AFL Silver Membership Waitlist Number

[SHAKESPEARE]

AFL has taken a beautiful thing and ******* broke it

 

[kriles76]

AFL has taken a beautiful thing and ******* broke it

More like took a classy chick and then started whoring it out to all its rich mates.

 

[Black Panther]

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

AFL membership absolutely taking the piss.

 

[DiamondGuy]

I don't think so. My sister is a silver member still about 4000 on the waitlist. This probably means if Melbourne makes a prelim she will either be unable to sit with us and be stuck up in the nosebleeds

Oh boo hoo! She hasn't missed out, she gets a ticket!

 

[banzai]

Oh boo hoo! She hasn't missed out, she gets a ticket!

Maybe. If Melbourne were playing Richmond, Collingwood or Essendon they almost certainly wont get a ticket. I sat next to someone who works for the AFL at the Richmond Hawthorn final this year and he was pointing out that an ever increasing % of the AFL members section are given to corporates in every final.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Maybe. If Melbourne were playing Richmond, Collingwood or Essendon they almost certainly wont get a ticket. I sat next to someone who works for the AFL at the Richmond Hawthorn final this year and he was pointing out that an ever increasing % of the AFL members section are given to corporates in every final.

Hence why Gold has slowed up...gotta allow corporate dimes to fill the decreasing afl member gold vacuum

 

[mocamagic]

Wonder who could have had a full Gws membership in 2013?

Probably parents of drafted boys changing allegiance

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Probably parents of drafted boys changing allegiance

Or Sydney fans changing clubs

 

[Henry85]

Is there anyway to see your waitlist number online or do you have to wait for it in the mail or call them up?


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[the harry]

Years of membership: 8
Waitlist: 8035

That whole "it'll take seven to ten years for gold" seems a little off at this point.

 

[the harry]

Email from September last year had me at 11854. Got my card for next year in the mail and am at 8494.

Unsure though if the number I received last year was already out of date or anything, but was told that I was "roughly 6 seasons off full membership".

What teams need to suck to get the most people not to renew?

Less than 500 spots in 12 months at the 8k mark.

 

[footyfan1978]

More like took a classy chick and then started whoring it out to all its rich mates.

Horrible image and vile thought but also sadly accurate.

 

[Whiskers]

I joined at the end of 2008 and as of Feb 2018 was 1,545 on the waitlist. My renewal letter just came through a few days ago and I am 1,320. Looks like it might be quite a wait still.

Really? I got mine in 08 and was a full member in 2016

 

[funk44]

Really? I got mine in 08 and was a full member in 2016

I joined in Feb 09 and I'm still 770 on the list

 

[LanceRomance]

Years of membership: 8
Waitlist: 8035

That whole "it'll take seven to ten years for gold" seems a little off at this point.

My conspiracy theory is that the AFL are "buying" out lapsed gold memberships and repurposing them for other needs.

 

[pepsi]

My conspiracy theory is that the AFL are "buying" out lapsed gold memberships and repurposing them for other needs.

Yeah I certainly think they are reducing gold capacity for silver members looking to upgrade.

 

[funk44]

My conspiracy theory is that the AFL are "buying" out lapsed gold memberships and repurposing them for other needs.

Certainly some merit in that. The upgrade rate slowed noticeably after the AFL purchased Etihad too

 

[blue harvest]

Don't forget that in the 3 year period 2014-2016 there was a much larger than normal number of gold upgrades, 6500, see my previous posts on this. This means in those years you moved much further up the waiting list than normal, maybe 1k spots more each year than expected, people seem to gloss over this point. Last 2 years you have moved much less than normal, maybe 1k spots less than expected each year. Maybe it's just cyclical?

Also I thought gold was capped at 30k, but remember seeing some sort of official figures a couple of years back saying 31k current gold members, can't recall where I saw this. Maybe at some point they let an extra 1k in and are now in the process of clawing those back?

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Mine rocked up today. Down to 17364. A whole 1230 spots.

 

[Donakebab]

Mine rocked up today. Down to 17364. A whole 1230 spots.

Commiserations on your 50 year wait time.

 

[Black Panther]

The GSS is listed to be rebuilt in the next 10-15 years, will be interesting what happens to the AFL Member Reserve capacity figure

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

My conspiracy theory is that the AFL are "buying" out lapsed gold memberships and repurposing them for other needs.

Not a conspiracy...its the god honest ******* truth.

They are just not repurposing them. The idea is to buy out Level N and P for corporates, leaving possibly M (Front) and Q as Gold areas for the future.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Also I thought gold was capped at 30k, but remember seeing some sort of official figures a couple of years back saying 31k current gold members, can't recall where I saw this. Maybe at some point they let an extra 1k in and are now in the process of clawing those back?

They tweeted it. I doubt the accuracy of this though.

 

[kirky]

Interesting policy by the AFL - have received my 2019 AFL Members Gold Membership card (Adelaide Club support and have been since 1995) but I haven’t yet renewed it.

Obviously it won’t get activated until I do however thought it odd.