The Draft Coverage

[Go_Dogs]

I didn't watch any of the coverage this year because I don't enjoy it. I'm happy to follow on the tracker and read about what's happening here on WOOF during and after the fact.

It's a shame, because I love draft, but the whole orchestrated ordeal of the night (and now day) doesn't appeal.

[GVGjr]

I didn't watch any of the coverage this year because I don't enjoy it. I'm happy to follow on the tracker and read about what's happening here on WOOF during and after the fact.

It's a shame, because I love draft, but the whole orchestrated ordeal of the night (and now day) doesn't appeal.

You didn't miss much, I recorded but it's a struggle to watch even with the ability to fast forward.
I'm not sure if the volume of trades caught them out or if they thought they could wing it but they struggled right through the night.

I suspect that the tracker and maybe the SEN coverage would have been better

[Twodogs]

You didn't miss much, I recorded but it's a struggle to watch even with the ability to fast forward.
I'm not sure if the volume of trades caught them out or if they thought they could wing it but they struggled right through the night.

I suspect that the tracker and maybe the SEN coverage would have been better

I started out with the Foxtel coverage on Thursday night but I only lasted until they had called out our player because it was sooooo boring. Then I just kept up with the tracker.

[bulldogtragic]

Another big failure from the AFEL this year. I hope they reverse course next year. But if they made $1 extra from this horrible tv event/s, then it's going to stay. I give Foxtel some credit for bringing in non-bogan junior footy experts in Abblett & Shifter, but with so many list management nuances & live trading etc. in the draft, I can't believe they couldn't find one person to put on the panel that had some understanding what was going on and could then explain it to the viewers. Now I think more about it, I was getting annoyed after every boring interview hearing a panelist say 'this is what people want to see. This is what people want'. Last time I checked, I'm a people and I don't want it. It was almost like the first Day/Night test where every commentator every sentence had to say "this is what the fans want". Manipulating viewers into believing they like the draft coverage they're seeing and laying the ground work for next year. If all youse people had a people congress about what people wanted and didn't invite me and passed a binding people-wanting motion without me I will be barely close to being upset.

This is the thing with the AFEL. If they put all their efforts into getting the basic things right with our game and took being the custodians of the game more seriously instead of chasing the next bullshit thing to do (AFEL X), everyone would be happier and arguably more profitable. But they won't, so maybe the game can follow other great WWE moves like playing in Saudi Arabia. But maybe we can tell our journo's not to write anything critical.

[ledge]

I think I they said “ he could have gone top ten” about every Player from picks 1 to 50.

[Remi Moses]

Agree with that. I do wonder what the costs would be in bringing coverage of state/junior football and if it would rate better than repeats of their prime time shows from the night before (I'd hope more people would watch it but many people are... less discerning than some of us here)

Not seeing these kids play when you have a dedicated channel is just wrong .

[Remi Moses]

They could stick a vfl game on for during the week . A WAFL game , a SANFL game

[Twodogs]

They could stick a vfl game on for during the week . A WAFL game , a SANFL game

Or some TAC cup for us tragics. It would be better than the endless replays of 360.

[mjp]

Not seeing these kids play when you have a dedicated channel is just wrong .

All the games are recorded...I guess it isn't broadcast quality though and the commentary would be an issue though...

One game per week SHOULD be possible.

[Twodogs]

All the games are recorded...I guess it isn't broadcast quality though and the commentary would be an issue though...

One game per week SHOULD be possible.

Is the footage from the goal ends? It's like coaching video?

Not exactly broadcast quality.

[bornadog]

Apparently Gilligan thought it was great

[The Doctor]

Apparently Gilligan thought it was great

well pickle my onions! who would have thought.

[Twodogs]

Apparently Gilligan thought it was great

Even the bit on the first night where he walked out, frowned at somebody from behind the podium and then walked back behind the curtain without saying anything?

[hujsh]

Even the bit on the first night where he walked out, frowned at somebody from behind the podium and then walked back behind the curtain without saying anything?

[mjp]

Is the footage from the goal ends? It's like coaching video?

Not exactly broadcast quality.

Umm. I need to be careful how I say this but 'in my experience' (read into that what you will) there are multiple cameras at each game. One takes a side-on view of the play and moves with the ball as a typical broadcast does. The other is behind the goals and works as a 'fixed' camera - it follows the path of the ball via a joystick control but doesn't zoom in/out. Some grounds have these at each end (so you get 3x feeds to integrate into sportscode) others have only 1x and you just combine the 2x feeds (side on + btg).

There is a company in WA that does broadcasts of all of the WAFL colts games so it would be a relatively straight-forward process to combine this with the side-to-side vision for re-broadcast if they wanted too...or could certainly simply make available to subscribers. I can no longer comment on exactly what the TAC Cup has with regards commentary etc. Good spot for aspiring broadcasters to gain experience though.