If you're not crashing out (over tv ratings, really?) then you're a great actor. Go back and read the ABC article. The Average is completely in-line with the last few decades of SoO ratings. The Reach figure posted by NoMates is a different measurement entirely. There's no conspiracy & we're...

Suggest you go back and re-read a few posts before getting outraged and thinking about conspiracies, literally no-one has suggested that has happened.

It's simply a snowball effect, NSW and QLD are the growth states and as the NRL expands into the southern states the ratings there will also continue growing. I can't see the yearly records slowing down anytime soon.

Those figures would be 'Reach' which is however many people tuned in for a certain amount of time during the broadcasts. The Average is more important and is what is normally used in comparisons. Game III was apparently the highest rating State of Origin match of all time...

They're just leeches attaching themselves to whatever is popular. No-one is as shameless as the AFL. Aus Gov needs to do a Vichy France Confiscate every stadium, clubhouse, uniform & bank account controlled by the AFL and give it to the FA. Also ban the AFL from using the word football for the...

Would've loved to have seen them evolve and playing out of a packed NQ Stadium, definite home ground advantage. Also it's superficial but their colours were great. No suitable stadiums. TSV is the capital of NQ so people re used to travelling there whether it's sport, concerts or hospital visits

Salivating at the thought of what the FA could do with $750M-800M/year

Everything can be fixed with money, there's no other way around it. Marketing, making it cheaper to play, linking with schools, etc As an aside it's criminal what the Bakries have done in what should be one of our biggest markets, and again if the A-L or FA had money they would be able to put a...

Stan Sport have to be favourites now to pickup the A-League; missing out on NRL but picking up the EPL. I won't enjoy the cost increase though, my current P+ plan is about to expire and only cost me $62 for the year. Looking around and the cheapest Stan Sport sub is $32/month...

They see Football as an existential threat to Aussie Rules, and they're right to do so. AFL had a cult-like grip over Melbourne for a century but it's hard to keep that up when people can open their phone and see actual skilled athletes from around the world, without leaving their home. They...

AFL zealots like Barr always give off wannabe RFU vibes. Living in the wrong country and the wrong century.

It’s borderline corruption from Barr, clearly his personal preference, not what the community want or need.

Honestly thought he'd have until Xmas. He leaves a legacy and IMO that Chelsea game was a sliding doors moment.

That’s nostalgia talking. I want P&R as I’ve seen how one owner in a franchise model can bottleneck an entire state, but you can’t honestly say the world is the same as it was back then, domestically or internationally.

Aside from a $500M/yr tv deal with SBS which funds three tiers of national pro-rel? -Confirmation that Perry Park will be redeveloped would make me very happy. -Bakries out and/or Roar replaced by Strikers/City/anyone with motivation to succeed. -Barr redirects the millions he sends to the AFL...

From the SMH link: "Queensland has recently overtaken Victoria as the state with the second-biggest number of grassroots participants, behind only NSW - underlining the strategic importance for football that the region is positively represented at the professional level".

It'd be a huge piece of the puzzle if we could properly tap into it/release the valve. NSW has always been way out in front and IIRC Gyfox used to keep stats at the old forum showing Qld and Vic have been relatively close for a long time. However when you look at the clubs in the national...

The A-League is suffering because it has ignored the sport's second largest market in favour of embarrassing con jobs in empty paddocks. There are more players in QLD than any state bar NSW, and the only national pathway for all these players is a borderline unprofessional organisation. The...

Disappointing but wish him the best.