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PREGAME: Rd 05 vs Essendon

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11 hours ago, BoBo said:

I'm quite interested to see how many people they end up drawing to Radelaide considering it's the round after Easter when a lot of people already went away for 3-4 days.

Also (high chance this is just a me thing), I only found out this time last week that this whole 'gather round' was even a thing. Have the SA Govt been spending ads in places I haven't seen??


 

 

5 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

I'd suspect that's exactly why they've timed it as they have many people take the 4 days off this week as well and, so then it's about attracting some of those people to Adelaide for more than just the weekend, to stay longer and spend more tourist dollars.

Is it still school holidays in Victoria? If so, some families may have chosen to go to Adelaide this week to combine Gather Round with the school holiday break.

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    6 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

     

    Is it still school holidays in Victoria? If so, some families may have chosen to go to Adelaide this week to combine Gather Round with the school holiday break.

    Yes it is Vic school holidays and that's what I'm suggesting re a combined holiday.  Even thoughs without kids often take advantage of the 4 days weekend to make it into a 10 day holiday though and present a travel target for the SA gov.

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    Here's a good article on the financial impact of this weekend

    https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-clubs-set-for-bumper-salary-cap-boost-from-gather-round-20230412-p5czzz.html

    All 18 AFL clubs have been given an extra half-million dollars in their salary caps as a result of the huge influx of money stemming from the extra game in Gather Round.

    Senior AFL sources confirmed that the 18 clubs would receive $750,000 each for Gather Round in South Australia and that, of that amount, $500,000 would go to the players at every club - potentially easing some of the fiscal and salary-cap pressure on players and clubs.

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    2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

     

    Is it still school holidays in Victoria? If so, some families may have chosen to go to Adelaide this week to combine Gather Round with the school holiday break.

    BO BO 

    Maybe you don't have kids? Maybe you don't read much about the Dees draw in advance ? Maybe you are just not up with the fact that tickets for Gather Round were available about 2/3 mths ago. That rock that you are under sure does a good job or are you a resident of Cooper Pedy perhaps? 

    Enjoy oh and Dees play on Sat twilight!! 

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    I posted this on the Gather Round tickets thread but it’s appropriate for this thread as well…

     

     

    Anyone who’s looking to sit with or near the Demon Army, this is where we’ll be…

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    Note we’re not directly behind the goals. That’s because Port’s cheer squad has the home cheer squad bay to themselves. Whatevs. Probs for the best that we’re not sharing a bay with them: don’t wanna have to listen to ankle bracelets going off all day. 😂

     

    Of the utmost importance is this:

    STRICTLY MELBOURNE FANS ONLY IN OUR BAY.

    No opposition fans, even if they’re your friends and they’re nice ppl.

    It’s not pleasant having to ask anyone to leave our bay, and it’s not fair that our members are put in this position. But it will happen if need be. At our ‘Gabba match we had to ask some Lions supporters to leave our bay, and they did without ado. But best we avoid this situation. 👍🏽
    ❤️💙 


    1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Here's a good article on the financial impact of this weekend

    https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-clubs-set-for-bumper-salary-cap-boost-from-gather-round-20230412-p5czzz.html

    All 18 AFL clubs have been given an extra half-million dollars in their salary caps as a result of the huge influx of money stemming from the extra game in Gather Round.

    Senior AFL sources confirmed that the 18 clubs would receive $750,000 each for Gather Round in South Australia and that, of that amount, $500,000 would go to the players at every club - potentially easing some of the fiscal and salary-cap pressure on players and clubs.

    Hey if that $500,000 helps secure Kosi I’m down for gather round every round

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    41 minutes ago, 58er said:

    BO BO 

    Maybe you don't have kids? Maybe you don't read much about the Dees draw in advance ? Maybe you are just not up with the fact that tickets for Gather Round were available about 2/3 mths ago. That rock that you are under sure does a good job or are you a resident of Cooper Pedy perhaps? 

    Enjoy oh and Dees play on Sat twilight!! 

    Err, what?

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    29 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Hey if that $500,000 helps secure Kosi I’m down for gather round every round

    The article I read says the $500k is a once-off and split evenly across all players based on their 2023 earnings.

    But the on going sal cap is under review so hopefully that helps us keep a few players, including Kozzie.

     

    As an a side, a fair chunk of the remaining $250 once off, the AFL says is for the FD should go to Goodwin as he took unders in his last contract to keep FD staff at the club.  Given his history he will probably want to share it or use it for more FD staff.

