Nothing has changed in the 40 years since the Swans came to town. The Sydney Herald on Saturday and Sunday had zero articles on AFL. No idea if the Tele had anything.
Sure, it's an NRL town and the supposed interest from the readers dictates the , in my view, excessive coverage. BUT, to have two pages each day on Rugby Union where the viewing audience, followers and players would be lucky to fill into a life boat from the Manly Ferry , is obscene.
Why doesn't the media departments (if they excist) at the SWANS and the GIANTS, get off their bums and start providing input to the Sydney media and not just 'bar up' when Buddy breaks a record or when Longmire cracks a smile?????.
OK, the AFL journos must have to write the cooking section, Dorothy Dix, obituaries and pour the tea too , but with 633,000 viewers for the Swans/Cats game, you'd think the media would really want to suck up to the AFL supporters in Sydney and Brisbane.
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