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Message: [QUOTE="OXY-351, post: 2377502, member: 2107"] I don't see what the big issue is? Yes the first Friday night game started earlier than usual due to the double header, and channel 9 didn't want to change their schedule, but in fairness they did televise it like the normal first friday night match (short add breaks etc). I could undrstand the frustration if they televised both matched like the do the second Friday night game (long ad breaks every 10 minutes etc), but they way they handled it, if you didn't know the game kicked off early, you would have been none the wiser. Besides this, you guys understand how FTA TV works, right? They obviously rely heavily on the advertising dollar. Live games = less chance for ad breaks = less dollars. Delayed games = more chance for ads = more dollars. If the TV networks aren't getting as much advertising, they can't afford to pay as much for the TV rights. How does this benefit the game? Like it or not, the networks are scheduling their matches to suit the advertisers, not the fans because the advertisers are the ones paying for it. The alternative is that all the games move to pay tv where they rely less on the advertisers and could be shown live. Does anyone really want that though? I'm happy to sit through a few ad breaks to watch my sport for free. imo the coverage is much better these days than it ever has been. There were times there that only 3 games would be shown weekly. 1 delayed one on Friday night. One live, albeit povo, telecast on the ABC on a Saturday arvo. And one hour worth of highlights on a Sunday evening. [/QUOTE]

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