New Nine, new team, new balls please
There are many reasons, it seems, Nine wants the tennis.
The content is “unique”, “scarce”, “premium”, “consistent”, the “best launch platform for Nine’s year of programming” and the “greatest aggregator of eyeballs on consecutive nights of television in Australia bar none”.
Tempting, right?
But imagine Dr Mumbo’s delight when Nine’s sports boss Tom Malone added one last point:
hahaha! did he do his research? Tennis has been in numerous amount of match fixing scandals over the past decades, rumours of doping on big names, sets being thrown… and our mates Kygrios and Tomic, you rely on those hot headed kids to draw in an audience, i hope they finally get it right… oh yeah, we have dasha…. 🙁
Cant rely on Federer and Nadal forever and when the big names arent playing… well just have a look.
what if the matches go 6-1,6-2,6-2 – there goes your timing and you play catch up all tournament. not an easier sport to manage – good luck
the real winners here are Fox, seven go alright but Fox will be laughing- still think they paid overs which 9 will be happy about but done count your chickens till that first serve is up in the air… oh yeah isnt it on 29th Dec – 5th Jan now? good call hopman cup!