by PhilH » Fri May 20, 2016 9:46 pm
by goddy11 » Fri May 20, 2016 11:17 pm
PhilH wrote:Not great numbers out West
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/afl/a/31653242/wafl-crowds-down-in-2016/
by saintal » Fri May 20, 2016 11:37 pm
goddy11 wrote:PhilH wrote:Not great numbers out West
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/afl/a/31653242/wafl-crowds-down-in-2016/
Quote from your article PhilH
Poor weather, unorthodox fixturing to cater for Channel 7’s live broadcast and disillusionment over the two AFL alignments are being used to explain the drop-off in crowds
sound familiar
by Panther Pack » Wed Jun 29, 2016 12:41 pm
by VALE PARK » Wed Jun 29, 2016 1:11 pm
by JK » Wed Jun 29, 2016 1:27 pm
by VALE PARK » Wed Jun 29, 2016 1:35 pm
by heater31 » Wed Jun 29, 2016 2:47 pm
VALE PARK wrote:IMHO,no surprises on these stats.
5 byes during the season interrupts continuous commitment by supporters to their teams.
They get out of the habit of going to the footy,week in week out and find other things to do,
especially if their club is losing and/or on TV.
Let us hope the SANFL learn from their 2016 faux pas.
Little/big things like this,minimal radio coverage and AFL teams in the comp just add up as a negative for aging and new followers to the league.
It probably ends with a drift to the ammos or AFL TV.
They may never return.
SANFLEXIT.
by Dogwatcher » Wed Jun 29, 2016 3:13 pm
by Dutchy » Wed Jun 29, 2016 3:42 pm
Panther Pack wrote:Interesting Article in the Messenger
SANFL match day crowds slump in wake of AFL reserve sides. Officials try to explain why
David Penrose, Weekly Times Messenger, Messenger Community News
an hour ago
SANFL crowds have slumped 16 per cent since the introduction of AFL reserves sides but league officials say strong television ratings and a growing online following indicate their “product is very strong”.
Figures show the league average attendance for the opening 13 rounds this season was 2486, compared with 2942 at the same stage in 2013 — the final season before Adelaide and Port Adelaide reserves entered the competition.
This season’s mark is the lowest since Port joined the AFL in 1997, and down 1000 fans a game on the 13-round average of 3612 in 2001.
SANFL general manager Adam Kelly said crowds were only one way to measure success of the competition.
He said television ratings were healthy, online traffic was growing and club membership numbers were on the up.
But crowds have fallen again in 2016 and a fortnight ago just 938 people — the lowest recorded crowd in SANFL history — watched South Adelaide celebrate its 140th anniversary against Port Adelaide at Noarlunga.
The game was broadcast live on Channel Seven.
“(The) game between South and Port drew an average (television) audience of in excess of 39,000,” Kelly said.
“One in three people watching free-to-air TV were watching SANFL — and that tells us that the product is very strong.
“We’ve got almost 55,000 people using our app which is about 50 per cent more than last year and our social media audience is well above comparable competitions in other states.”
Despite the crowd figures suggesting the opposite, he said the addition of the AFL sides in 2014 had added interest to the competition.
“Some of our best attendances and television ratings have involved those teams,” Kelly said.
Crowds this season are down 5 per cent from 12 months ago, when an average of 2614 people attended games.
But Kelly pointed to Central District (up 29.9 per cent from 2082 to 2705) and Woodville-West Torrens (up 15.4 per cent from 2132 to 2461) recording increased crowds this year compared with last.
Overall only four SANFL games have pulled a crowd of more than 4000 people this season, the same as 2015, but well down on 14 in the opening 13 rounds of 2012.
Many disaffected fans have blamed the two AFL alignments, a lack of continuity in fixtures — teams have five weekends off in a 23-week minor round — and rule changes for the declining interest.
Kelly defended the rule changes — which include a free being paid against the last player to kick or handball the ball before it went out of bounds — and said this season’s competition had been attractive viewing.
“Scoring over the year has increased by 10 per cent and stoppages are down,” he said.
He said the SANFL would work with clubs to market matches.
“That includes looking at the numbers of byes in the season and when our games are scheduled.”
