Oppo Camp Non Geelong football (AFL) discussion 2024, Part 2

[Lana]

Mate I reckon I'm on track to be married a lot longer than that

Others are just a little more efficient

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Others are just a little more efficient

Well we've averaged a new child per 2.67 years so we're not exactly dying quietly here.

 

[cats_09]

 

[Strange Cat]

Mate I reckon I'm on track to be married a lot longer than that

I think you can appeal the sentence if you like …might cost a bit

 

[dudusmaximus]

I think you can appeal the sentence if you like …might cost a bit

Or you could try the guilty plea and settle..

 

[winty]

Not what you want to see at any time, but especially not this close to Christmas. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery....

Lions premiership player Aaron Shattock fighting for life after Gold Coast accident

www.9news.com.au

 

[Lana]

Foxtel has been sold

News Corp and Telstra agree sale of Foxtel to sports streaming service DAZN for $3.4bn

Pay TV channel sells along with the streaming services Kayo and Binge, subject to regulatory approval

www.theguardian.com

 

[Turkey Tom]

Foxtel has been sold

News Corp and Telstra agree sale of Foxtel to sports streaming service DAZN for $3.4bn

Pay TV channel sells along with the streaming services Kayo and Binge, subject to regulatory approval

www.theguardian.com

I thought...ah good, won't be paying money to Rupert anymore! Then looked at the owner of DAZN - Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik, a Russian oligarch that Ukraine has sanctions against.

 

[Cataholic]

I thought...ah good, won't be paying money to Rupert anymore! Then looked at the owner of DAZN - Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik, a Russian oligarch that Ukraine has sanctions against.

So how does he negotiate the purchase of a media asset in the West?!

 

[Lana]

So how does he negotiate the purchase of a media asset in the West?!

Here is $3.5 billion dollars

 

[Cataholic]

Here is $3.5 billion dollars

$ really talks all languages doesn't it.....and compromises all sorts of morals principles

 

[Lana]

$ really talks all languages doesn't it.....and compromises all sorts of morals principles

On the plus side they'll be less political pressure attacking the anti syphoning laws. Prevously the government had to go against the full Murdoch press.

Wouldn't surprise me if Amazon et al win the next right deal. The last one had a bit of rat ****ing to keep it with foxtel in the first place

 

[Hamingja]

When foreign companies have the rights it is a bit of an issue long term for mine.

Foxtel had everything and cut it back to the bone and based the business model in the end around AFL & NRL only basically. Tennis, Basketball, Rugby etc were all kicked to the curb and became second class citizens.

If you have a foreign company that has NFL and soccer rights, then as far as Dazn are concerned, AFL & NRL are effectively their rugby union and they will cut and run when it suits them. The next TV rights will be interesting.

 

[cats_09]

This seems a weird thing to be proud of & hyping up - since 2021, the Saints have played 1 final, which was an EF loss to the Giants at the MCG in 2023

Go back to the 2010 GF, and since then they've played a total of 4 finals with only 1 finals win - they've been a rather mediocre team over the past decade

But sure, flex away about no longer being one of the oldest teams

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I thought...ah good, won't be paying money to Rupert anymore! Then looked at the owner of DAZN - Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik, a Russian oligarch that Ukraine has sanctions against.

Oh God

Is it too much to ask to find a billionaire that isn't a massive POS?

Apparently yes

 

[CatToTheFuture]

This seems a weird thing to be proud of & hyping up - since 2021, the Saints have played 1 final, which was an EF loss to the Giants at the MCG in 2023

Go back to the 2010 GF, and since then they've played a total of 4 finals with only 1 finals win - they've been a rather mediocre team over the past decade

But sure, flex away about no longer being one of the oldest teams

Seems the main thing that turned over there was the goal posts

 

[Lana]

This seems a weird thing to be proud of & hyping up - since 2021, the Saints have played 1 final, which was an EF loss to the Giants at the MCG in 2023

Go back to the 2010 GF, and since then they've played a total of 4 finals with only 1 finals win - they've been a rather mediocre team over the past decade

But sure, flex away about no longer being one of the oldest teams

There are systemic reasons why St Kilda are shit, it is more healthy of them to accept their lot and celebrate it as a virtue and far more preferable then have them whine about it all of the time.