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6 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Tough times ahead for the 18 clubs.

RICHMOND CEO OUTLINES THE “BIG” FIGURE CLUBS STAND TO LOSE DUE TO EMPTY STADIUMS

I think it's going to get to the point where the club's are going to ask their fans for donations to survive. But if we end up like Italy, I won't blame people for focusing on themselves. A lot of people will end up below the poverty line because of this.

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    10 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

    Tough times ahead for the 18 clubs.

    RICHMOND CEO OUTLINES THE “BIG” FIGURE CLUBS STAND TO LOSE DUE TO EMPTY STADIUMS

    But of course Gillian will still take home his Corporate Wage this year,

    Giving no compensation to the Clubs

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    1 hour ago, AshleyH30 said:

    I think it's going to get to the point where the club's are going to ask their fans for donations to survive. But if we end up like Italy, I won't blame people for focusing on themselves. A lot of people will end up below the poverty line because of this.

    The AFL has a 60 million dollar future fund and own a stadium in the Dockland's worth probably about a billion dollars.

    Clubs might have anywhere up to a 30 million dollar black hole for this year and the AFL have to pay their own expense bill which is something crazy like 130 million a year to run the comp.

    Players on match payments will earn less. Players on huge fixed contracts should consider a donation back to the clubs I believe. Making 800k without games doesn't seem fair to me. But how much that donation is has to be left up to the individual if the have guaranteed contracts.

    The point is the AFL  and clubs should be able to fund their way out of this. If clubs ask for donations to pay down debt it should be in a years time when games are back on and revenue is coming in. There's a whole bunch of industries where the businesses and employees will be in long term trouble that need government support so everyone pulls through and keeps the economy turning once we are through the worst of it.

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    I've been reading that the AFL are giving consideration to playing 4 or 5 games in a three week period at the front end of the season before a potential mini shut down when infections are estimated to peak. These early matches would be of a shortened duration apparently. All well and good but I can't help thinking that the latter could be a litmus test to shortening the length of the game permanently as called for by certain players. 

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    If you want to talk about Coronavirus in general do it here : https://demonland.com/forums/topic/47746-coronavirus-other-sports/

    please try to keep this thread to actual AFL & MFC related Coronavirus stuff and implications for the 2020 season. 

    i can’t be [censored] moving current non-AFL/MFC related posts into the other thread but please take those discussions there. 

     

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    2 hours ago, AshleyH30 said:

    I've been having a look at the economic impact on the club caused by this virus. With the potential of huge losses, it just popped into my head that regardless of how bad Melbourne go this year, Goodwin will not be sacked. Now i know that will annoy a few people on this site that have been gunning for him for the last six months, but with the increase financial burden, there is no way admin will pile more onto the fire. Also, with the way the season is changing by the day, I am even more forgiving of how we go this season. At the moment we're looking at playing 5-7 rounds in the first 3-4 weeks, there is no way we can judge the club on that as we've never seen it happen before. Yes, some clubs may fare better, and with our increased fitness we may be one of them, but if we aren't I think it is unfair to judge Goodwin this season.

    Goodwin could be made redundant if there is no footy played.

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    4 minutes ago, trout said:

    Goodwin could be made redundant if there is no footy played.

    How so?

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    51 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Will this be the end of Season 2020? 

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    Definitely need to suspend the season. You cannot expect players to play a contact sport if the rest of the population is in a lock down

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    5 hours ago, Demonland said:

    If you want to talk about Coronavirus in general do it here : https://demonland.com/forums/topic/47746-coronavirus-other-sports/

    please try to keep this thread to actual AFL & MFC related Coronavirus stuff and implications for the 2020 season. 

    i can’t be [censored] moving current non-AFL/MFC related posts into the other thread but please take those discussions there. 

     

    I think you will probably have have to pivot to the mitigation phase now on this one above any containment efforts. 

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    If the AFLPA decide that they don’t want to play, then they should be forfeiting a very large percentage of their wage. Of course a huge part of their job is conditioning and training, but at the end of the day their primary role in the industry is the performers. 

    I’m not saying they should go without but a lot of the rest of the world will be struggling through times with lesser funds, and with the clubs finances going deep into a hole during these uncertain times it’s only fair they make sacrifices as well. Otherwise what guarantees do we even have the clubs will get through this?

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    im now of the opinion there will be no footy, cant go ahead, and its really sad when you think about it. 

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