Dees Bracing for Big Financial Hit

[Lucifers Hero 39,811]

The club would have much greater success with a fund raising campaign this year than 2020. 

Supporters will know that losing Alice and QB is sheer bad luck of timing.  The current outbreak happens a fortnight later than it did and we get both events in.  And this year we are winning!

I would certainly put in.

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2 hours ago, Pates said:

I actually don’t know what the financial return is for finals matches, I suppose us not being involved in many for a while has made me not really care. But do home teams get the gate takings? Does it go to the AFL and then portion goes to competing teams?

I didn't think home sides got the gate keepings from finals, I think they go to the AFL, I suspect some goes back to the clubs involved, but don't know how that is distributed.

[Diamond_Jim 12,588]

the clubs get paid a little for each finals match. Basically enough to make the additional match payments due to players and staff as I understand it.

There was a move to icrease the GF prize money years ago but it came to nothing as it went against the equalisation policy.

Where clubs make money is with merchandising. $100 to get a picture of yourself holding the Premiership cup etc etc.

The additional revenue to a big club such as Richmond dwarfs that which say the Bulldogs received

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Scomo will chuck us 500 bucks.

 

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27 minutes ago, Pipefitter said:

Scomo will chuck us 500 bucks.

 

LOL... have you ever seen anyone so reluctant to give people help?!?! Scromo wasn’t even trying to appear compassionate. He totally phoned the announcement in. ?

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1 hour ago, nacnud said:

This outbreak originated in SA’s quarantine system, not VIC’s. Since the second wave almost every state has had another leak from hotel quarantine, which is why we need a purpose built facility ASAP. 

Yep you’re right, being overseas I sometimes skim through articles but I missed that about it coming from SA. In a lot of ways it would almost make more sense to have a week to 10 day quarantine, with a final four days in isolation (which is rigorously checked). I’m coming back from the UK in July and I’m going to self isolate for at least 2-3 days (or at the very least minimise contact with people). 

Sounds like you’re a higher risk of catching it on the way out than another time. 

Edited June 3, 2021 by Pates

[Jaded No More 68,915]

We either need better quarantine facilities or we need quarantine to be 28 days. So two full incubation periods. 

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2 minutes ago, Jaded said:

We either need better quarantine facilities or we need quarantine to be 28 days. So two full incubation periods. 

But the problem is the hotel system still has the corridors as red hot zones that you’re most susceptible to contracting the virus. Facilities and air-flow are the two things that I think need to be improved. Placing potentially infectious people into hotels that aren’t built to be used in this way is always going to have issues. 

You could have the quarantine for 100 days but then on the day you leave have a new individual infect the area and your stuffed. I’m actually surprised the government didn’t properly look into a “house arrest” style where you wear an ankle tracker to prevent you from leaving. Keeps you away from the public and keeps you away from new (potentially infected) arrivals. Damn those people that couldn’t do the right thing and just bloody self isolate.

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11 minutes ago, Pates said:

But the problem is the hotel system still has the corridors as red hot zones that you’re most susceptible to contracting the virus. Facilities and air-flow are the two things that I think need to be improved. Placing potentially infectious people into hotels that aren’t built to be used in this way is always going to have issues. 

You could have the quarantine for 100 days but then on the day you leave have a new individual infect the area and your stuffed. I’m actually surprised the government didn’t properly look into a “house arrest” style where you wear an ankle tracker to prevent you from leaving. Keeps you away from the public and keeps you away from new (potentially infected) arrivals. Damn those people that couldn’t do the right thing and just bloody self isolate.

You’re right. 14 days in quarantine in hotel then 14 days quarantine at home with 24 hour monitoring. 

Edited June 3, 2021 by Jaded

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7 hours ago, Jaded said:

You’re right. 14 days in quarantine in hotel then 14 days quarantine at home with 24 hour monitoring. 

Not to dwell on this because we should get back to handwringing over finances - but if you can get people to actually isolate at home - there is no need for hotel Q.

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Shame our success is coming in a Covid affected year, our coffers should be bulging from attendances and new memberships...

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On 6/3/2021 at 3:38 AM, Wrecker46 said:

Does anyone know whos home game the Collingwood v Melbourne game was last year? It normally swaps but not sure on this one.

When the original pre-covid 2020 fixture came out it was our home game.

In 2019 it was Collingwood's home Q'bday game.