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   I know AFL is a religion in Melbourne, but everyday the HS devotes 4 pages to the upcoming AFL football season. Before the pre season has even begun this devotion to who is the new recruit , who is the next upcoming champion etc etc is so far over the top I skip over those 4 pages each day, yet on the other hand their horse racing form guide is a disgrace.
The coverage of Victorian horse race meetings is ok but if you want coverage of non-metropolitans interstate race meetings meetings 9 times out of 10 there is none but if you fancy a bet on any TAB trot or dog meetings Australia wide there is a form guide. On one day last week there was no coverage of races at provincial Queensland or Country NSW however full guides were printed for Newcastle , Wagga Wagga, Bathurst,  Gloucester Park , Scottsdale ( in Tasmania ) Albion Park trots and Healesville, Warragul and Geelong dogs.  BTW the last race at Gloucester Park was run after midnight the next day.. I'm sure that attracted huge TAB investments on the Vic Tab.
I think there is a simple explanation for that extensive coverage of those trot and dog meeting ..they pay for them, whereas horse racing does not and therefore does not receive anywhere near the same coverage. I bet the AFL does not pay for their coverage.

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Baghdad Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2010 Location: Victoria Status: Offline Points: 13981	Post Options Post Reply Quote Baghdad Bob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Melbourne Herald Sun Posted: 09 Jan 2023 at 12:29pm
	I know AFL is a religion in Melbourne, but everyday the HS devotes 4 pages to the upcoming AFL football season. Before the pre season has even begun this devotion to who is the new recruit , who is the next upcoming champion etc etc is so far over the top I skip over those 4 pages each day, yet on the other hand their horse racing form guide is a disgrace. The coverage of Victorian horse race meetings is ok but if you want coverage of non-metropolitans interstate race meetings meetings 9 times out of 10 there is none but if you fancy a bet on any TAB trot or dog meetings Australia wide there is a form guide. On one day last week there was no coverage of races at provincial Queensland or Country NSW however full guides were printed for Newcastle , Wagga Wagga, Bathurst, Gloucester Park , Scottsdale ( in Tasmania ) Albion Park trots and Healesville, Warragul and Geelong dogs. BTW the last race at Gloucester Park was run after midnight the next day.. I'm sure that attracted huge TAB investments on the Vic Tab. I think there is a simple explanation for that extensive coverage of those trot and dog meeting ..they pay for them, whereas horse racing does not and therefore does not receive anywhere near the same coverage. I bet the AFL does not pay for their coverage.

Fiddlesticks Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Champion Joined: 31 Dec 2012 Status: Offline Points: 55063	Post Options Post Reply Quote Fiddlesticks Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 2023 at 1:34pm
	Who reads newspapers anymore ?

Baghdad Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2010 Location: Victoria Status: Offline Points: 13981	Post Options Post Reply Quote Baghdad Bob Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 2023 at 1:37pm
	I read the on-line edition, which replicates the hard copy.

Fiddlesticks Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Champion Joined: 31 Dec 2012 Status: Offline Points: 55063	Post Options Post Reply Quote Fiddlesticks Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 2023 at 1:46pm
	Was gunna say I barely newspapers anywhere anymore, I know the older Asians still read their countries news papers I see those about but the old Sun, Mirror and Telegragh, Herald etc are hardly ever anywhere. When I was teen living up at Forster on the mid north coast, I used to work for this Portuguese guy on a milk truck when I was still in school, I was 14/15 it was my first job, slinging milk up to peoples homes off the back of a truck as it drove around Forster mornings and evenings, me one side another young Portuguese guy named Joe the other side. Anyways he had bought the Milk run as it was back then a profitable business and he wanted out of the city, sea change with a new wife and baby and live by the sea. He sold a newsagent in Sydney to buy the milk run. He once said to me the only businesses ever worth buying are newsagents and pharmacies, or food & pharmaceuticals. I used to think that was sound advice before the internet. News-agencies are like blockbusters now, they barely survive selling lotto and birthday cards.

TJMitchell Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Champion Joined: 29 Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne Status: Offline Points: 17268	Post Options Post Reply Quote TJMitchell Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 2023 at 1:55pm
	Sometimes you won't get the provincial NSW Saturday meeting but you'll get 4 pages of dogs
	Time is a flat circle