As a very frequent visiter to Asia I'm not real impressed with the NRL's decision not to broadcast any NRL or SOO games on the ABC's international channel - The Australian Netwrok for this season. I've heard the rights have been sold to Sentana who are useless at best!
This means that expats throughout the majority of the world wont see any footy this year…unless your into super 14 or the afl.
Terrible, terrible decision by the powers that be. We used to get 3 or 4 games per weekend and SOO and finals were live. There's nothing better than sitting in a beach side bar off the coast of Thailand with 500 expats and travellers watching the SOO. Now that has been taken away for a bit of money. The lack of exposure could prove a lot more costly than what those contract rights for Sentana, who barely have much of a presence anymore, would have been.
Short sighted thinking once again by Gallop and co.
This means that expats throughout the majority of the world wont see any footy this year…unless your into super 14 or the afl.
Terrible, terrible decision by the powers that be. We used to get 3 or 4 games per weekend and SOO and finals were live. There's nothing better than sitting in a beach side bar off the coast of Thailand with 500 expats and travellers watching the SOO. Now that has been taken away for a bit of money. The lack of exposure could prove a lot more costly than what those contract rights for Sentana, who barely have much of a presence anymore, would have been.
Short sighted thinking once again by Gallop and co.