Interesting idea, but imagine the club's gate season revenue pales in comparison to the contracted the annual TV rights income. You do blackouts you lose some of that media rights cash.
Local TV blackouts maybe in the one team towns like Perth, Adelaide, Brissy, Gosfors, Newcastle, Welly & Auckland when games are being hosted there. But you blackout the larger cities Melbourne & Sydney every time a game is on there, you lose maybe 25% of your viewing audience each time. Paramount won't like that.
But yeah the low crowds are a real problem, and not a great look.
Why was the Melbourne crowd (was at AAMI Park) so low? Where were the Victory fans?
Local TV blackouts maybe in the one team towns like Perth, Adelaide, Brissy, Gosfors, Newcastle, Welly & Auckland when games are being hosted there. But you blackout the larger cities Melbourne & Sydney every time a game is on there, you lose maybe 25% of your viewing audience each time. Paramount won't like that.
But yeah the low crowds are a real problem, and not a great look.
Why was the Melbourne crowd (was at AAMI Park) so low? Where were the Victory fans?
To answer your last point.
Same night as the rescheduled Victory v WU. Victory may have a big fan base, but that's dwarfed by AFL #'s
You've got to wonder about the people who organise and reschedule games, and where their heads are at with some of these arrangements. Unfortunately football doesn't beat the AFL in Victoria.