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Major sports want anti-siphoning rules eased, eye more paywalled matches (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Australia’s most popular sports are urging the federal government to ease laws that determine which matches can be watched for free, warning any further restrictions would prevent them from gaining large sums of money needed to invest in the future of their games.
The Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports (COMPPS) – which represents the AFL, Cricket Australia, the NRL, Tennis Australia, Rugby Australia, Netball Australia and Football Australia –said in a submission to a government review of Australia’s anti-siphoning laws that it wants to number of sports competitions and matches required to be shown on free-to-air television to be reduced, and more content put behind a paywall.
