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Post by Pierre L on May 16, 2005 16:55:05 GMT 10
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Post by marinermick on May 16, 2005 16:57:57 GMT 10
cool, i was the fourth person to sign it
foxsports will be blown away!!!!!
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Post by Phormic on May 16, 2005 16:58:58 GMT 10
Hi Pierre. Listen mate. We're all Sydney FC fans. We can't see OUR team on free to air. What chance do you think there is of us voting to get the EPL up there first? Do you think we just might want local football on there instead? Hmmm? You do realise that SBS can't afford the rights don't you? Go away. Stop spamming our forum. |
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Post by Pierre L on May 16, 2005 17:06:02 GMT 10
No, they can afford em, Fox Sports are just greedy
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Post by Der Kaiser on May 16, 2005 17:08:41 GMT 10
 EPL is overexposed as it is. I agree with Phormic, lets see A-league on FTA first!
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Post by Pierre L on May 16, 2005 17:09:41 GMT 10
There can always be a petition made for that.
But it is different with EPL.
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Post by Phormic on May 16, 2005 17:16:24 GMT 10
Foxtel OWN the rights to the EPL. They used to licence the rights to SBS. A new deal was offered. SBS couldn't afford it. Not on SBS anymore. Simple.
The government has an anti-siphoning list of sporting events that must be on free-to-air TV by law. The EPL isn't one of them because the list contains events that are "culturally significant" in a sporting sense to this nation.
Call me crazy but I somehow feel that local football has slightly more "cultural significance" to this nation than does the EPL.
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Post by jubal1 on May 16, 2005 17:17:00 GMT 10
No, they can afford em, Fox Sports are just greedy I have no idea what that means, SBS had the same opportunity as Fox Sports to purchase the Australian EPL rights. Fox Sports made a bid larger than SBS's and so they got the rights, since Fox Sports is a PAY channel they bid for exclusive rights to ensure that they are the sole source of EPL in Australia. Either SBS couldn't afford, or couldn't justify, beating Fox Sports bid. End of story. How that makes Fox Sports greedy I don't know, they are a business and they make bids for broadcast rights based on their valuation of them, greed has nothing to do with it. The petition is unrealistic, naieve and pointless, oh boo-hoo, thousands of Aussies who won't pay for something that they want , expect the people who have it to give them some for free. I want a friggin Masarati, lets start a petition to have Masarati lend me and everyone else who wants one, their best model free of charge on Sundays. Sounds stupid, doesn't it, well thats essentially what the petition is saying and has about the same chance of success. |
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Post by hillbilly on May 16, 2005 17:24:05 GMT 10
I'm just going to leave this the feck alone...  NOT! ;D AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL FOR AUSTRALIAN TELLY!  FECK THE EPFECKINGL!  |
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Post by mentalalien2002 on May 16, 2005 17:25:40 GMT 10
I agree. A-League on SBS !!! Someone like to make a new petition ?
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Post by tim on May 18, 2005 18:57:39 GMT 10
how can you market a game properly when not everyone has access to it?
the ffa should have made sure a highlights package was available for free to air.
let foxtel have the full games coverage and atleast let us plebs see some decent highlights!!
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Post by sydneyfc04 on May 19, 2005 19:36:02 GMT 10
i got fox, so this petition means nuthing to me.
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EPL is overexposed as it is.
