Analysis Should we be pursuing a secondary market post-Hobart? If yes, then where?

[Gasometer]

Ch 9 News has confirmed at 7:35am what I have been saying this past week

WA done deal

 

[The Anvil]

I wonder if the club will write to members today and explain the plan. Automatic renewal payments went through last week. Would have been nice to know the exactly where we plan to play our 11 home games.

Trying to remember but didn't the 4th game in Tassie get announced after automatic renewals?

Or was that after they asked for financial help from the members and then removed a home game to Tassie?

 

[Gasometer]

Trying to remember but didn't the 4th game in Tassie get announced after automatic renewals?

Or was that after they asked for financial help from the members and then removed a home game to Tassie?

The first issue is Auto Renewal….

 

[The Anvil]

The first issue is Auto Renewal….

Yeah, I hate the auto renewal. Have to call every year to get removed so I can plan around my other bills.

Wish there was an online option to do this.

 

[cybercrab]

Is it? Where has this been said?

I remember the plan was 1 in Tassie, then 2, then 3, then 4 because we will make finals off the back of it and I’ve seen about 20 wins in 6 years since

We'll make the same money from 2 games in WA as we would from from 4 games in Tassie

 

[Warrboy]

because there is f*** all detail out.

Our figures in Hobart are underquoted, but still small. I know they are underquoted as the only time I have ever visited there I was not required to scan into the ground. So who knows how many of the crowd were actually not counted?

it doesn't matter anyhow because under quoted or not there is still f*** all that go as see us there.






There is a multi club solution in here where if you get us and 3 other clubs to commit to a short stint (our would be 4 weeks others would be 2-3) it would create a block of games where WC and Freo would not have to travel for a 6 week period and it would solves some to the issues around travelling, from the western clubs about travelling every other week and from other clubs about multiple times travelling to Perth.

Innovation is about being the ones who break through and doing something differently the first time. this could be that.

week 1 WC home, Freo Home
week 2 WC vs NM Freo vs GC
week 3 NM vs GC, Freo vs ADE, WC Vs GWS
Week 4 Freo vs GWS, NM vs Ade, WC vs GC
Week 5 Freo vs NM, WC vs Ade
week 6 WC home, Freo home

Freo WC 6 weeks in Perth
NM 4 weeks in Perth
GC and ADE 3 weeks in Perth
GWS 2 weeks in Perth

2 weeks where there is footy Friday, Saturday, Sunday

it is a fundamental change to the dynamic of how travel is done within the AFL and way more aligned to how things are done in the US sports that the AFL (misguidedly IMO) aspires to be like.

If you ran this sort of a structure for a couple of years we would become pretty adept at playing that ground too.

There is a multi club solution in here where if you get us and 3 other clubs to commit to a short stint (our would be 4 weeks others would be 2-3) it would create a block of games where WC and Freo would not have to travel for a 6 week period and it would solves some to the issues around travelling, from the western clubs about travelling every other week and from other clubs about multiple times travelling to Perth.

Sounds a lot like WAther Round

 

[Roogal]

You're also on the record of saying you're not a North supporter anymore, so the rest of your post is white noise.

Did I declare myself a North supporter in that post that you just lamely tried to troll me on? As an observation I simply stated an alternative for the NMFC to relocate sold games. FYI I also chat on other club threads and offer opinions there too. So does that make me an Adelaide, Western Bulldogs, Brisbane or Port Adelaide supporter by extention?

 

[gokangas]

A report yesterday said the 4 games at Tassie stay until 2028 - I note another report this morning suggests the opposite - that it would be 2 games Tassy and 2 WA.

 

[CURVE]

So, this new deal means that West Coast and Fremantle will not play North in Melbourne until the deal ends?

It feels like we are selling our soul to stay profitable, and the two WA clubs benefit the most.

 

[MightyFightings]

Hi North fans,

Asking as the Tasmania market is one I think as a Hawthorn member is going to be fascinating through the next few years, wanted to clarify if the NMFC supporter base is of the understanding that if you do play (2) Home Games in WA, that will mean a reduction to (2) Home Games in Tassie?

Trying to dig up what the agreement NMFC have with Tasmania, but I read the below that it states it's (4) Tasmania games until 2025 or 2026?

