How can you use attendance figures to justify a games popularity without making reference to the bigger TV audience Surely the overall audience size is what is important especially considering many more watch on TV than at the ground So you should either remove the reference about most popular or include the basis it is quoted on and the other measures where it isn t You can t have our cake and eat it to We want this page to be a factual representation Sure the grand final is the highest rating but that is it If you look through the top 20 programs for the year AFL only has a documentary about Ben cousins while nrl has over 8 games in the top 20 This is the same year after year