"Another 12 months as we've just had and there is no club." - Dogs CEO
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And that would be tragic.Originally posted by The Ewok
"Another 12 months as we've just had and there is no club." - Dogs CEO
Where would they relocate to?Originally posted by daddy_4_eyes
Relocation is the only solution.
There is NO WAY the victorian footy market can support 10 teams. Many teams have struggled during times of economic boom, i wonder how they will fare in times of economic recession, which is bound to hit sooner or later.
Bulldogs should seriously consider moving interstate. I know this would be a horrible thing for their supporters, but even they would have to agree relocation is better than a merger or bankrupcy.
Originally posted by Bomber Spirit
Where would they relocate to?
IMHO the option that has the most potential would be Western Sydney and playing their home games at Stadium Australia; but it would take a lot of work to develop that market. The AFL would need to contribute a lot of marketing and development money, but it could work.
There were some good crowds for the games at Stadium Australia this year. The majority of Swans members would probably prefer to play their games at the SCG, but the appears to be a fairly solid base of supporters who don't have Swans memberships and won't go to the SCG but will go to Homebush. If the Bulldogs can identify and develop those people, there's potential there. But it would take a lot of work, and the Kangaroos fiasco could turn potential supporters of a second team in Sydney away. It would need to be full-time and permanent or nothing.
Originally posted by daddy_4_eyes
There is NO WAY the victorian footy market can support 10 teams.
Originally posted by moomba
There is actually a way. The AFL has got to start controlling the ever increasing costs involved in running a football club. Start with player salaries, then to stadium management costs and go on from there.
Next they have to have a rethink about how much money they are spending on the beaurocracy that is the AFL, and start to channel it more toward the club.
The competition is not sustainable in it's current form and it is not just Melbourne based clubs that are struggling to cope. The AFL needs the Bulldogs, and they have a duty to everything they can to assist them through the next few years until they can get themselves sustainable in there own right.
Moomba
Originally posted by moomba
There is actually a way. The AFL has got to start controlling the ever increasing costs involved in running a football club
Originally posted by Rohan_
I almost fell off my seat when I read this hypocritical post. The AFL told the Kangaroos for years and years to stop paying their assistant coaches and football staff so high salaries. But they never listenend until it was to late.
The Bulldogs will get no sympathy from me. Even their own fans admit their business plan is very unrealistic.
The buck stops at the clubs, not the AFL.
Originally posted by Chops
Which Bulldogs fans admitted the plan was unrealistic? From the board maybe 2 out of the 40 or so there have been critical of Smorgan.
How can you say the AFL is not even partly to blame when the facts say 10 out 16 clubs are recording losses?
Originally posted by Rohan_
Partly being the operative word. The buck stops at the club, not the AFL. The AFL don't force the club to hire coaches who leave the club and have to pay him out.
Originally posted by Rohan_
I almost fell off my seat when I read this hypocritical post. The AFL told the Kangaroos for years and years to stop paying their assistant coaches and football staff so high salaries. But they never listenend until it was to late.
The Bulldogs will get no sympathy from me. Even their own fans admit their business plan is very unrealistic.
The buck stops at the clubs, not the AFL.
Originally posted by SCRAY72
I am a Bulldogs member and a realist.
If the Dogs ceased to exist thousands of football people would be lost to the game. Congratulations to the Fitzroy people who have embraced the Brisbane team, at least it is something.
The Kangas and Saints could possibly be next. I hope not, the less pain for football fans the better.
Remember one thing, less teams means less members, supporters, players, revenue, games, loss of rivalries. etc. etc.
Would I follow a merged or relocated team? No.
Originally posted by Andre
I don't see how someone can call themselves a supporter of a club and say they'd stop supporting it just because it's moved.
The only people who could gripe are those supporters who believe their right to see the team as often as possible is more important then the club surviving and the AFL in general being as strong as possible. And since when should everyone else suffer for their selfiness ?
Usually gives them a tidy profit this is the first year it hasn't.Helping out the community is part of the agreement with the afl over the special assistance money.I think you will find 95% of doggies fans are happy with Smorgon.He has possibly the toughest job in the league and I am not sure many other people could have got us past 96.Originally posted by Rohan_
Quite simply he is putting in plans (such as the education facility) that ensure they are living beyond their means.
Absolutely.Originally posted by Michele
It is high time the the AFL looked at its spending and they way in which it conducts its business.
Maybe it is about time the AFL started to run lean and mean.