Kelly said attendances were just part of clubs’ revenue streams and payments from the sale of Football Park, which start in October, would help long-term viability.
by Grahaml » Wed Jun 29, 2016 11:38 pm
by johntheclaret » Thu Jun 30, 2016 9:50 am
Panther Pack wrote:Interesting Article in the Messenger
SANFL match day crowds slump in wake of AFL reserve sides. Officials try to explain why
David Penrose, Weekly Times Messenger, Messenger Community News
an hour ago
SANFL crowds have slumped 16 per cent since the introduction of AFL reserves sides but league officials say strong television ratings and a growing online following indicate their “product is very strong”.
Figures show the league average attendance for the opening 13 rounds this season was 2486, compared with 2942 at the same stage in 2013 — the final season before Adelaide and Port Adelaide reserves entered the competition.
This season’s mark is the lowest since Port joined the AFL in 1997, and down 1000 fans a game on the 13-round average of 3612 in 2001.
SANFL general manager Adam Kelly said crowds were only one way to measure success of the competition.
He said television ratings were healthy, online traffic was growing and club membership numbers were on the up.
But crowds have fallen again in 2016 and a fortnight ago just 938 people — the lowest recorded crowd in SANFL history — watched South Adelaide celebrate its 140th anniversary against Port Adelaide at Noarlunga.
The game was broadcast live on Channel Seven.
“(The) game between South and Port drew an average (television) audience of in excess of 39,000,” Kelly said.
“One in three people watching free-to-air TV were watching SANFL — and that tells us that the product is very strong.
“We’ve got almost 55,000 people using our app which is about 50 per cent more than last year and our social media audience is well above comparable competitions in other states.”
Despite the crowd figures suggesting the opposite, he said the addition of the AFL sides in 2014 had added interest to the competition.
“Some of our best attendances and television ratings have involved those teams,” Kelly said.
Crowds this season are down 5 per cent from 12 months ago, when an average of 2614 people attended games.
But Kelly pointed to Central District (up 29.9 per cent from 2082 to 2705) and Woodville-West Torrens (up 15.4 per cent from 2132 to 2461) recording increased crowds this year compared with last.
Overall only four SANFL games have pulled a crowd of more than 4000 people this season, the same as 2015, but well down on 14 in the opening 13 rounds of 2012.
Many disaffected fans have blamed the two AFL alignments, a lack of continuity in fixtures — teams have five weekends off in a 23-week minor round — and rule changes for the declining interest.
Kelly defended the rule changes — which include a free being paid against the last player to kick or handball the ball before it went out of bounds — and said this season’s competition had been attractive viewing.
“Scoring over the year has increased by 10 per cent and stoppages are down,” he said.
He said the SANFL would work with clubs to market matches.
“That includes looking at the numbers of byes in the season and when our games are scheduled.”
Kelly said attendances were just part of clubs’ revenue streams and payments from the sale of Football Park, which start in October, would help long-term viability.
by Wedgie » Thu Jun 30, 2016 9:53 am
Armchair expert wrote:Such a great club are Geelong
by johntheclaret » Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:01 am
Wedgie wrote:Crowds at AFL games at Adelaide Oval have dropped by 5% in the last two seasons too, seems to be no winners ATM.
by Wedgie » Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:05 am
Armchair expert wrote:Such a great club are Geelong
by heater31 » Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:50 am
Wedgie wrote:Personally I don't even use apps for footy scores, the novelty of them has worn off too.
Web browser for everything!
by Dutchy » Thu Jun 30, 2016 11:02 am
by Wedgie » Thu Jun 30, 2016 11:24 am
Dutchy wrote:I think TV and App usage is up due to crowds being down, don't they see that dedicated supporters of the past have now turned to passive supporters who get their info from these sources instead of being at the game?
Armchair expert wrote:Such a great club are Geelong
by spell_check » Thu Jun 30, 2016 11:44 am
Dutchy wrote:I think TV and App usage is up due to crowds being down, don't they see that dedicated supporters of the past have now turned to passive supporters who get their info from these sources instead of being at the game?
by Ronnie » Thu Jun 30, 2016 11:48 am
spell_check wrote:Dutchy wrote:I think TV and App usage is up due to crowds being down, don't they see that dedicated supporters of the past have now turned to passive supporters who get their info from these sources instead of being at the game?
It will end up being like the Sheffield Shield
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