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    2 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Here's a good article on the financial impact of this weekend

    https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-clubs-set-for-bumper-salary-cap-boost-from-gather-round-20230412-p5czzz.html

    All 18 AFL clubs have been given an extra half-million dollars in their salary caps as a result of the huge influx of money stemming from the extra game in Gather Round.

    Senior AFL sources confirmed that the 18 clubs would receive $750,000 each for Gather Round in South Australia and that, of that amount, $500,000 would go to the players at every club - potentially easing some of the fiscal and salary-cap pressure on players and clubs.

    This appears as a one off payment, not a permanent increase so not sure it helps the kozzie deal - unless they give him the $500k upfront and say we'll front end your deal.....

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    1 hour ago, 58er said:

    Maybe you don't have kids? Maybe you don't read much about the Dees draw in advance ? Maybe you are just not up with the fact that tickets for Gather Round were available about 2/3 mths ago. That rock that you are under sure does a good job or are you a resident of Cooper Pedy perhaps? 

    Why must you be so aggressive and antagonistic in yours posts, @58er?

    If this is what you are like in real life, you must be a real pain to be around.

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    2 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Here's a good article on the financial impact of this weekend

    https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-clubs-set-for-bumper-salary-cap-boost-from-gather-round-20230412-p5czzz.html

    All 18 AFL clubs have been given an extra half-million dollars in their salary caps as a result of the huge influx of money stemming from the extra game in Gather Round.

    Senior AFL sources confirmed that the 18 clubs would receive $750,000 each for Gather Round in South Australia and that, of that amount, $500,000 would go to the players at every club - potentially easing some of the fiscal and salary-cap pressure on players and clubs.

    Use it to re-sign Kozzie, keep MFC on top!

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    49 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    The article I read says the $500k is a once-off and split evenly across all players based on their 2023 earnings.

     

    on that basis then about a 5% increase on their current salary.  nice bonus

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    I wish people would actually read the article...🙄

    @daisycuttergot it!

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    Sounds like they will get very good crowds this weekend. Good work SA.

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    1 hour ago, 58er said:

    BO BO 

    Maybe you don't have kids? Maybe you don't read much about the Dees draw in advance ? Maybe you are just not up with the fact that tickets for Gather Round were available about 2/3 mths ago. That rock that you are under sure does a good job or are you a resident of Cooper Pedy perhaps? 

    Enjoy oh and Dees play on Sat twilight!! 

    One doesn’t have to have kids to know when school holidays are, 58er. I have a son in Year 12 and on Tuesday I came home at about midday and there he was, standing in the kitchen, in his jocks, pouring a bowl of cereal. I said “you do know school is compulsory, right?” Then we both marvelled at the fact that it only took me ‘til Tuesday of the first week to realise it’s holidays. That’s my PB. 


    1 hour ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    I wish people would actually read the article...🙄

    @daisycuttergot it!

    50,000 visitors is not that great . Given a State govt buy of say $20M it works out at $400 per visitor.

    Concept is good but the execution could be better

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    4 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    50,000 visitors is not that great . Given a State govt buy of say $20M it works out at $400 per visitor.

    Concept is good but the execution could be better

    SA get the bragging rights!  Who knows what that is worth to a politician. 😉

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    2 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    SA get the bragging rights!  Who knows what that is worth to a politician. 😉

    Given that it's no teams home game I assume Port and Crows members need to buy a ticket plus a reserved seat. A nice little earner that I had forgotten...70,000 fans at an average of $25 = $2M

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    1 hour ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    Sounds like they will get very good crowds this weekend. Good work SA.

    Just heard the ticket sales have been excellent! Great stuff 

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    52 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

    SA get the bragging rights!  Who knows what that is worth to a politician. 😉

    Just like how they bragged about shutting the entire State because one person supposedly caught Covid off a pizza box.

    Not too smart over there. Turns out the one person was a chef from a city hotel picking up some illicit substances from the pizza parlour and unsurprisingly lied about it to the 'contact tracers'. 

     

     

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    33 minutes ago, FritschyBusiness said:

    If anyone wants to get by the paywall, paste the link into https://12ft.io/

     

    12 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    Brilliant!  I can't thank you enough for that link, @FritschyBusiness.  You're a legend.

    What Demonstone said. ⬆️

    Much appreciated, FB! Just wondering if this link can be used to open any paywalled article. 

     
    10 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

     

    What Demonstone said. ⬆️

    Much appreciated, FB! Just wondering if this link can be used to open any paywalled article. 

    Very welcome, It's a website I got put onto recently. 

    Doesn't seem to work for me with the herald sun, but everything else seems good to go

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    2 hours ago, layzie said:

    Use it to re-sign Kozzie, keep MFC on top!

    Thank you for this!

    #re-signorresign

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