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Melbourne To Receive $9.1 million from the AFL

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  On 26/09/2011 at 07:23, daisycutter said:

......as long as it doesn't get spent on desks! (or such-like)

No way should we spend it on desks, what with Gazza and McLardy smashing their fists on them like they have been, they're far too valuable for that :lol:

Seriously though, I hate that we have to take money from the dictators, but the timing is impeccable. We have the list with the talent, but they need moulding into their potential. This money will help us perfect the mould so that they can stand on their own.

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    The AFL panders to Collingwood again.

    Geelong and Hawthorn get Nil which is fair enough but collingwood get chucked a few Mill and Eddie is complaining.

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      On 26/09/2011 at 22:28, Robbie57 said:

    The AFL panders to Collingwood again.

    Geelong and Hawthorn get Nil which is fair enough but collingwood get chucked a few Mill and Eddie is complaining.

    Geelong and Hawthorn get nil, but the Filth get a couple of mil??? How the eff does that work? By all reports I hear the Filth are leading the way as far as off field expenditure and quality of facilities, leading me to think that they are the ones the equalisation money is weighed up against, therefore they should be the only ones not getting a brass rhazoo. I just can't work this bloody commission out, I really can't. I've no complaints about what we are to receive (except that I wish we didn't need it :) ) but surely something needs to be done about this Collingwood love they have going on.

    edit: I just read the article on AFL website regarding this, and there was no mention of Collingwood, however Geelong and the Hawks both get the basic package of 3.25 mil.

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      On 26/09/2011 at 23:14, Kento80 said:

    Geelong and Hawthorn get nil, but the Filth get a couple of mil??? How the eff does that work? By all reports I hear the Filth are leading the way as far as off field expenditure and quality of facilities, leading me to think that they are the ones the equalisation money is weighed up against, therefore they should be the only ones not getting a brass rhazoo. I just can't work this bloody commission out, I really can't. I've no complaints about what we are to receive (except that I wish we didn't need it :) ) but surely something needs to be done about this Collingwood love they have going on.

    edit: I just read the article on AFL website regarding this, and there was no mention of Collingwood, however Geelong and the Hawks both get the basic package of 3.25 mil.

    Its probably compensation for all those games Collingwood have to play in Melbourne

    poor dears don't get much opportunity to travel and see the country :wacko:

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      On 26/09/2011 at 23:45, daisycutter said:

    Its probably compensation for all those games Collingwood have to play in Melbourne

    poor dears don't get much opportunity to travel and see the country :wacko:

    Yes, (forces smiling face) Canberra is so enjoyable when Floriade is on. They are missing out on so much...

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      On 26/09/2011 at 10:17, daisycutter said:

    On second thoughts why don't we double our money and drop the lot on one (or more) of Redleg's geegees

    I've got this great formulae....can't fail, bought it on eBay the other day

    Now that is better DC

    I can see you are starting to throw off the gloom.

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      On 27/09/2011 at 00:07, rpfc said:

    Yes, (forces smiling face) Canberra is so enjoyable when Floriade is on. They are missing out on so much...

    You mean the Canberra Tulip Festival? Went last week, but only to replenish my supply of chilli sauces from The Chilli Factory... got their new Scorpion Chilli Sauce which on a heat scale of 10 is rated a 15 :-)

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      On 26/09/2011 at 09:58, dee-luded said:

    We will never have & Don't want one club 'dominating forever',,, again.

    Unless it's the Dees!

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    Now lads. Let take the 9.1 million buy 45000 Melbourne memberships add them to our 40,000 members next year and [censored] of the bombr and the filth. and the moneys is still ours. win win

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      On 27/09/2011 at 01:44, Face Your Demons said:

    Now lads. Let take the 9.1 million buy 45000 Melbourne memberships add them to our 40,000 members next year and [censored] of the bombr and the filth. and the moneys is still ours. win win

    You're the guy that's been running the club's finances for the past 40 years, aren't you? With an idea like that...

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      On 27/09/2011 at 02:17, Cudi_420 said:

    You're the guy that's been running the club's finances for the past 40 years, aren't you? With an idea like that...

    Well I hope he is not running them in 2012

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    Does anyone know how the AFL works out these amounts. Is it based on need, does it include compensation for playing in Darwin, are AFL negotiated stadium deals taken into account? To me that is more important than the amount each club gets.

    The AFL control almost all of the strings when it comes to club finances to the extent that the difference between the funding between Hawthorn and Geelong at one end and the Bulldogs and North at the other is just a rounding error to them.

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      On 27/09/2011 at 22:28, Flying Cloud said:

    Does anyone know how the AFL works out these amounts. Is it based on need, does it include compensation for playing in Darwin, are AFL negotiated stadium deals taken into account? To me that is more important than the amount each club gets.

    The AFL control almost all of the strings when it comes to club finances to the extent that the difference between the funding between Hawthorn and Geelong at one end and the Bulldogs and North at the other is just a rounding error to them.

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      On 27/09/2011 at 22:28, Flying Cloud said:

    Does anyone know how the AFL works out these amounts.

    There's a video on DeeTV of Cam Schwab. He explains some of the AFL's process and what it means to MFC. Interesting and worth a look.

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