Opinion 2021 Non-Crows AFL 3: Things Fall Apart!

[DJ75]

I'm guessing King is waiting to hear what the AFL want him to say...

 

[footy4ever]

Not a fan of purple, but he makes sense in the first half of this vid re the elbows to the head.

Tribunal's 'Da Vinci Code' decisions MUST stop - here's how

Damian Barrett on the Tribunal's head-high hit mysteries, Pies and Blues' woes, and the gun mid flying under the radar

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[Thetrader15]

Not a fan of purple, but he makes sense in the first half of this vid re the elbows to the head.

Tribunal's 'Da Vinci Code' decisions MUST stop - here's how

Damian Barrett on the Tribunal's head-high hit mysteries, Pies and Blues' woes, and the gun mid flying under the radar

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Completely agree. Thug/non-football/intentional acts like the ones shown all deserve at least a week.

The AFL keeps talking about protecting the head but allow these sorts of acts because they only penalise the outcome, not the act.

Penalise the act, less players will do it and you will get less head injuries. It's not rocket science!

 

[CrowEater888]

I saw rucci's gutter piece about membership numbers. This is why port hand out free match access memberships, to boost their numbers. I thought you had to pay at least $50 for your 'membership' to count in the AFL numbers?

A mate of mine (a Glenelg & Pies supporter) went for a home loan at Bank SA. They had a few incentives running to sign you up, one of which was a lower variable rate as long as he signed up for a Port Power membership, which he did, as it was clear it would save him quite a lot of money.

He doesn't give a rats toss bag about the Power and laughs about this all the time.

 

[AFC3000]

I see that Port are apparently going to "overtake" the Crows as the biggest club in SA again, the last time this happened was when we moved to AO and they spent a million dollars more than us on marketing that year.

The media will happily set aside facts for clicks, but just because the AFL says this is how we count memberships, does not mean it is the best way to do it for our club or any club.

We could easily tell a quarter of our members that they are not welcome to be 11 game members and then over subscribe good seats for 1, 2 and 3 game memberships and destroy them, even while being on the bottom of the ladder, it just wouldn't be that smart.

This kind of stuff is pretty easy to do when much of your stadium is configured as GA and if too many people turn up, you can just turn them away, you can't do that to 11 game members.



Oh well good on them, maybe if they win the premiership they can bump that $25 spending limit up to $30.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Western Bulldogs or Geelong premiership?

They seem to be the most likely sides right now.

Dogs over Cats imo.

 

[Punchy Bassett]

I see that Port are apparently going to "overtake" the Crows as the biggest club in SA again, the last time this happened was when we moved to AO and they spent a million dollars more than us on marketing that year.

The media will happily set aside facts for clicks, but just because the AFL says this is how we count memberships, does not mean it is the best way to do it for our club or any club.

We could easily tell a quarter of our members that they are not welcome to be 11 game members and then over subscribe good seats for 1, 2 and 3 game memberships and destroy them, even while being on the bottom of the ladder, it just wouldn't be that smart.

This kind of stuff is pretty easy to do when much of your stadium is configured as GA and if too many people turn up, you can just turn them away, you can't do that to 11 game members.

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Oh well good on them, maybe if they win the premiership they can bump that $25 spending limit up to $30.

I thought there were pretty strict rules around what the AFL considered a member? And this above did not count.

 

[AFC3000]

I thought there were pretty strict rules around what the AFL considered a member? And this above did not count.

I think it has been relaxed this year, maybe to prop up numbers during covid?

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[Scorpus]

I think it has been relaxed this year, maybe to prop up numbers during covid?

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We should pump up our numbers by converting every 11 game member into 11 one-game members

 

[Cap]

I mean, it took the Crows to be down for 4 years, and Port up for the same to just beat us in overall membership

and they are actually proud of that?

 

[Cap]

I see that Port are apparently going to "overtake" the Crows as the biggest club in SA again, the last time this happened was when we moved to AO and they spent a million dollars more than us on marketing that year.

The media will happily set aside facts for clicks, but just because the AFL says this is how we count memberships, does not mean it is the best way to do it for our club or any club.

