State AFL junior development. who funds it in your state?

[Obeanie1]

So some wide ranging thoughts and understandings on who actually funds junior development in the different states and Territories.

So where does the money come from?

It is not the role of clubs to fund junior development. Many clubs simply would not have the cash to run the club and also fund junior state development.

So how does it work?

In the NT AFLNT is the body responsible. They get funding from the AFL, sponsors and the NT Government.

We don't have a club but the Suns are aligned with the NT and come up and partake in xlinics when in town. As do other visiting AFL clubs.

The distinction that causes some confusion IMO is who funds junior develipment versus what organisation is subcontracted by the AFL to run the programs.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

The AFL grants and funding is a complete disgrace if you look at it. Good link for this is here

2023 Annual Reports - Sports Industry AU

AFL and Australian Football Australian Grand Prix Crticket Australia and Cricket Football Australia and Football Netball Australia and netbal NRL and Rugby League Rugby Australia and Rugby Union Tennis Australia and Tennis Venues

www.footyindustry.com

Some quick finds are

• Gold Coast receives 28 mill of grants and then 5 mill of other AFL funding which isnt defined in 2023. All up they receive 34 million from the AFL. Gold Coast made a 1.7 mill loss but increased cash in hand by 1.6 million dollars.
• Brisbane receive 28 million of grants from the AFL. This is despite the fact they have 85 million dollars in assets which puts them at 4th in the AFL.
• West Coast Eagles receive 14 mill in grants but 20% gets auto-assigned to the WAFL by the AFL to fund it. Eagles received 11.8 mill all up in 2023. Fremantle actually got less at 13.3 million. Eagles hold 110 mill in assets. Despite the 25 mill discrepancy in asset ownership Brisbane Lions till receive more then double the amount of AFL grants that Eagles do
• North Melbourne hold 30 mill in assets. North received 19 mill in funding from the AFL. Brisbane Lions hold triple the assets and receive 9 mill more per year
• All up in the last 6 years both Brisbane and Gold Coast have received 100mill + million dollars more in grants then Eagles. Gold Coast all up have got 138 million dollars extra in AFL grants. This is enough for Eagles to hand out free memberships to all of our members for the next 3 years

So question is. If AFL 100% funds the Gold Coast and Brisbane Lions academies, why do they not enter the AFL pool of talent known as the AFL draft? Where is this so called equality iin the competition when a club that is 25% less wealthy then a opponent gets 250% more funding then them?

Alot of questions should be asked about this if we are being fair dinkum. Given its hidden in the PDF and Jay Clark wont talk about it I think no one here will care about it...