VFL on ABC after broadcaster secures television and radio rights

In a move that will delight old-school football fans, the ABC has secured television and radio broadcast rights to the Victorian Football League for the first time since 2014. cricket he understands.

Top-flight sport on national broadcasters has become an increasingly rare treat since the professionalisation of most major sporting codes in the late twentieth century, and football coverage in particular has been confined to state leagues for almost 40 years.

The last time the ABC had top-flight football rights was in 1987, before the VFL competition was renamed the AFL in 1990 to reflect the inclusion of teams from outside Victoria.