General MFC Discussion 2.0

[DeesFanTheMan]

I’d like to take credit for this, I got a lifetime exclusion from Sportsbet last week (I wasn’t a gambling addict, only laid 6 bets in last 6 months just thought it was a waste of time and money).

What was the reasoning for the lifetime exclusion then?

 

[Bluelegs]

I know everyone points the finger at Hawthorn, but if us and North are able to do it, they really don't have any excuses

The fact that North was able to do it even with the shitty Etihad deal they had to endure for so many years is an indictment on every other club in Victoria that takes gambling revenue.

On a side note be prepared to accept that we are going to be playing games in the Northern Territory for a long time.

 

[schmuttt]

What was the reasoning for the lifetime exclusion then?

Read the last sentence. I have an addictive personality and I can’t afford a gambling addiction developing whilst I’m at uni

 

[DeesFanTheMan]

Read the last sentence. I have an addictive personality and I can’t afford a gambling addiction developing whilst I’m at uni

Maybe I am misunderstanding, do you mean you self excluded?

 

[PerfectFooty]

Read the last sentence. I have an addictive personality and I can’t afford a gambling addiction developing whilst I’m at uni

Not gonna lie, your reasoning is the same as mine

 

[schmuttt]

Maybe I am misunderstanding, do you mean you self excluded?

I can never make an account with my personal details with them again.

 

[Marc_Remillard]

How ****ing good is the news that we're getting out of pokies!!

 

[Jordie_tackles]

Don't know if it has been said but I think GWS went down the childcare centre ownership path. Very smart IMO is more of a positive if maybe expensive in its own right to customers community service. Also provides solid income and is branded to promote GWS in its key growth areas. I like the idea of Melbourne FC childcare centre encouraging the next generation of supporters in Casey.

 

[00Stinger]

Am I the only one who doesn't care we are moving away from pokies?

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[Bluelegs]

Am I the only one who doesn't care we are moving away from pokies?

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Maybe, just in case you should be sure to tell us all about how little you care.

 

[00Stinger]

Don't know if it has been said but I think GWS went down the childcare centre ownership path. Very smart IMO is more of a positive if maybe expensive in its own right to customers community service. Also provides solid income and is branded to promote GWS in its key growth areas. I like the idea of Melbourne FC childcare centre encouraging the next generation of supporters in Casey.

There is a fine line betweening making a big profit and losing cash on childcare facilities.



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[Broadside]

Congrats Melbourne on distancing yourself from pokies . They're an absolute leech on society and I hope other clubs including Carlton can follow your lead.

 

[Topkent]

Am I the only one who doesn't care we are moving away from pokies?

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Yeah its awesome until we fall behind the other clubs off field spending and struggle to develop players and staff

 

[00Stinger]

Maybe, just in case you should be sure to tell us all about how little you care.

I care little for us moving away from a legal revenue stream of which majority of people enjoy in moderation. For some reason it is seen as unethical because a small minority of individuals can not control themselves around these machines

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[00Stinger]

Yeah its awesome until we fall behind the other clubs off field spending and struggle to develop players and staff

Gives the club an out like North use.

We might be shit and poor but at least we dont have pokies

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[Bluelegs]

Yeah its awesome until we fall behind the other clubs off field spending and struggle to develop players and staff

Better clubs than ours do fine without them.

 

[PerfectFooty]

Better clubs than ours do fine without them.

Worse clubs than ours don't do anything better with them. (St Kilda Small club, Collingwood Big club)

 

[Topkent]

Better clubs than ours do fine without them.

We don't have the membership or supporter base or the recent success of other clubs to be silly with our finances.

I care little for us moving away from a legal revenue stream of which majority of people enjoy in moderation. For some reason it is seen as unethical because a small minority of individuals can not control themselves around these machines

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Yep by that logic clubs should stop selling liqour at their home games because of the damage alcohol to families

 

[Devastating Boris]

MFC Ciggies, here we come

 

[DeesFanTheMan]

MFC Cigars, here we come

FTFY.

 

[PerfectFooty]

Honestly i don't think it makes a big dent in profits or losses. If you play a terrible year you'll still record a loss, have a good year and you should still make a profit. Even with it with a fall back when we were shit, we still needed to take a loan from the AFL as well as put someone competent in change.

St Kilda have been in the similar area around the ladder over the last few years with us, but the pokies haven't saved them from their bad decision making such as moving out to Seaford. and Collingwood has had a loss despite being a large supporter base, but the pokies couldn't even them out either.

We just don't need pokies anymore, football clubs should be making money off football. And like football you lose, you lose off field, you win, you win off field.

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

Yeah good on the club. Pokies are a huge zero sum game and hugely terrible for the broader economy as well as individuals suffering addiction. Might suffer short term but we’ve taken the long term view.

 

[Topkent]

Honestly i don't think it makes a big dent in profits or losses. If you play a terrible year you'll still record a loss, have a good year and you should still make a profit. Even with it with a fall back when we were shit, we still needed to take a loan from the AFL as well as put someone competent in change.

St Kilda have been in the similar area around the ladder over the last few years with us, but the pokies haven't saved them from their bad decision making such as moving out to Seaford. and Collingwood has had a loss despite being a large supporter base, but the pokies couldn't even them out either.

We just don't need pokies anymore, football clubs should be making money off football. And like football you lose, you lose off field, you win, you win off field.

When you say Collingwood made a loss sure, but they also own the holden Centre and have a state of the art training facility. We own nothing

 

[LeverPuller]

Interesting to see how we sub the revenue

 

[Devastating Boris]

FTFY.

More cash in ciggies (cigarettes) than cigars

We’ll come out with a pack of winfield 14mg cigarettes (half way between blue 12mg and red 16mg) and call them winni “blue and reds”