Yep. but I only talking about why seemingly now there a ptroblem getting jersey sponsors, nothing else, as I said I would of thought FTA would encourage them as supposedly more casual viewers can watch even briefly, so you would think it makes it more attractive. Yet now teams seemingly can't get sponsors? Let's hope it's just something that will sort itself out as season get's closer.
The issue has nothing to do with FTA, it’s because the product isn’t set yet.
I’m generalising here but when the game was on Fox Sports, prior to those last few seasons, a sponsor knew the lay of the land and the competition was pretty black and white in terms of how many teams, what the viewership and attendance looked like etc.
Now we’re in a situation where there has been local Super Rugby, SRTT and now despite a planned SRTT, Covid has forced the comp to be segregated again, honestly we don’t know when that will be resolved despite a new draw set.
Even the inclusion of the Pasifika and Drus would be muddying the water, because again until those teams are a proven success, sponsors will just look at them and say meh it’s another dose of the Japanese and Argentines and they won’t be around in 3 years.