I think channel nine need to start sorting out their NRL coverage full stop. I'm personally going to watch Sundays game on delay on Foxtel at 6pm. Nine need to start showing the Sunday game at least semi live or time-shifted. I hate adverts but they need to show them, so start the game at 3pm, show enough adverts through out the game so it lines up with a live restart for the second half then do the same until the game finishes for close to 5pm. From 5pm until the 6pm news, the need a Sterlo style show that wraps up the weekends games,news etc and previews Mondays game. Get some respect back into Nines coverage. That way the viewers will remain on 9 to watch the news. Its also time to start showing it in HD. Are there any places that haven't switched over to digital yet? I don't think this time shift method would reduce crowds as people will still prefer to see the game live at the ground.