HoldenV8 wrote:As a West Adelaide fan I'm just wondering how long it will take 7 to televise one of our games. I know Westies aren't travelling to well (though we have won our last 2), and that we're far from being the best supported club in the SANFL (we're definitely in the bottom 2 or 3 for crowd numbers and overall number of supporters).....but 7 weeks into the season and we're yet to be on TV with no sign of that changing for a while.
I can see why 7 would focus on the top sides or those with a larger following, after all, they are in it to get ratings and I can't blame them for that. But didn't they say when they got the broadcast rights that every team would get somewhat of an equal coverage? So far that hasn't really been happening.
The good news is that all things being equal , each team gets on TV 4 times - no one has had that many as of yet. It won't help your crowd figure on that day when it's telecast though.
PS: Last year, on average, everyone had 5 or 6 matches, so there is less exposure there. There might be more advertisements for the matches and on a commercial station, but the core audience misses out on their club a bit more, particularly in the country audience.