Ten backs soccer to become ‘No.1 sport in Australia’ after $300m investment

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Ten back soccer to become ‘No.1 sport in Australia’ after $300m investment | VinceRugari

Network Ten has outlined its bold ambition to make football the number one sport in Australia after securing the rights to all Socceroos and Matildas matches outside of World Cups until the end of 2024.The Socceroos and Matildas have a new home on free-to-air television.

Having once made the Big Bash League the country’s hottest sporting property in the summer, Ten believes it can now make the round-ball code the most popular in Australia. The arrangement is a boon for FA, although the rough $100 million figure is not all pure profit for the governing body. The deal also includes a significant amount of contra, while FA had to spend an unspecified amount to buy the rights to much of the Socceroos and Matildas content off the AFC’s confederation’s marketing agency to facilitate the package it has now sold to Ten.

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VinceRugari 1. Wont Happen 2. Fans will be peed off when they charge viewers to see it 3. Its on Ten. An already unpopular channel

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VinceRugari Now we just need a few players who can play the game!! Yay!!

VinceRugari Biggest joke I have read all day. Soccer will bnever be number 1 in Australia

VinceRugari 300 million? That might get you an average European footballer. Ten pissing money up against the well with this one!

VinceRugari I remember when Soccer was a dirty word in a school. Didn’t understand it,but then I grew up in a Rugby Family and not in this country. Great that all sport is played and respected.

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peterfilopoulos VinceRugari Oh dear. The parochial egg ball enthusiasts are a little triggered By a game already played by more Australians than any other and finally given good investment.

VinceRugari The only thing I take from this headline is channel tens delusion.

VinceRugari Lol.

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