Geelong rorting the system

[Mr Meow]

So Geelong must have the world’s worst stadium deal at the MCG that is wildly different to every other club…?? I don’t believe that’s possible with Brian Cook / Colin Carter at the helm - they couldn’t be that incompetent to have a deal where an 80,000 crowd is break even.

As below, in 2009, Brian Cook confirmed a crowd of 85,500 at the MCG against Collingwood in the 2007 season delivered the club a $771,000 profit - but you’re saying that an 80,000 crowd is now needed to break even??

The following is from Brian Cook's testimony to the 2009 Senate committee transcript for the Establishment of an AFL team in Tassie - so these would be 2008 figures:

"...at Skilled Stadium when you have a capacity of 25,000, we make a net profit in that game of $638,000 per game, which is $26 per head. If we have a crowd of 85,500 at the MCG, which we did have against Collingwood in 2007, we brought home $771,000, which was $9 a head. Importantly, Telstra, now Etihad Stadium, with a near capacity of 46,000, we brought home $293,000, which is $6 a head."

So that’s $9/head. I’d assume an 80,000 crowd would’ve delivered approx $720,000.

If an 80,000 crowd is needed to break even then Geelong needs to urgently replace their management, as every other team makes a killing with an 80,000 crowd and Geelong must be run by muppets.

I stand by my opinion that an 80,000 crowd to break even at the MCG is BS.

I’ll happily eat my words and apologise if appropriate evidence is tabled.


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In 2025 do you think Geelong earn more from a 40k crowd at GMHBA or a 50-70k home MCG game? If the latter pays less then it's a financial handicap to host a game at the G, thus worse than break even relative to a standard home game.

 

[Mr Meow]

Says he who has posted eight hundred times in the Geelong versus Richmond thread.

Delicious irony yet again from Meowy.


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Hook line and sinker.

PS those replies are mostly me mocking those angry essays and number crunching exercises: You, MR and Cleansweeper gladly acted as Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest for the past couple of years.

 

[PhatBoy]

Says he who has posted eight hundred times in the Geelong versus Richmond thread.

Delicious irony yet again from Meowy.


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It’s literally a thread about his own club.

This isn’t a thread about your club, but here you are flooding it with your sewerage.

 

[Sttew]

A Geelong poster said Cats need 80,000 at MCG to break even with 25,000 at Geelong.

 

[hawkman]

A Geelong poster said Cats need 80,000 at MCG to break even with 25,000 at Geelong.

I understood what they meant but they didn't actually say that so I can see the confusion

 

[Noidnadroj]

In 2025 do you think Geelong earn more from a 40k crowd at GMHBA or a 50-70k home MCG game? If the latter pays less then it's a financial handicap to host a game at the G, thus worse than break even relative to a standard home game.

Apologies, poster never mentioned in comparison to playing the games at Geelong, just said that was the break even number at the MCG. But now I know the context I can accept the notion.


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[Noidnadroj]

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It’s literally a thread about his own club.

This isn’t a thread about your club, but here you are flooding it with your sewerage.

Yeah, because Geelong supporters are gonna have a field day flooding a thread about their own club’s rorting of the system.

Have another eggnog Phatman.


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[Noidnadroj]

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They didn’t say that. But I apologise for my confusion regardless.


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[PhatBoy]

Yeah, because Geelong supporters are gonna have a field day flooding a thread about their own club’s rorting of the system.

Have another eggnog Phatman.


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There’s plenty of us posting here

 

[Noidnadroj]

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There’s plenty of us posting here

Yes of course ….. replying to oppo supporters accusing you of rorting the system. Point is, it’s ridiculous to suggest it’s inappropriate for an oppo supporter to post in here. If we didn’t this thread would go for two pages.


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[FreddyTwoShoes]

Merry Crimbo to all you wonderful oppo supporters with your wonderful conspiracy theories. You've given me much joy and laughter over 2024, so thank you, and keep up the good work.

 

[Freddy Swift]

Merry Christmas to all. Even the Geelong supporters.
Stay safe.