2016
The Womens Sporting Wars
Traditionally womens sport has been considered the less popular cousin to mens sport. This has been evident in sporting attendances, tv deals and media coverage going back decades. With the AFL launching its womens competition, and the threat from its financial and support strengths, it seems the latest sporting battlefront is emerging. So who are…
NRL announces Facilities Fund
The NRL today announced a new funding program to support rugby league facilities beyond its traditional strongholds of Queensland and New South Wales. The National Footy Facilities Fund is an initiative of the National Rugby League and assists existing and new clubs to improve the quality, availability and standard of their facilities. A total of…
NAB take AFL Womens naming rights for 3 years.
The Heraldsun reports that AFL Women’s has secured NAB as its inaugural naming rights sponsor after what league chief executive Gillon McLachlan said was a hotly contested fight for its sparkling new product. The three-year deal, with the option of a further three years, is believed to be worth $2 million-$3 million a year. Announced…
Eagles dominating digital landscape in the wild west
The West Australian reports that the West Coast Eagles have now emerged as kings of the new game after taking out the 2016 digital premiership. However, it also notes that other sports are using savvy techniques to stay in the game against their powerful AFL counterparts.
The AFL’s Docklands Equation
On October 7, 2016 the AFL confirmed that it had finalised its purchase of Etihad stadium for an unspecified amount of money, however a number of reports guess the figure to be at between $150 million to $200 million. As a result of the purchase the league and clubs expect to be able to offer…
Melbourne Storm finances
Periodically certain AFL leaning folks bring up the Melbourne Storms funds and debt profile over the years. In 2010, Crikey noted that the Storm had been losing 6 million a year, with News covering the losses. In 2012, the Australian Rugby League Commission guaranteed $26.5 million over the next six years to Melbourne Storm with…
AFL/NRL Grand Final Advertising costs
The Australian reports that Nine Network is selling 30-second advertising slots in Sunday’s 2016 NRL grand final for about $75,000 each, although the price could jump with demand expected to spike after an ideal set of results over the weekend, while inventory is running low, and could be around the $100,000 mark. Sensis in September…
The Biggest Salary Cap Penalties in Australian Sport
With the penalties handed down to Parramatta in the National Rugby League yesterday, Ive laid out a ranking of the top penalties for salary cap breaches in Australian sport. 1. The Melbourne Storm (NRL 2010) Unquestionably the king of salary cap penalties, the Melbourne Storm were heavily penalised after the National Rugby League uncovered breaches…
2016 NRL Crowd Tracker
Im now running an up to date tracker for NRL Crowds here since AFLtables has apparently stopped – http://www.footyindustry.com/?page_id=2555
Clubs battle NSW Government and NRL for money for ANZ Stadium upgrade
News Limited Reports that while NRL management supports a proposed funding model from Sports Minister Stuart Ayres — the clubs apparently dont. They want money set aside for a full revamp of ANZ Stadium and will meet today to increase their fight against the Government stadia funding model. It is understood $1.2 billion of the…
March 26th – Saturday Crowds
AFL Melbourne v GWS – 28,505 at the MCG Gold Coast v Essendon – 16,239 at Metricon Stadium North Melbourne v Adelaide – 25,485 at Etihad Stadium Sydney v Collingood – 33,857 at the SCG Round total to date – 179,792 (last years R1 total was 359,470, with four games remaining, including Port v St…
March 25 – Good Friday Crowds
In the NRL, 38,192 saw Canterbury see off Souths at ANZ Stadium, while at Lang Park, 46,176 watched the Broncos narrow win over North Queensland. In the A-league, 20,097 watched the Victory take on Western Sydney at Aami Park.
March 24 – Thursday Crowds, News
The opening AFL match of the season proper attracted 75,706 to the MCG. (Details here.) Meanwhile, the Socceroos pulled in 35,439 people at AdelaideOval for their match against Tajikstan in wet weather. (Details here.) ——————————– News Limited is reporting that Cronulla and Manly may be forced by the NRL to move matches away from their…
More Aussies now watching A-League than Premier League on TV
Roy Morgan released the results of a survey that concluded that the A-League is now watched on TV by more Australians 14+ than the English Premier League, with its audience growing by more than 50% since 2011. Follow up articles can be found at fourfourtwo.
March 19th – Fri TV
Friday Television The NRL match between Canterbury and Parramatta pulled in 783k with Metro: 499k (Syd 317k Bri 142k Mel 21k Ade 3k Per 10k) and Reg: 284k. A further 212k watched on Foxtel. The SuperRugby last night saw 65k watched the Waratahs take on the Highlanders, and another 52k watched the Hurricanes play the…
March 19th – Industry News – Fri Crowd, Thu TV, Etihad Stadium
Friday Nights NRL attracted 30,018 to ANZ Stadium to see Parramatta take on Canterbury. Details here. Thursday Nights NRL pulled in 470k (Syd 274k Bri 159k Mel 15k Ade 9k Per 12k) Regional 206k and a further 223k on Foxtel. News Limited reports that AFL CEO GILLON McLachlan says the league doesn’t need a third…