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How much has CA blown financially on this embarrassment. Costs a fortune to use Optus per day, with a non existent crowd. 

Baz I went on Wednesday day 1.They produced a road pitch .Rolled the pitch all day Tuesday.And killed all the green grass, that was disappointing.Now the pitch is still slow and cracks appearing on the wicket.
Day 1 -10,924
Day 2-7224
They would hope for 15,000+ Fri,Sat,Sun.
CA already covered themselves, stating it's all about Tv ratings,these days.
Like the Wafc,CA like the sweep there problems under the carpet.
Is the weirdest twist of all.The new Waca redeveloped ground.Wont fit yesterdays crowd there.So the tests will continue at Optus.
From the outside looking in.Players have the choice or coach and major sponsors.

CH 7 bought a dud , no one cares anymore, ratings will be crap , as for attendance 7000 , omg ? Wafl does better....

LOL please just because you dont like cricket it doesnt mean everyone else is the same.
For a start CA unbelievably fixtured it to start on a Wednesday in Nov which is hardly likely to produce huge crowds when most people are working now would it, let alone against a very ordinary (these days) West Indies?
Secondly the TV rights deal currently in Australia (Foxtel & Ch7) alone was worth $1.2 billion and still has a couple of years to run and that doesnt include the rights from overseas including Asia with Star TV (India) worth another $300 million over 7 years recently signed, compare that to the WAFL who pay Ch7 a million a year for it to be covered lol.
Thirdly when there is a decent series on like the Ashes last Summer with 1.43 million average viewers per day on the 5th Test alone (so much for "ratings will be crap" lol) let alone the huge crowds that attend the Ashes Tests, how much revenue directly and indirectly do you reckon CA would make from that?
Hardly a 'dud' I would have thought!

Not sure where the 7000 figure was plucked from but the official crowd numbers so far are-
Day 1- 10,929
Day 2- 8,695
Outside of the GF I am not sure what WAFL game gets close to either of those figures......
Day 1 had 800,000 viewers nationwide (not including International) which is higher than most AFL games, so once again not sure about this "no one cares anymore" jargon?????!!!!!!

Only a couple of weeks back you had crowds of 80,000+ to watch India vs England & Pakistan, even 44,000 to watch India here, with close to a billion people watching worldwide....makes the AFL look like chicken feed really!
 

BH Jim Maxwell+Kim Huges where quoting the attendances on Abc Radio.

gtrxuone wrote:

BH Jim Maxwell+Kim Huges where quoting the attendances on Abc Radio.

No need to say anymore GTR.
Good ol Jim.
If it were Sydney Maxwell would add to the correct attendance figure not subtract!

BH -Jim also upset about the Waca fans booing Pat Cummins,I did lol.
I think the first match in the T20 WC at the McG.India Vs Pakistan rated 1.6 Billion ,that rivals WC Soccer.

gtrxuone wrote:

BH -Jim also upset about the Waca fans booing Pat Cummins,I did lol.
I think the first match in the T20 WC at the McG.India Vs Pakistan rated 1.6 Billion ,that rivals WC Soccer.

GTR Jim is as biased about his NSW Blues as the selectors are!
I cant listen to him as he should have retired years ago imho!
And its alright for him to have a crack at Perth crowds when we are fixtured every year (bar the last few obviously) mid week and in non holiday periods whereas his beloved Sydney gets the New Year Test every year bar none when every man and his dog is on holidays or off work and thus should be packed for all 5 days but never is...ditto Melbourne and the Boxing Day Test!
 

BH -Your thoughts on the pitch?
Jim's also bagging the pitch.