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would be nice westaussieguy. But not holding my breath

Trouble is, we're not going to move forward until before-mentioned questions(and many others)are answered.

unfortunelty the commission think they answer to no one

pjaye wrote: When West Perth were negotiating with ch9 over sponsorship they were warned by the WAFC about pending talks with ch7 over televising the footy . They went ahead anyway and now are not going to be televised this season . Hardly suprising . Good publicity for ch9 in the media but I think West Perth have hardly done the right thing by there other sponsors who wont be exposed to the tv audience . If ch9 had won the tv rights and refused to televise East Perths matches due to ch7 being on their shirts I wonder how many of you would be jumping up and down at the disgraceful actions of the tv company .

PJ,

That may have been the case but I would be buggered if I was a WP official to tell CH9 who are offering $100k per year for 3 years that " No thanks, we think that the major sponsors of our greatest rivals may be televising the games in a couple of years ". Need I remind you and your cronies were still rooting around in making a decision until just 6 weeks ago ! Its a f*cken shambles and every body knows it.

Frank Falcon wrote: Sorry pjaye, have to disagree.

There are a few questions that need to be asked here.

The Commission is there to promote footy in an unbiased way. This is not happening.

Why would you go into as sponsorship when only 17-18 games will be televised?

West Perth played all last season with the Channel 9 logo on there jumpers. This was not an issue for the ABC.

Channel 7 and The West are major sponsors of EP. I think thats a conflict of interest therefore the WAFC should have taken that into account.

The WAFL clubs had to pay for Channel 7 to televise the games, so therefore they have no right to dictate on what sponsors other clubs have.

Unfortunately the Commission has lost the football supporters confidence in them.

Nail, Hammer, Head!

Leedy wrote:

pjaye wrote: When West Perth were negotiating with ch9 over sponsorship they were warned by the WAFC about pending talks with ch7 over televising the footy . They went ahead anyway and now are not going to be televised this season . Hardly suprising . Good publicity for ch9 in the media but I think West Perth have hardly done the right thing by there other sponsors who wont be exposed to the tv audience . If ch9 had won the tv rights and refused to televise East Perths matches due to ch7 being on their shirts I wonder how many of you would be jumping up and down at the disgraceful actions of the tv company .

PJ,

That may have been the case but I would be buggered if I was a WP official to tell CH9 who are offering $100k per year for 3 years that " No thanks, we think that the major sponsors of our greatest rivals may be televising the games in a couple of years ". Need I remind you and your cronies were still rooting around in making a decision until just 6 weeks ago ! Its a f*cken shambles and every body knows it.

Leedy if they were to have not taken up the Channel 9 sponsorship they would have been derelict in their duty and should have been sacked.

The commission only warned West Perth after the Channel Seven deal was finalised.

If West Perth are not included in the TV broadcasts it is not a true coverage of the WAFL competition and is a sham as far as I am concerned.

True Mike , and if the status quo remains for the term of the Cardies' Ch9 sponsorship , they should have their $8000.00 refunded & their draftee royalties restored to the full $35000.00 / $15000.00 amounts before the TV rights fiasco we have
True ????

Thanks MikeXU1
Your support carries more value than I think you realise. Would be good if ALL clubs got behind this and we turned it into a campaign against 7 and FOR West Australian Football as a WHOLE.

Several West Perth members are already preparing to speak to our Directors to negotiate with 9 for the printing up off t-shirts.

We are also going to write to 7 to make our complaint FORMAL and once that is done we can approach the ACCC.

Banners at televised games can & probably would be confiscated, however, security or others cannot remove someone's clothing from them. They might be able to expel people from the ground, though that would be good reason for giving ACA a call. They would also have to refund any ground entrance money.

The groundswell of support on this issue is very heart warming and appreciated.