Diamond_Jim

The lack of any proven goal kicking power is what sinks us. Fritsch kicking straight is worth 20-30 goals but where does the rest come from. TMac BBrown and Weid all have some big question marks and I'm not seeing a reliable 25 goal crumber.

Good point...IIRC the MCC pays a little per head to the home club for MCC attendance. Bottom line is that all the clubs will take a hit to their balance sheets. Scope for the away clubs to offer alternative big screen viewing and make a few dollars perhaps

heard on the ABC that Richmond are expecting an allocation of around 25k for their opening round match. Carlton maybe 5k and the rest for corporates MCC and AFL members. Given that tickets are free I think they can expect a few no shows as well. Going to be a difficult season attendance wise

TBH we will make a loss or just break even on the Freo game given a crowd of say 30k at most with all the extra staff needed for covid. If the club were paid say a million to swap it wouldn't be a bad idea

obviously timed for the big following on the US East Coast

especially when they had a resonably workable local comp. It's not as though it's a great improvement on the old comp given the number of byes and truncated season. The good news is that post May the likelihood of border closures should in theory lessen.

The famous pods... If this is anything like the tennis, single tickets (even 2's) will be hard to get

The members only streams are interesting. I have no difficulty with the small upsell. Some exclusive web content for members only could be a winner.

Anna aka the saviour of the AFL is due to let us know later this week IIRC

the AFL are preparing for bubbles... we know they are coming... only question is when where and how long. Playing round 1 in WA on present rules will require and exemption for the visiting team if from Victoria. Luckily it's GCS so they are ok to visit at present. Giants in round 2 and Port Adelaide in round 3. Then there is the issue of the team from WA visiting the East

WA is the wildcard. One case in your State outside hotel quarantine and it's 14 day quarantine until you register 28 clear days. That date for Victoria assuming no more cases is 26 days away (Sunday of Round 1)

AFL trying to kick the can down the road but Tassie Premier not happy. Is he bluffing ?? https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/afl-rejects-tasmanian-demand-premier-furious-20210219-p5745h.html In a letter to the premier AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan said a review of the taskforce’s submission stalled last year as a result of COVID-19 and would not be completed until late 2021 or early 2022, with the AFL to appoint an independent consultant to lead the review.

Murdoch has sold his media business to Disney. He's kept key influential assets. Sky news and the Australian are what buy him influence along with his local tabloids. Foxtel wasn't sold because of local Australian issues (Telstra was one of the inhibitors).... it's not core in any way believe me. Do some back of the envelope figures and you can quickly work out that with the amount paid for AFL and NRL rights Kayo can never make money with its present set up (advertising could change that however).

the season that keeps giving

So one can assume the Richmond scratch match is also a non starter. What a beautiful report and the outcome is so in keeping with being an MFC supporter

Already a member (AFL) and received an email from MFC today containing the following blurb.. The race to round one has started. 43,787 members by 20 March 2021 – an all-time round one membership record. Join the race and let’s make history.

If it's any comfort I suspect Kayo will be sold in the next year or so. It's a very long way from a Murdoch core business these days and it's no longer a subsidised hook to get Foxtel box subscribers. Binge and Kayo are now the products. It's also lucky that the present broadcasting rights have been extended for a few years as I'm sure Stan would have tried to buy a game (say Thursday nights) or even a team's coverage (eg Brisbane). Unfotunately split platforms is the likely future.

mentioned this a few weeks ago. Leave the mark unattended and the defensive player stands five metres back allowing full movement of that player

great so the original four weeks is now almost ten.

I'm with you but the business case for throwing money away is more easily made with GCS. You need at least $40M to field an AFL team without subsidy. Tas government money provides $10m but given the low Tas population and the Launceston/Hobart split it would always need AFL money. There's also the issue of weather plus at present it's a bit of a dumping ground in the sense that Hawks and Norf play the lesser teams down there. The ideal for many would be for GCS to fold and Norf to merge. A tasmanian team would be a wonderful thing but its forty years too late perhaps.

good luck Majak... not as much upside perhaps as HB but I'm always happy to have a feel good experiment. Hopefully it works out all round

no one wants a 19th team and there certainly isn't room for 20.

Governments have been funding travelling circuses since Roman days. Nothing unusual about funding a visiting sporting event. This is Tasmania trying to play wedge politics. Good on them but short of North (or less likely the Suns) relocating there's little financial appetite for expansion at present and probably won't be for the next ten years.

This is the real debate. How will North survive without the Tasmanian subsidy which I assume in a non covid year is worth around $5M annually. How will the debate be framed and who will be its protagonists. The problem is neither the AFL or North want to have the debate. Will the AFL call Tasmania's bluff and say it's staus quo or nothing. There's a deal to be done but I think inertia will win in the end. PS.. Kennett's stance is all about trying to get compo out of the AFL should his Tasmanian cash cow be slaughtered. Almost laughable in its lack of transparency.

Didn't get that email OD. If there is little evidence of the virus in the community I don't have a safety concern. On the other hand masks, zones, entry times etc takes a lot of joy out of the exercise for me so I will not be racing along. Hopefully the grassed slopes at Casey along with my comfy chair is an option for me as the year progresses. Doubt that visiting the 1/4 and 3/4time huddles will be permitted.