Heres all the Footy industry news in brief from the last 7 days…in case you missed any of it A-league Adelaide Uniteds Womens side has received $75,000 funding from the South Australian Government to assist with this season’s medical, accommodation and travel costs. Former head of the A-League Archie Fraser has joined the Association of…
Francis Leach writes on the ABC website that the Aleague has the opportunity to stage a unique midweek Grand Final to get around the AFL, citing the success of Origin as a template for the event.
More than 3 million people have now attended AFL matches this season at an average of 38,632 per match. Round 9 was attended by 309,773 at an average of 34,419 per match.
AFL Clubs have become increasingly frustrated at protracted negotiations over a new Etihad Stadium deal despite AFL assurances an agreement will be in place for 2018. A TOP-TWO finish is set to earn Greater Western Sydney a golden run to this year’s Grand Final with the AFL expected to lock Spotless Stadium in as the club’s…
After 16 Rounds of the 2017 AFL Season, crowds are up 5.5% to 4.64 million and a 34,405 average. pic.twitter.com/3z0P0qaFBO — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) July 9, 2017 After 18 rounds of the 2017 NRL season, league crowds are down just 0.71% to 1.998 million and a 15,372 aveage heading into Origin III. pic.twitter.com/WEfciqxx83 — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU)…
Where Free to Air Television is concerned, the AFL is consistently showing itself to be the number 1 performer, not just in sport, but as far as Reach is concerned, all programming. Fox and Kayo are still not available at this time. AFL The AFLs Friday night footy again proved to be top of the…
AFC Asian Champions League 2017 ACL – FC Seoul v Wanderers – 4,769 at Seoul World Cup Stadium 2017 ACL – Adelaide v Jeju United – 3,539 at Hindmarsh Stadium AFL THE GABBA could get a drop-in wicket after Sports Minister Mick de Brenni backed the idea as a way of avoiding future clashes between…
Here is a brief comparison of known Australian womens sports tv deals. Australian Football League – Womens Two year deal No Additional rights funds Production costs covered by Foxtel and the Seven Network Opening game of the season, every saturday night game and the grand final live and on the Seven Network All games live…
Fairfax reports that there are about 8,000 empty seats at Subiaco each weekend and as many as 14,000, having only reached capacity once since 2010.
The A-League Men’s and Women’s 2023/24 season reached 5.72 million Australians across Network 10, 10 Play and Paramount+. The 2023/24 Isuzu UTE A-League Men’s season was up 16% on broadcast TV, 33% on 10 Play and 53% on Paramount+. The Liberty A-League Women’s audiences grew 114% on 10 Play and 125% on Paramount+. On Friday, the A-League All Stars Men…
Fairfax is reporting that the NRL has made a significant loss this season, despite record revenues. Australian Rugby League Commission chairman John Grant said the sport needs to improve its attractiveness to sponsors and business after the NRL slumped to a $18.7 million loss in 2015 despite record revenue. The result was a $39 million less than…
AFL The Swans clash v Carlton at Marvel Stadium had a near record attendance of 44,769, the same day the Blues announced a record membership for the seventh year in a row of 81,303. Sevens Friday Night Football averaged 522,000 viewers in the metro area, including 51,000 in Sydney on 7mate and 282,000 in Melbourne…
All the Industry News for May10th, 2023. AFL The AFL looks set to be free to use the Devils nickname for the new Tasmanian club after Warner Bros reached out to the league. Some divisions of the Central Australian Football League could return to Traeger Park later this week following top level discussions in…
A strong financial result was delivered by the Group. Consolidated Group Net Profit increased by 42% to $3.0m. Item 2021 2020 inc/Dec Revenue 68.44 67.121 1.97% Profit 3.025 2.122 42.55% NRl Distro 14.004 13.788 1.57% Poker Machines 35.074 38.753 -9.49% Sponsorship 7.969 5.076 56.99% Gate 4.891 2.719 79.88% The licensed Clubs profit increased from $0.8m…
Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill is so desperate for federal funding for a new sporting stadium in the North Queensland city, she will consider naming it after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull if he allocates money to the project.
Australia’s top rising sporting stars With Aussie athletes competing at the highest levels in everything from boxing and swimming to rugby and cricket, it is safe to say that Australia is truly a nation of supreme physical talent. And this is particularly true of the rising crop of young athletes who are following in the…
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the NSWRL is going to try and get into the elite GPS schools formerly considered Union exclusive zones. Union has been the exclusive code offered in GPS schools since 1892.