Second week into the finals and it’s time somebody threw a raspberry at Channel 7.
Delayed telecasts of AFL in Sydney are frustrating football fans, to the point they will not watch games.
Rugby league gets similar treatment in southern states.
During the season, we are able to turn to Fox Sports channels to catch live games, but 7 has the contracts so water tight that they seem to do what they please.
Both AFL finals games last week bounced down on free to air at 8.30pm – one hour behind southern states.
And the same will happen this weekend.
Granted, the Sydney audience is not as keen to tap into an AFL match, but I for one will be turning to radio for my live fix.
For television stations to hijack ratings away from pay television is a disservice to the fans.
If I wasn’t so keen to watch my team, Collingwood, in the finals, I’d happily boycott the coverage, and would encourage any other serious sports fan to do the same.
In a nutshell, this is rubbish Channel 7. Allow our protest to be heard.
Friday, September 18, 2009
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Apologies for initially thinking it was Channel 10 which had delayed tonight's telecast when it's actually Channel 7. Whatever the case, and whenever the delays (all channels with football contracts have been guilty at some point), in an era of modern technology, they simply should be regarded as unacceptable.
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