Andrew Demetriou had this to say about the deal in which Foxtel get 4 games a week:
"It's a fantastic result for our football fans across the country, they are the big winners out of this arrangement," he said.
"It's a fantastic result also for our plan as a code to grow our game nationally and it’s a fantastic result for the long term security of our 16 clubs."
And he described it as the "best national broadcast arrangements in the history of the game."
I would suggest that it's the worst national broadcast arrangement and it will seriously hurt the long term security of some of the 16 clubs. The smaller and less popular clubs will get even less exposure on tv and attract even less members.
I don't know why the AFL signed a deal letting them sell up to 4 games a week. Sure they got more money, but at the expense of the fans.
