IntelligentFish
Debutant
Sorry guys, this will be a longer one.
The 2024 Port Adelaide Memberships volume sits at 55,155 according to https://www.footyindustry.com/2024/03/29/afl-and-nrl-club-membership-updates-march-29th-2024/. That's down from 64,041 in 2023. I'll treat this as conservative in ports' favor, ignoring that some of these memberships may include interstate memberships, non attending club memberships, baby memberships, pet memberships etc etc. Basically, 100% of the 55,155 members have full memberships that could allow them into the game.
According to https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/p...g/news-story/a4474ec870af64e7e50cf18597cbc9e5 last nights attendance was 32,862. Of those, an estimated 14,862 left the game before the final siren, leaving an estimated 18,000 at the whistle. Again, being conservative in ports' favor, I'll say 50% of people who attended were port members, with the rest made up of Brisbane and other non-member supporters. That means, conservatively, about 30% of the powers available attendance members were at the game.
Again, being conservative, lets say 50% of the people who left the game, 7431, were port members. The rest being general admission port fans, or football fans leaving early. I'm also going to assume that of the 1800 that remained, most were Brisbane supporters, general admission ticket holders, or port fans who think leaving early is disgraceful.
So, being conservative, just over 13% of the power member base walked out of the game against Brisbane before the whistle in disgust.
Now, as I keep saying, I think I'm being conservative. Chances are the membership numbers include bullcrap memberships, which decreases the numbers of attendance members and increases the percentage of actual members who can get into games to get into the game. Anyone care to check my figures?
Anyway. No excuses for the board to ignore these and other trends when making decisions about the clubs future. What's worse is the lack of any spotlight on the Crows mess while Hinkleygate is taking all the attention.
The 2024 Port Adelaide Memberships volume sits at 55,155 according to https://www.footyindustry.com/2024/03/29/afl-and-nrl-club-membership-updates-march-29th-2024/. That's down from 64,041 in 2023. I'll treat this as conservative in ports' favor, ignoring that some of these memberships may include interstate memberships, non attending club memberships, baby memberships, pet memberships etc etc. Basically, 100% of the 55,155 members have full memberships that could allow them into the game.
According to https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/p...g/news-story/a4474ec870af64e7e50cf18597cbc9e5 last nights attendance was 32,862. Of those, an estimated 14,862 left the game before the final siren, leaving an estimated 18,000 at the whistle. Again, being conservative in ports' favor, I'll say 50% of people who attended were port members, with the rest made up of Brisbane and other non-member supporters. That means, conservatively, about 30% of the powers available attendance members were at the game.
Again, being conservative, lets say 50% of the people who left the game, 7431, were port members. The rest being general admission port fans, or football fans leaving early. I'm also going to assume that of the 1800 that remained, most were Brisbane supporters, general admission ticket holders, or port fans who think leaving early is disgraceful.
So, being conservative, just over 13% of the power member base walked out of the game against Brisbane before the whistle in disgust.
Now, as I keep saying, I think I'm being conservative. Chances are the membership numbers include bullcrap memberships, which decreases the numbers of attendance members and increases the percentage of actual members who can get into games to get into the game. Anyone care to check my figures?
Anyway. No excuses for the board to ignore these and other trends when making decisions about the clubs future. What's worse is the lack of any spotlight on the Crows mess while Hinkleygate is taking all the attention.
