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I agree with the majority of what you say there oh Mystically Balled one however, just the last point and it may be what you mean anyway. Each TV catchment area should be able to see free to air their own team play their away games live and possibly the home games on delay. (ie, Force shown in WA, Crusaders in Canterbury etc)
I wouldn't support broadcasting the home games free live as it would detract from the crowd numbers.
It's fair enough for the AFL where Subiaco is often solde out for Eagles matches etc but the Force need all the crowd they can get.
I don't think that Melbourne will be seeing their own team anytime soon, possibly not even til after the NEXT contractual period, so for now I guess you can't blame the VRU from grabbing any scraps it can for the public to watch.