NM Kangaroos President on Tasmania AFL Deal - Tasmanian Times

Letter – Dr Sonja Hood, President, North Melbourne Football Club, 4 May 2023 A letter from club president Dr Sonja Hood Dear Members, In light of the news about the AFL’s confirmed plans to introduce a 19th team in Tasmania, I thought it was an opportune time to pave the way for a discussion...

tasmaniantimes.com

Sorry if this has been answered previously.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

Will be interesting to see if this means we don't have 'away' games in WA any more as well

Valid point.

Hopefully this was negotiated when doing the deal.

Unless we get west coast in gather round we’d have to be playing an away game in WA. We’ll get west coast twice due to finishing positions.

I hadn't thought of that, but if we did manage to secure this concession of no other WA games from the AFL, then it's a sensational deal.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

Don't you just play more of the teams twice in your ladder zone rather than all of them the following year? E.g. 2023 we finished in the same 'third' as Richmond and Fremantle but only played them once in 2024

That's right, you don't get a guarantee of all of the teams in your bracket. The fixture is rigged to ensure that all of the derbies occur twice a season so that immediately undermines any attempt to lock the fixture to ladder position entirely.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

Did I declare myself a North supporter in that post that you just lamely tried to troll me on? As an observation I simply stated an alternative for the NMFC to relocate sold games. FYI I also chat on other club threads and offer opinions there too. So does that make me an Adelaide, Western Bulldogs, Brisbane or Port Adelaide supporter by extention?

So you're saying you have never declared yourself a North Melbourne supporter?

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

So we’re still at least three seasons from the possibility of having more than 7 Victorian home games?

Brilliant.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

So we’re still at least three seasons from the possibility of having more than 7 Victorian home games?

Brilliant.

Where have you seen that?

 

[MrSlippyFist]

I'm on the record with this. BENDIGO!

The State Government of Victoria built a stadium in Ballarat for the Western Bulldogs to take two games per season in Western Victoria, so why on Earth can't they spend $40 million to re-develop the QEO in Bendigo and play two NM games for the benefit of Northern Victoria?

It's only fair. North were shunted from Ballarat in 2014 and games in Bendigo would allow the NM's Victorian members the opportunity to attend "sold" home games at least in their home state less than 2 hours drive, or a two hour train trip from Melbourne instead of shelling out hard cash to fly hundreds or thousands of kilometers to watch a damn game.

 

[Only Forwards]

So you're saying you have never declared yourself a North Melbourne supporter?

 

[giantroo]

So we’re still at least three seasons from the possibility of having more than 7 Victorian home games?

Brilliant.

The partnership extension aligns with Spirit of Tasmania's support of the club's AFL side, which also runs until the end of 2025 after inking a new three-year deal late last year.

Kangaroos and Spirit of Tasmania onboard together for three more seasons

The North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos and Spirit of Tasmania have extended their partnership for a further three seasons

www.nmfc.com.au

 

[kool kangas]

Around 2 hours travel to Bunbury from Fremantle and Perth by car and 3 hours by train...

Thats ridiculous...

 

[muttley45]

How pleased is the nerdling Whately with his North are the Expendables line, i'm kind of surprised he couldn't actually work in his beloved World Wrestling Federation in somewhere as well

 

[giantroo]

 

[Chadwiko]

This is all very well and good but members want to know what it means for 2025.

Where are these 2 WA-based home games coming from? Tasmania, or Melbourne?

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

The partnership extension aligns with Spirit of Tasmania's support of the club's AFL side, which also runs until the end of 2025 after inking a new three-year deal late last year.

Kangaroos and Spirit of Tasmania onboard together for three more seasons

The North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos and Spirit of Tasmania have extended their partnership for a further three seasons

www.nmfc.com.au

So the Tassie games are going until 2028?

Those WA games better come from the four Tassie games….

 

[Moti]

I am going in half glass full.

We should actually pick up 1x extra Melbourne away game as part of this.

We have a winning record in WA the past 3 years.

Our "impact" in Tassie was declining fast, at least we are going somewhere that our supporters are engaged with the club, how loud are we at Optus!

 

[Elroo]

I would have preferred the club to pursue a secondary market in Northern Regional Victoria and Southern Regional NSW. The old Murray Kangaroos concept we ran with, then dumped and moved on. The Sports oval at Lavington (which we've played at), is ripe for development, as well as the regional areas around it:

Lavington Sports Ground

The Lavington Sports Ground (LSG) is one of regional Australia’s premier sporting precincts

www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au