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

[Uncle_Leo]

Aside from feeling bad for Tassie members who have already paid, if the deal is as speculated for 2025 (2 home games in Hobart, 2 in WA), then that's fine. I think most of us could live with that.

The big question is 2026 and beyond. Is it 'only' 2 WA games forever? Or if is it going to be 3?

Eagerly awaiting details from the club.

If its 9 and 2 going forward from 2026 then its a great deal. Good money for those two games and 9 home matches in Melbourne. I think all North fans understand that 11 at this point is simply not possible.

But we have all been down this path before. 1 becomes 2, then 3, then 4, then the Busselton Kangaroos are a possibility

 

[shintemaster]

It's not really the club that's banking on any of us travelling to WA for games; it's the WA government.

Agree, sort of.

It's the club as well if they plan on this being a long term relationship.

 

[shintemaster]

Two games is the most we’ll be selling, until it inevitably moves to three….then back to four after the club becomes overly reliant on the cash.

It’s their only play.

This stuff needs to turn from being head above water money to bonus money. If we're banking $2M a year into an investment fund / alternative streams then 4-5 years of doing a deal like this starts to look like a real no brainer. If we do that along with targeted raising of funds so that in 10 years we have $10-15M just sitting there earning more for us - great.

 

[CURVE]

Still way, way too many questions to answer before I fully embrace the deal but the fact that so many morons on the main board are losing control and heads are exploding left, right and centre suggests it could be a smart move by the North board and that a lot of opposition fans are a little peeved that their boards didn't do something similar.

A few things I'd really like to know straight away are:

• We will be playing two home games in WA against West Coast and Fremantle, but will we also be playing away games in WA against them? It will be a real disadvantage if we do.
• Are we playing 4, 2 or zero games in Hobart in 2025 and beyond? Has an official statement been made about this deal, as it would be unfair to the Tassie members to drop the Hobart games altogether (and may have a ripple effect on our AFLW Team) but it would be unfair on a majority of our members to play 4 home games in Hobart, 2 in WA and only 5 or 6 in Victoria.
• Is $2m a season the maximum we will receive from this deal? Do we get a share of the gate receipts?

There really needs to be some urgent communication from the NMFC and AFL about how this will work, as the longer it goes on the more it could affect our membership numbers amongst other things.

EDIT: added an extra question I'd like know.

 

[Ichiro #51]

Still way, way too many questions to answer before I fully embrace the deal but the fact that so many morons on the main board are losing control and heads are exploding left, right and centre suggests it could be a smart move by the North board and that a lot of opposition fans are a little peeved that their boards didn't do something similar.

A couple of things I'd really like to know straight away are:

• We will be playing two home games in WA against West Coast and Fremantle, but will we also be playing away games in WA against them? It will be a real disadvantage if we do.
• Are we playing 4, 2 or zero games in Hobart in 2025 and beyond? Has an official statement been made about this deal, as it would be unfair to the Tassie members to drop the Hobart games altogether (and may have a ripple effect on our AFLW Team) but it would be unfair on a majority of our members to play 4 home games in Hobart, 2 in WA and only 5 or 6 in Victoria.

There really needs to be some urgent communication from the NMFC and AFL about how this will work, as the longer it goes on the more it could affect our membership numbers amongst other things.

Good post.

You bring up the two points I’ve been stuck on.

In 22 and 24 we played one away game in Perth. In 23 we played two.

If we’re getting paid to play two games in Perth and that’s it - great deal.

If we’re playing three games in Perth (2 “home” + 1 away) it’s very much lineball, or I’d err on the side of a bit shit.

If we play four games in Perth in any year, then it’s all sorts of ****ed up.

There definitely should be some kind of compensation for Tassie members who’ve already renewed next year and are getting half of what they paid for. If that doesn’t happen, they’re justified in being massively pissed. I’ll be massively pissed on their behalf.

 

[andana]

I just can’t see myself coughing up $2000 or whatever for flights and accommodation to head over there

No need to stay overnight. Head straight back after game

 

[backtothedraft]

Still way, way too many questions to answer before I fully embrace the deal but the fact that so many morons on the main board are losing control and heads are exploding left, right and centre suggests it could be a smart move by the North board and that a lot of opposition fans are a little peeved that their boards didn't do something similar.

A couple of things I'd really like to know straight away are:

• We will be playing two home games in WA against West Coast and Fremantle, but will we also be playing away games in WA against them? It will be a real disadvantage if we do.
• Are we playing 4, 2 or zero games in Hobart in 2025 and beyond? Has an official statement been made about this deal, as it would be unfair to the Tassie members to drop the Hobart games altogether (and may have a ripple effect on our AFLW Team) but it would be unfair on a majority of our members to play 4 home games in Hobart, 2 in WA and only 5 or 6 in Victoria.

There really needs to be some urgent communication from the NMFC and AFL about how this will work, as the longer it goes on the more it could affect our membership numbers amongst other things.

Id say we will play Fremantle once and West Coast twice next year, all in WA and travelling twice total. West Coast seems the obvious double up game given fixture groupings under the 6-6-6 model.

It’s been suggested elsewhere on this board and the club have indicated privately that we are unlikely to secure a deal similar to the Tasmania (4 games) moving forward, and a return of some home games to Melbourne seems likely in 2026 and beyond as the Tasmania deal expires. The only spanner in the works could be the possibility of playing games in the NT, particularly if we have an academy aligned to the area as has been previously suggested in media reporting earlier in the year. Perhaps the financial windfall we receive as apart of the WA deal will make this less of a priority now.