We could easily tell a quarter of our members that they are not welcome to be 11 game members and then over subscribe good seats for 1, 2 and 3 game memberships and destroy them, even while being on the bottom of the ladder, it just wouldn't be that smart.

This kind of stuff is pretty easy to do when much of your stadium is configured as GA and if too many people turn up, you can just turn them away, you can't do that to 11 game members.

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Oh well good on them, maybe if they win the premiership they can bump that $25 spending limit up to $30.

if you go to AFL max, you get a free membership to either Port or Crows.

that tells you all you need to know about "membership numbers"

 

[AFC3000]

if you go to AFL max, you get a free membership to either Port or Crows.

that tells you all you need to know about "membership numbers"

It really does, and I actually don't care if clubs give out free "memberships" or 1 game with the purchase of a scarf or whatever it is, if they think that is going to lead to the most revenue now or in 5 years time or whatever.

It's just not at all relevant to compare the numbers provided and no one really bothers to dig a little deeper.

 

[AFC3000]

I mean, it took the Crows to be down for 4 years, and Port up for the same to just beat us in overall membership

and they are actually proud of that?

They've basically equaled their previous best with much lower requirements (no minimum spend, no ticket requirement.

 

[Punchy Bassett]

I mean, it took the Crows to be down for 4 years, and Port up for the same to just beat us in overall membership

and they are actually proud of that?

And had to cook the books to do it as well, but then again 12 mil in debt no other business would still be allowed to operate.

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

I think it has been relaxed this year, maybe to prop up numbers during covid?

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That’s how we used to count it.
Andrew Fagan was a visionary

 

[AFC3000]

That’s how we used to count it.
Andrew Fagan was a visionary

Maybe he was haha we've still got the free We Fly As One memberships, and I think they auto renew lol not sure if they would tick the membership pack requirement, but maybe we will surprise a few in the official numbers.

 

[Thetrader15]

They've basically equaled their previous best with much lower requirements (no minimum spend, no ticket requirement.

No excuses for not getting max capacity at games now.

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

I assume this means we are now entitled to a larger distribution from AFL house?

 

[FR0GGY]

if you go to AFL max, you get a free membership to either Port or Crows.

that tells you all you need to know about "membership numbers"

They say that but I’ve never seen one from them.

 

[Bay62]

He was 5'10'' but his arms made him 6'8''

He was asked about that! Having extendable arms. He said that it looked that way because he always had his arms straight up when he marked it, and had sticky fingers so it stuck

 

[GreyCrow]

All the best to Ben Cunnington

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Ben Cunnington

Age

32

Ht

185cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.4

5star

K

9.0

3star

HB

12.4

5star

M

2.9

3star

T

4.7

5star

CL

5.6

5star

D

17.7

4star

K

6.0

2star

HB

11.7

5star

M

2.0

2star

T

4.0

5star

CL

4.0

5star

D

15.8

4star

K

6.4

3star

HB

9.4

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

6.2

5star

CL

3.0

5star

on his surgery and recovery from a Testicular Tumour

Season over (obviously)

 

[GameofSloanes]

I think it has been relaxed this year, maybe to prop up numbers during covid?

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Yeah it used to be $50 minimum spend.

Not surprised the AFL wants to manipulate the numbers to make it seem like footy is more popular than ever

Even less surprised port have seen the opportunity and have been giving away memberships left right and centre to make it appear they have more fans.

It has never been a direct comparison because of the difference in membership lengths ie 1 game vs 11 games are treated as 1 member

 

[GameofSloanes]

We should pump up our numbers by converting every 11 game member into 11 one-game members

500,000 members! Cop that power flogs

 

[1970crow]

Lachlan Jones for Port Power is out for 4 weeks with another hammy.

Can see this becoming a theme throughout his career.

Hartlett looked the same early days.

 

[1970crow]

Proble. Is they made a clear present with 3 other cases by assessing them low impact and careless

All 4 incidents should have been 1 week suspensions

AFL needs to change the grading to reckless for all players who decide to swing the elbows back

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Why do they even have the 'deliberate' grading. Near every single suspendable case I've seen was totally deliberate. Do they just keep it for when they can hang some no name kid out to dry. Buddy deliberately swung his elbow to contact an opponent.