When I first read the following article I thought "pushed back 10 minutes" meant the Seven telecast would be delayed by ten minutes, which is not exactly live, and which would have been a monumental piece of skullduggery. But then I realised it meant the games themselves were to be pushed back 10 minutes, which apparently is a piece of skullduggery - at least according to Caro:
FRIDAY night football would be televised live every week for the first time and pay TV operator Foxtel would get to show finals live under a landmark $1 billion deal being negotiated between the big networks and the AFL.
As the deal moves towards its ambitious $1 billion price tag, it has emerged that Seven is close to a compromise with the league to make all Friday night telecasts live - in return for match starting times being pushed back 10 minutes.
In what could prove to be a controversial change among fans who attend matches - particularly families with young children - Friday games would be shifted from their current 7.40pm start to 7.50pm.
Andy Dollars & his three amigos will have done a sensational job if they manage to get the TV networks to go live as well as cough up the famous billion dollars.
Still, the ink is not yet dry. It remains to be seen whether Friday Night Footy is absolutely live as opposed to almost live. There's always The Delay. The TV stations will not want to lose listeners to the radio broadcasts, so a little time-shift tweaking is likely to happen as the TV network tries to scramble the radio & picture feeds. If you don't want to listen to the ads, you can always investigate the effectiveness of a delay-o-tron or IQ it.
In Brisbane the Friday night game starts at 11:30pm, after Better Homes & Gardens, a movie (usually a throwaway, since its up against live league), and a half-hour filler reality show. Personally I'd settle for any change that lets the broadcast here finish before midnight.
Posted by: Jim | 04/06/2011 at 02:55 PM
I'm not sure what is planned for the rugbied states. Presumably Seven would not want to go live against the NRL, which would be gruesome for Seven, but if they did, would please the handful of people up that way who are not obsessed with what Sterlo calls "footy".
Seven might be granted latitude there, though, since they get massacred and since Foxtel carry the AFL live on Main Event.
Posted by: Tony | 04/06/2011 at 03:05 PM
Seven would use 7Mate in Brisbane to show live footy. Theoretically.
Posted by: m0nty | 04/06/2011 at 05:13 PM
I'm not sure why TV stations would care if you were listening to the radio while watching their telecast. You are still watching after all, the ratings remain the same.
Posted by: Yobbo | 04/07/2011 at 04:49 AM
Advertisers put pressure on the networks to make sure viewers listen to the ads.
Posted by: Tony | 04/07/2011 at 07:49 AM
They're wasting their time with that, I mute the ads as soon as they even look like appearing. They are mind-bogglingly awful in WA Country - sheep dips, sheds, steel, fast food - and remorselessly repetitive. I pride myself on eliminating the mindless bastards, every one another victory.
Posted by: os | 04/07/2011 at 07:50 PM
I wouldn't mind some ads for sheep dip and sheds. All I seem to get are irritating old pensioners rabbiting on about insurance companies that are really interested in their pointless stories about their old cars, etc. etc -- and also funeral plans that are so good, you might actually want to die to see if they really DO pay out without question.
Posted by: Professor Rosseforp | 04/07/2011 at 08:06 PM
"Roundup from Monsanto. For all your herbicide and glyphosate requirements."
Posted by: Tony | 04/07/2011 at 08:15 PM
7mate showed live footy the last two Friday nights.
Posted by: Random | 04/10/2011 at 06:32 AM
They did?!? In Melbourne?
Posted by: Tony | 04/10/2011 at 07:14 AM
Awesome talking point, Big Tones. ;)
Eddie says [yes, I brought myself to read the article] the 10 minutes is the difference between kids being yelled at on the train by "dickheads" and a peaceful journey. Bullshit of the highest order, even by Eddie standards.
http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/sport/afl/news/blog/eddie-mcguire-says-later-friday-night-afl-starts-will-lead-to-more-drunken-crowd-behaviour/20110405-bx1r.html
What's with Luke Darcy's shirt? Straight out of the cellophane QUICK TAKE PHOTO NO TIME TO IRON!!! And Rex See You Next Tuesday with his false smile. He still workin'?! He has absolutely zero media presence in the West [well, the media I consume].
Rex looks like he's lost a lot of weight. I'm implying something there.
"Well, fighting a bull's one thing but fighting bullshit's another
And around here you know the bullshit just never seems to die"
-Paul Kelly
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 04/10/2011 at 02:06 PM
Jesus I've got a terrible memory. I misremembered Eddie as saying "dickheads" instead of "idiots." Apologies, Eddie.
Hey while I've got you, I heard possibly the greatest malapropism ever yesterday. Liam Pickering, Dockers vee Geelong.
"another chink on the rung"
I have climbed the mountain, and I have SEEN the promised land!
In the context of his sentence, I *think* he was trying to say "another feather in his cap" or "another notch on his bed head" etc. But he's ballsed it up on about three levels. Bonus points for accidental racism.
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 04/10/2011 at 03:03 PM
I've heard of chinks in the armour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHOrHEDPYIM
but I can't think of any appropriate sayings that includes rungs, ladders, etc. But it's well worth including in a conversation to see if anyone queries it.
Armour chinks in pointless sayings are probably not as racist as greasy poles.
Posted by: Professor Rosseforp | 04/10/2011 at 05:56 PM
Yeah, Prof.
It was definitely "chink in the armour" - which is what I was saying by ballsing it up on so many levels. Chink in the armour is a bad thing, which is the EXACT OPPOSITE of what I think he meant. That's what made it speeeeeecial.
Nearly all malapropisms are a mix of sayings with similar meanings. eg. Ben Allan's "another arrow in his bow."
I guess the rung reference was something about climbing a ladder. Duh.
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 04/10/2011 at 06:47 PM
Patience is a virgin.
Posted by: Tony | 04/10/2011 at 06:57 PM
"another arrow in his bow" -- wrong, unless he was a Green Arrow fan, like myself. Although I don't like the modern renderings of the character.
Posted by: Professor Rosseforp | 04/11/2011 at 01:41 AM
"another arrow in his bow" -- wrong
Got our wires crossed I think[???]. Yes it's wrong, it was an example of one of the hundreds of malapropisms I've heard muttered by sportsmen and commentators. Arrow in his quiver, string to his bow.
Particularly nasty weather, Professor. What, with a feather? Wang dang.
Posted by: Big Ramifications | 04/11/2011 at 01:57 PM