10-18-2015, 12:41 AM
(10-18-2015, 12:15 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:It's been the case for the last 20-25 years.
The AFL has become a national competition and generates more money via TV rights than ever.
They were not worried back then and they are not worried now.
Soccer and basketball were what drove the then vfl to take measures to become a national sport. It would probably have shuffled away into obscurity if it hadn't. There was a point where the AFL moved to the ABC for no broadcast money because the offer from ch 7 was so low.
I don't think they're worried now because their model is one of shared supporters but they definitely were back then.

