St Kilda President Andrew Bassat tees off on the AFL draft system, specifically father/son and the Northern Academies

[Atomboy]

We told you not to come to our B&F but now that we have band 1 compo we wish you well. Pathetic organisation.

Wait until you hear what Ivan Soldo has done.

Your tears of moral outrage will be next level !!.

 

[Elixuh]

Wait until you hear what Ivan Soldo has done.

Your tears of moral outrage will be next level !!.

Is that the guy from Star Wars?

 

[Breretonisahood]

Perfectly timed whinge by Bassatt. Nek minnit Band 1 compo for Battle.

 

[Sully111]

"BUT JOSH LIED TO US AND TOLD US HE WAS STAYING AND COST US FIRST ROUND COMPO THATS WHY WE DIDNT INVITE HIM TO THE BNF"

Sooking does get you somewhere

How any hawks supporter can accuse any club of sooking after Sam Mitchell's performance in his press conference after losing the final to Port is beyond me. Absolutely embarrassing.

 

[Atomboy]

Perfectly timed whinge by Bassatt. Nek minnit Band 1 compo for Battle.

Agreed, played it perfectly.

Straight out of the Eddie Maguire playbook.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Dude... you're obsessed.

You'd think a lions supporter would be enjoying thier premiership win.

I keep finding it odd opposition fans keep wanting to prove Bassat right.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Are you thick?

The AFL preference the income provided by continually showcasing the larger clubs (prime time matches). Distributions of larger amounts to smaller clubs is compensation for them not having marquee time slots.

If the AFL was equatable, each team would play games equally in each time slot and double ups wouldn't be continually given to big clubs against each other. That way smaller teams could start to command more when it comes to drawing new members and importantly, sponsors. Sponsors want to be in front of as many eyes as possible.

You realise a lot of these marquee time slots are kept because they’ve been there for a long time and make the afl a lot of money, why change something if it’s working, why fix something that ain’t broken, from a financial business perspective.

It’s St Kildas job and other clubs jobs to build their own marquee games, Friday night and prime time slots outside of the big (Kings birthday, Anzac Day, Easter Monday) clashes, do get thrown around.

Also double ups aren’t done for financial gain and are done for fairness of the competition, so a voided argument as such.

But as you said St Kilda is financially aided by the AFL and one of the highest, so the complaints it’s the AFLs fault is a victim mentality comparatively to other clubs.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Of course they'd want that - but it's not possible.

Footy fans are not an infinite resource. Especially in Victoria.

It is possible if all games are more even, less blow outs, even competition means more neutrals for games will be feeding the afl and club pockets. That’s why this year was a good step financially with the onfield success following.

 

[magpielicious]

How is it we have a competition that rewards miss managed clubs? Saints have had so many picks over the years, is it the AFL or other clubs' fault they have recruited poorly? It's not just the saints. The whole comp is littered with wasted draft picks and miss managements.

 

[BIGHAWK23]

How any hawks supporter can accuse any club of sooking after Sam Mitchell's performance in his press conference after losing the final to Port is beyond me. Absolutely embarrassing.

Embarrassing would be uninviting a player from your BNF then having the gall to put out a post once you knew what the compo is

Pathetic
Weak
Sad