Diamond_Jim

Only 10k at Richmond v Collingwood on a Friday night

Interesting music choices to say the least Thanks PF for your great report

Lot of sense in your post but I would like to tink it's about managing total player payments rather than length of top level playing career. In the two years immediately following football most players (investments aside) would be lucky to gross $100k. Accordingly to the senior players it's about maximising the total playing salary. There is little difference in the last four years to a player between a contract of 3x $650k or 4 x$500k with a match bonus in the fourth year.In theory that leaves the club with an additional $150k a year to put towards a 23- 25 year old (say Oliver) which is where the real competition is. Sure there's an impact on list size if things go pear shape and as you say having 3 players in this category may mean you are over weight in this strategy. What I hope we are not doing is thinking there will be an increase in the salary cap that will make everything wonderfully balance out. The odds of that happening are 50% at best.

out of curiosity what was the attendance last night thanks PS I see the crowd was just over 10k (quite low)

way too long in the modern game but I expect there's more to it so ok but after Viney you have to wonder about the longer term planning

yes

Bought myself a zero cost ticket for the big game on Monday. Will watch the parade and perhaps some water ski ing before heading to the match and then finishing off with the fireworks. Yep life as an MFC supporter is lived in a time warp. Wonder what the Gas and Fuel float will look like this year

Agree I think many people underestimate the team impact that Richmond have with Riewoldt and Lynch. Geelong may come close with Hawkins and Cameron if they can work together.

was going to raise a thread about leveraging Lever but this is as good as any. We have to get a tactic going that takes advantage of the intercept. By himself his disposal is suspect but the time when he takes the ball is when the other team is committed to attack and are at their most vulnerable. Perhaps there needs to be a plan allowing him to lay off the ball quickly to a designated player or spot

The Medallion Club is something that needs to be fixed. Often half empty it takes up the majority of the prime viewing space. At the MCG the AFL area is often reduced for Essendon games as their members reserved seating areas are in the Southern Stand.

There's a deal to be done here and provided the compo is seven figures we would be mad to ignore it. No difference to selling games to Darwin etc and few if any members would be denied a seat at Docklands

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