant if you only play one MNF game and your crowd is larger!

3 words... Conflict of interest.