Get Ready for Sunday night matches - 7.40pm

[bornadog]

Footy on Sunday nights set for Seven (http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/footy-on-sunday-nights-set-for-seven-20131028-2wc33.html)

I bet we cop a few.

Round 16 - mark it down for a twilight match in Geelong.

The AFL is killing the brand.

[Eastdog]

Sunday 7:40pm. What a even more shocking time than 4:40pm on Sunday. Will be bad for people who want to see their team play and live far away. It's rumoured Collingwood, North Melbourne and West Coast will be involved. AFL needs to put fans first before TV ratings for a change.

[LostDoggy]

What a load of shit.

[Eastdog]

What a load of shit.

Apparently it will be at the 7:40pm timeslot only for 3 times in the 2014 season but still it is ridiculous. What's next the overnight AFL match starting from 1am in the morning!

[boydogs]

AFL needs to put fans first before TV ratings for a change.

Fans are the ones that produce the TV ratings.

[LostDoggy]

Is a Sunday night time slot common in American sports?

[chef]

As a mainly TV viewer I like it.

[GVGjr]

I wouldn't be attending a 7.40pm Sunday game and would then watch it on the TV.
I know I'm different to most regarding Sunday games but I don't mind the 4.40pm timeslot because I still get home at a reasonable hour but I understand it's not a great one if you are taking children to games.

I get that the AFL feel the need to expanding the games over all available times but this one doesn't appear to be about the fans and it's more about keeping TV rights strong.

[LostDoggy]

7:40pm will mean 5,000 pax crowds in my opinion. Very. Poor. Form...

[The Doctor]

what about 6.40?

[Bulldog Joe]

Well it is certainly ratings driven and that is a more important source of revenue than crowds.

Is actually an ideal timeslot for TV but they are still likely to want big games. For TV it could be as important as Friday games.

I guess the fans will need to adjust.

[SlimPickens]

Is a Sunday night time slot common in American sports?

Sunday night football is a big game in the NFL, it's a showpiece as it isn't clashing with any other games at that time.

I think a Sunday night game has the potential to rate higher than any other (bar Fridays) over a weekend.

[LostDoggy]

I understand what they are trying to do. I don't mind it as long as they share it across the board. I can see us getting a lot of that time slot.

[DragzLS1]

I don't mind it, heck I go to 7:30 soccer matches on a Tuesday so I can't see it having a massive impact.

[The Doctor]

Sunday night TV is garbage in my opinion. I often work on Sundays so don't mind the thought of coming home to watch a game. A good way to end the week.

[1eyedog]

I don't mind it, heck I go to 7:30 soccer matches on a Tuesday so I can't see it having a massive impact.

Agreed I'll go. Horses for courses but 4.40pm is worse for me as I have young children some of which don't go to the footy and 4.40pm means I miss dinner and getting them ready for bed. 7.40pm means I get dinner and get them close to bed then hop in the car and get to the game.

[GVGjr]

Agreed I'll go. Horses for courses but 4.40pm is worse for me as I have young children some of which don't go to the footy and 4.40pm means I miss dinner and getting them ready for bed. 7.40pm means I get dinner and get them close to bed then hop in the car and get to the game.

I look at the Sunday 4.40pm games a little different. I tend to try and organise to have a roast for lunch and take some roast sandwiches of the evening meal.
If I have a 2.10pm game then I either have an early lunch so I can get to the game by 1.15pm (I like to be there early) or I buy something. When I get home about 6pm I tend to want you buy something else.

It's obviously different for everyone though.

[Sedat]

Sunday night TV is garbage in my opinion. I often work on Sundays so don't mind the thought of coming home to watch a game. A good way to end the week.
Agreed. the Adelaide home games in the early 90's used to be Sunday nights and I loved sitting on the couch to finish off the weekend with a good game of footy. Sunday night should be owned by the AFL, and they should immediately end the ridiculous and failed experiment with Monday night football.

[soupman]

I would rather we get these Sunday night games than the twilight ones. At least they will get good exposure instead of just being plain irrelevant like the twilight games are.

[bulldogtragic]

I hope the ratings make up got the low crowds, and when we get shit crowds we get compensated.

[always right]

The suggestion is that these will be scheduled during school holidays where possible and the involvement of Westcoast means that they could schedule these for games in WA. If this is true then there is little to complain about. Personally I prefer this to twilight games.

[GVGjr]

I hope the ratings make up got the low crowds, and when we get shit crowds we get compensated.

