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Message: [QUOTE="1910, post: 2994527, member: 8272"] I think most people would think that, but you can't make someone buy something. "The anti-siphoning list gives the free-to-air broadcasters the first right to negotiate," Senator Fifield said on 2GB radio. "It does not mandate that free-to-air broadcasters have to purchase events. It does not mandate that if they do purchase, that they have to show them. And it does not mandate that if they do purchase events that they can't then on-sell them to other platforms. "The list ... is there to increase the likelihood some of these significant events are on free TV. "But it's not possible for any government to mandate that free-to-air broadcasters have to purchase certain events. "What it does is give them the first opportunity and makes it more likely that these events will be on free-to-air TV." For the League the list says: 5 Rugby league football (1) Each match in the National Rugby League Premiership competition (including the Finals Series). (2) Each match in the National Rugby League State of Origin Series. (3) Each international rugby league test match that: (a) involves the senior Australian representative team; and (b) is played in Australia or New Zealand. (4) Each match of the Rugby League World Cup that: (a) involves the senior Australian representative team; and (b) is played in Australia, New Zealand or Papua New Guinea. Nine could show all that but they don't. [/QUOTE]

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