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[Cool Kangas]

AFL funding ladder revealed: $100m gap between top and bottom clubs

The size of the gap is a sore point for some power clubs, with Essendon president Paul Brasher demanding a say in how the next round of money is doled out.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Kwality]

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No paywall, same topic.

Unsurprising that the development clubs in Q & NSW need more funding.

'The redistribution from wealthy to poor over the last decade – and particularly figures from 2017 to 2020 that counts one yr of the pandemic – additionally raises questions in regards to the sustainability of the monetary mannequin within the eyes of some clubs, given the big variety of groups that depend on the AFL to stay within the black or to handle debt.'

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Total AFL funding 2012-2020​

Includes AFL base distribution and variable funding, “future fund” and “other” distributions.

Team	Amount
GWS	$179,564,940
Gold Coast	$173,453,759
Bris Lions	$139,673,856
St Kilda	$136,603,474
Western Bulldogs	$122,837,429
North Melbourne	$119,589,624
Melbourne	$117,549,997
Port Adelaide	$108,274,482
Sydney	$102,585,220
Richmond	$94,711,715
Carlton	$94,490,367
Essendon	$88,748,118
Adelaide	$88,645,756
Fremantle	$87,906,502
Hawthorn	$86,050,807
Geelong	$84,832,733
West Coast	$83,060,836
Collingwood	$82,873,657

 

[Kwality]

Total AFL funding 2012-2020​

Includes AFL base distribution and variable funding, “future fund” and “other” distributions.

Team	Amount
GWS	$179,564,940
Gold Coast	$173,453,759
Bris Lions	$139,673,856
St Kilda	$136,603,474
Western Bulldogs	$122,837,429
North Melbourne	$119,589,624
Melbourne	$117,549,997
Port Adelaide	$108,274,482
Sydney	$102,585,220
Richmond	$94,711,715
Carlton	$94,490,367
Essendon	$88,748,118
Adelaide	$88,645,756
Fremantle	$87,906,502
Hawthorn	$86,050,807
Geelong	$84,832,733
West Coast	$83,060,836
Collingwood	$82,873,657

How many of the clubs still rely on pokies ?

 

[Gigantor]

So the Suns have received $50 mill more than what the dogs have received across a whole decade.
From an industry kitty of about $15 billion in total.
And?

 

[Kwality]

So the Suns have received $50 mill more than what the dogs have received across a whole decade.
From an industry kitty of about $15 billion in total.
And?

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