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TV kickin the AFL ball

It’s on, it’s off, it’s on again.

Seven had already announced that all 8 games would be on free to air TV this year (Tim Watson announced this on air during the news some weeks ago), but now there are reports Foxtel is back at the negotiating table, upping their offer to $60m in cash and contra.

This lot (Seven / Ten / Foxtel) should really just sew up a deal and get on with it. Nobody really wants all 8 games on FTA, except maybe sports-rabid fans who don’t have Foxtel. Even the AFL doesn’t want it this way.

All this to-ing and fro-ing just makes the whole affair as ridiculous as Eddie’s CEO uncertainty. Why put out announcements that a (sports) channel is axed or FTA games are assured when it all just sounds like bluff?

This nonsense would never have happened if KP was alive to do the deal.

We are weeks away from ratings, everyone has deadlines, stop confusing the audience…. use it or lose it!

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