Rumour 2 Melbourne Clubs in Dire Straits

[WestCoast05]

Scientology is technically a religion as well

Scientology is the St Kilda of religion though

 

[Sterge]

Scientology is the St Kilda of religion though

Lots of money, lots of followers who are mostly dickheads, their HQ is in the west, see where i'm going here

 

[The Warlord]

Lots of money, lots of followers who are mostly dickheads, their HQ is in the west, see where i'm going here

You've also described Richmond perfectly in the bolded.

 

[Sterge]

You've also described Richmond perfectly in the bolded.

You can't help yourself can you

 

[The Warlord]

You can't help yourself can you

Truth poasts itself my friend.

 

[Beerfish]

But let's face it, every club's followers are mostly dickheads except North.

 

[Books]

But let's face it, every club's followers are mostly dickheads except North.

Most people don't follow North.

 

[pluggeranddoc]

From memory, Western Bulldogs were charging their fans hundreds of dollars for photos with the premiership cup, right?

Let's say they charged $200 each to the 40k fans the Bulldogs would have, that's about 800k right there.

Pretty handy money for a small club.

Hope you're not their accountant!

 

[Sonny Bonds]

You can't help yourself can you

Pot kettle black Troll!

Got no idea how your're a mod.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Got no idea how your're a mod.

I think Chief hands out mod badges to the biggest whingers, in an effort to get them to shut up once in a while. I assume that's how Beerfish got made one.

 

[mazwilli]

I don't know why. They don't owe any money to anyone, don't get handouts, don't have pokies. They're the very model of a successful football club. Just ask their supporter.

But they want an AFL loan!

 

[mazwilli]

'So two Melbourne clubs you WONT BELIEVE have no money!'

...it's the Kangaroos, Melbourne, and one team not even from Melbourne.

classic.

Port

 

[Engimal v3]

But let's face it, every club's followers are mostly dickheads except North.

About time someone said it

 

[JoPearson]

Not at all. All clubs would like to retain their autonomy if they were able to. The 4 big clubs are able to do that by relying on their cash reserves. Adelaide is hoping to do the same, just by accessing a different revenue stream available to them. If all of the clubs were able to be unassisted clubs, they would.

Will be interesting to see Carlton's books though.

Interesting to see how Carlton are in the shit considering you guys average 30 plus a Range Rover to your home games

 

[JoPearson]

I think the AFL will be doing their best to try to prevent any clubs folding, but who knows if things start getting intangible for the AFL to lift so many clubs and may need to stop giving out loans to a club or two in order for the rest to survive.

Even if Carlton get into financial trouble they do have a lot of wealthy benefactors who may help out the club.

Mate as much as everyone hates Carlton ,you think if Carlton folded ,the AFL comp would be business as usual ?
You think it wouldnt affect revenue to opposition clubs ?

 

[flamethrower]

When did people start taking as much pride in their clubs wealth as anything on-field?

Probably when the club graduated from the dole queue to the Forbes Rich List.

 

[Yoey]

I really don't understand the West Coast thing, no Richmond supporters ever really cared about West Coast but all of a sudden every thread devolves into West Coast fans complaining about Vicbias and bringing Richmond randomly into things that have nothing to do with Richmond.

Perhaps its because the AFL gifted you last years flag no?

 

[Sterge]

Perhaps its because the AFL gifted you last years flag no?

Yeah gifted us a 90 odd point win. In a game that didn't involve west coast.

2017 yeah maybe, 2019 all our home finals were genuine.

You can't even get our 'gifted' flags correct

In before "last 7 games at the g" whilst ignoring that our first genuine home game was like round 12 but no one cared then

 

[Satchel]

surely it is time to question all that funding to a basket case like Gold Coast before any Melbourne based clubs fold

 

[SaltPeter]

surely it is time to question all that funding to a basket case like Gold Coast before any Melbourne based clubs fold

No, 1 Melbourne club needs to fold, or at the very least merge with another. That opens the door for a stand alone club in Tasmania. Not sure how that will affect the bottom lines of both Hawthorn and North as they have become reliant on the income generated (via the Tasssie govt.) from their Tassie "home games" (what is that income anyway, $1M a game?)

 

[Frank Grimes]

Mate as much as everyone hates Carlton ,you think if Carlton folded ,the AFL comp would be business as usual ?
You think it wouldnt affect revenue to opposition clubs ?

Not sure why you think I was saying Carlton would fold. In fact I was saying they are unlikely to fold even if they get into financial trouble due to the wealthy supporters they have.

Though on the very unlikely event Carlton does fold it would still be business as usual. Carlton have been a basket case for the last 20 years and the AFL competition has been managing okay. Just as it had been managing okay even when Richmond were a basket case for 30 years before the last decade. Even if a single 'big' club leaves the competition, it will be a small bump in the road and the AFL will move on.

 

[Bostonian]

Not sure why you think I was saying Carlton would fold. In fact I was saying they are unlikely to fold even if they get into financial trouble due to the wealthy supporters they have.

Though on the very unlikely event Carlton does fold it would still be business as usual. Carlton have been a basket case for the last 20 years and the AFL competition has been managing okay. Just as it had been managing okay even when Richmond were a basket case for 30 years before the last decade. Even if a single 'big' club leaves the competition, it will be a small bump in the road and the AFL will move on.

Yeah it wouldn't be small.

The financial impact would be enormous.

 

[The Warlord]

But let's face it, every club's followers are mostly dickheads except North.

Nah we have plenty.

 

[Farang83150]

Pot kettle black Troll!

Got no idea how your're a mod.

Spot on, the guy trolls continually, a dead set flog.

 

[EconomicDecline]

But imagine CEO Simon Lethlean

The only thing you can do is imagine, because he ain't CEO.