Interesting article about Power needing to seek financial support from the AFL

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/port...7054738317.html

$3m in debt and and their very small support base, the AFL state it will take a generation for them to grow support, I think is unlikely due to their links with Port Adelaide and how they are viewed in SA.

It will be interesting on how they will be treated this year in the media, maybe the Tasmanian government was right in offering them relocation.

Interesting article about Power needing to seek financial support from the AFL

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/port...7054738317.html

$3m in debt and and their very small support base, the AFL state it will take a generation for them to grow support, I think is unlikely due to their links with Port Adelaide and how they are viewed in SA.

It will be interesting on how they will be treated this year in the media, maybe the Tasmanian government was right in offering them relocation.

No doubt Dwayne Russell will start asking "If Port went out of the competition, would anybody care?"

They were crapping on about this on 5aa this afternoon here in Adelaide..... Really hammering the Power supporters for not signing/turning up....

One thing that really interested me was when Stephen Rowe (replaced KG on the show with Graham Cornes) said that "over the last few seasons Melbourne has been given $10m dollars from this AFL relief fund"

Is that a true figure???

If not can anyone give me the true figure so I can email a response to those bastards

Stephen Rowe is obviously clearly making up [censored]. We have never recieved more then North or WBD, and have been getting around 1 million dollar per year.

Relocate them to tassie!

No one would care?

They were crapping on about this on 5aa this afternoon here in Adelaide..... Really hammering the Power supporters for not signing/turning up....

One thing that really interested me was when Stephen Rowe (replaced KG on the show with Graham Cornes) said that "over the last few seasons Melbourne has been given $10m dollars from this AFL relief fund"

Is that a true figure???

If not can anyone give me the true figure so I can email a response to those bastards

From the inception of the Competitive Balance Fund (later re-named the Annual Special Distribution) to the end of season 2008 Melbourne received a total of $6 million in AFL funding from this source.

In the same period North and the Bulldogs received $12 million.

Even now, that is before their latest funding submission, Port Adelaide receives $250k pa from the same fund.

Relocate them to tassie!

No one would care?

I'm sure tasmanians would.

The other thing that this demonstrates is that, in this current economic climate, it makes no business sense at all for the AFL to consider pushing ahead with the same timetable for a Gold Coast team.

As for Western Sydney ????

I think the AFL have gone increasingly lukewarm on Gold Coast and are certainly cold on Western Syd given the impact of the global financial crisis.

It seems clear that the AFL are indeed ensuring that the existing clubs have their houses in order and are spending more time perusing forecasts/budgets from other Clubs.

The AFL's joy at the turnarond at WB is certainly countered by the continued poor financial performance of PA. PA's position was always buoyed by the significant financial support of Alan Scott and his Scott Transport Group in Mt Gambier. Scott died a year or so ago and I am not sure his estate is financially involved in PA.

I think the AFL have gone increasingly lukewarm on Gold Coast and are certainly cold on Western Syd given the impact of the global financial crisis. ......................

Plus the fact, we need to have priority draft picks left alone. I think we will need them again for 2010.

Plus the fact, we need to have priority draft picks left alone. I think we will need them again for 2010.

I would hope we are not too reliant on that.

However GC are definitely looking like a shag on the rock at the moment. Its not clear that they are certain starter yet.

I would hope we are not too reliant on that. ........

Me too RR, but if it is is needed, a couple of extra picks would be very handy, with the long term future in mind.

I would hope we are not too reliant on that.

However GC are definitely looking like a shag on the rock at the moment. Its not clear that they are certain starter yet.

From the limited I have read, a lot of the approval is down to the Qld Govt. funding right? And if the opposition win and don't put in the money this would put the licence in doubt right?

So I suppose my question, to the more educated on the matter, would the rule in place about the 17-year-olds go ahead this year if the funding is not complete by draft time?

I think the GC will go ahead...its prety much a done deal as they know it'll survive. Western Sydney is a different kettle of fish as it s doesn't have all those ex-pat vic's living there. They'll really have to compete for the hearts and minds of the immigrants in that area to get a strong following.

As for Port, as I said all the things they have drag out is what they have said about the dee's, ie low auskick numbers. In the long run I think they will be stuffed as from what I have read, unless you are born into a PA family you hate them. They needed another generic team like the crows, dockers and eagles to get a strong and growing base.

Relocate them to tassie!

No one would care?

From Port Power to Hobart Hydro?