This was something Rob Morrison mentioned last week was how we need to expand Sky coverage so there is an idenditificaion with the other teams and other players.
The NRL worked from the start because people had spent years watching the game and knowing all the teams and players. We have never had that. We need to build the teams and brands in this league by showing the pre-game and post-game and including the weekly shows thta cover the whole league.
Joe Lunchpail has no idea there are kiwis playing for other teams for instance.
I got in to watching the other teams when I was in Korea, didn't have a lot of English TV channels and had the whole lot on a decent internet TV streaming deal, including 30 minute game highlights on demand and Adelaide's ACL run.
Here I think is a chance for the All Whites and A-league to cross-promote. I think most of us have watched Victory when we can with Rojas, Moss, and Kosta as well as the standard of football, and many watch/ed Brisbane with Broich and Berisha and CCM for McG...or was that just me?
Pushing Kosta and Smeltz wouldn't hurt. Smeltz has got a lot of profile or can have it built up simply- goals against Italy. Kosta is in great form.