I tend to think the bigger clubs will get the games. I'd be surprised if we are in the mix.
I think the 1pm or 4.40pm games are what we will play on a Sunday.

[LostDoggy]

Interesting concept. Would be great for TV as everything else on a Sunday night is rubbish but definitely isn't family friendly. Personally I'd go to watch the Dogs at 3.00am on a Wednesday morning if that's when they were playing but I don't think we're in any immediate danger of playing on a Sunday night. Imagine it'd be a showcase game similar to Monday night footy.

[LostDoggy]

I'm not a fan of 6.30pm Sunday night NRL games in which Storm have played in a few. 7.40pm for a longer game will be worse. Hopefully the Bulldogs don't feature in any.

[Murphy'sLore]

I prefer the 7.40 timeslot as at least you will get prime time TV viewers. With the twilight Sunday games you don't get TV and you don't get crowds to the game either, it's neither one thing nor the other.

[jeemak]

I tend to think the bigger clubs will get the games. I'd be surprised if we are in the mix.
I think the 1pm or 4.40pm games are what we will play on a Sunday.

Hmmm, I wouldn't be surprised if the bigger clubs sit back and wait for the smaller clubs to test it out.

The bigger clubs will then learn the TV ratings/exposure is fantastic, and lobby the AFL for a piece of the pie the following year.

Sunday night TV is junk nowadays, and some football on FTA is just what is needed for it to be watchable (as long as Bruthey Bruth doesn't get the gig.......would be a shame for him to start my footy watching weekends with his crap, and finish them with his crap).

[bulldogtragic]

As an aside, if it's FTA, which other game gets cut, Saturday avo?

So it's Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, with maybe Sunday afternoon?

[Maddog37]

Great for TV, bad for crowds.

Better than a Thursday night game though.

[LostDoggy]

Install flood lights at Whitten Oval and I will attend these Sunday night matches happily :D

[Remi Moses]

God awful for kids going to school.
Then again it's all about the networks and ratings.

[Pickenitup]

On A Side note any ideas who we get in Round 1 I fear a Perth Trip Against The Eagles

[AndrewP6]

Been thinking about it for a while, and I've figured it out. They're actually trying to make people hate the game. Absurd, money-driven Decision.

[always right]

Is it really a problem if they schedule the matches in school holidays?

[Front & Square]

Makes complete sense if they do the 4:40PM time slot in Perth with the game then being shown at 7:40 Melbourne time. (which they already do I think from time to time but its not on free to air?)

[Flamethrower]

Sunday Night Football is much better than games on Monday night for watching on tv. They are not so good for actually attending.

The NFL cottoned on to that a few years ago, with the free to air dropping Monday Night Football to cover the Sunday night game and the NFL following by scheduling the "Game of the Week" on Sunday nights. MNF is now covered by ESPN in the States, and now usually features 2 lesser teams.

Major League Baseball also have one game scheduled on Sunday nights each week that is nationally televised on ESPN. Most MLB games are only shown in the local markets of the 2 competing teams.

[mjp]

There is going to be football...on tv...on Sunday night?

Well, that is Super awesome. How is one more time-slot a bad thing?

[AndrewP6]

There is going to be football...on tv...on Sunday night?

Well, that is Super awesome. How is one more time-slot a bad thing?

If you want to watch on TV, sure. But if you want to actually go to the games...

[azabob]

If you want to watch on TV, sure. But if you want to actually go to the games...

Agreed.

[mjp]

Lol. Try living on the other side of the country and having to fly to melbourne a couple of times each year just to watch your team.

Sunday night = zero conflict with other social stuff and for me - unlike Friday night (let alone every other night bar Saturday) my business is actually closed on Sunday nights...open during the day, but closed at night. Sure, my soon to be 7 yo would struggle with getting up for school the next day but by soon to be 12yo and soon to be 16 yo will be fine...it isn't every week the dogs are playing then.

[mighty_west]

If you want to watch on TV, sure. But if you want to actually go to the games...

Works for me :cool:

Agree with the Monday night thing, imo Sunday night games are a much better option.

[Hotdog60]

I can sympathise with the Melbournians as it would sux with work the next day. When I was in Victoria 4 decades ago it used to take nearly 30 minutes to a hour to get to games depending on were it was held so Sunday would have sucked big time even though I would still have gone.
Now interstate which 99% are watched on Fox doesn't worry me the slightest.