Roast AFL pisses “eight figures” up against the wall

[Roddy]

The #hawkderangementsyndrome is strong in this thread, again.....

 

[Outtatym]

The #hawkderangementsyndrome is strong in this thread, again.....

I couldn't care less who the AFL bought it from - it's a waste of money.

Good on the Hawks for making money.

 

[HairyO]

Has it got a bowling club attached to a flank ?

With ample car parking spaces and beer at genuine 1972 prices.

 

[Billy ray]

Team 20 welcome to the AFL

 

[NetworkNerd]

Actually surprised the Hawks arent keeping it... the gym generates 600K income plus whatever they can get for the Hawks bit

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

It literally is a dump.

It's the rubbish tip with a layer of dirt on top of it.

You don’t know what literally means.

 

[basashi]

The AFL is a governance and probity pig sty

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

It’s cost the game tens of millions.

But isn't the money going to Hawthorn?

It's still 'in the game'.

Didn't Hawthorn get about $19m 'special distribution' from the AFL last year?

If it bothers the AFL they could just trim their cash handout next year.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

I couldn't care less who the AFL bought it from - it's a waste of money.

Good on the Hawks for making money.

So you don’t actually know what the AFL have bought it for but you’ve already concluded that it was a waste of money… brilliant.

 

[Outtatym]

So you don’t actually know what the AFL have bought it for but you’ve already concluded that it was a waste of money… brilliant.

Here he is. Good to see you back on the mainboard now the Hawks have won a couple.

Well the article lists what they believe it will be used for - all a waste.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Here he is. Good to see you back on the mainboard now the Hawks have won a couple.

Well the article lists what they believe it will be used for - all a waste.

Ha, talk about rent free.

 

[Philhawk]

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Actually surprised the Hawks arent keeping it... the gym generates 600K income plus whatever they can get for the Hawks bit

The gym needs massive renovations, it is run down and old.
Goodlife Health Clubs are also in the process of closing several of their franchises

 

[VinnieB]

Yep, semantics. The “facts” is just paperwork. The whole deal was done. Mirvac didn’t just buy it, discover they didn’t want it, then decide to give it away to Hawthorn who… just decided to ask for it??

The deal that the AFL did was simple - Hawthorn got the ground and stand for nothing and Mirvac took the rest. Who cares what it said where on the paperwork.

It was a monumental ****-up by the AFL that has cost them huge 20 years down the track.

It was a brilliant deal by and for Hawthorn, nobody is disputing that.

You're wrong. The AFL sold the whole thing to Mirvac. What Mirvac then decides to do with the asset they hold is up to them.
Do you know how much has been spent on it since the sale? Upgrades/facilities and ongoing maintenance and general costs?

 

[My_Username]

You don’t know what literally means.

It is LITERALLY build on top of a tip.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

It literally is a dump.

It's the rubbish tip with a layer of dirt on top of it.

The MCG is literally a swamp by your logic then

 

[My_Username]

The MCG is literally a swamp by your logic then

Except it never was.

Across the other side of the railway lines (parts of Olympic park, and the botanical gardens) were flood plains until the river was straightened and the banks solidified (Swamp isn't really correct), but not as far away from the river as the MCG.

Quick hint for working that out...They built the rail line on solid ground with secure foundations. (I've also seen the old maps).


As for the Hawthorn training facility being a tip...dig down 10-20M from the center square on their training grounds...guess what you'll find....It's still a 'refuse storage facility'.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Except it never was.

Across the other side of the railway lines (parts of Olympic park, and the botanical gardens) were flood plains until the river was straightened and the banks solidified (Swamp isn't really correct), but not as far away from the river as the MCG.

Quick hint for working that out...They built the rail line on solid ground with secure foundations. (I've also see the old maps).


As for the Hawthorn training facility being a tip...dig down 10-20M from the center square on their training grounds...guess what you'll find....It's still a 'refuse storage facility'.

Ask the indigenous of the area. They say it was swampland.
And what's your point regarding it being a former tip? Does it being built where a tip was in any way impact the quality of the facility? Does it change the fact that it is going to make hawthorn the most well resourced sports club in the country?

Will people go with diggers to dig down 20m to see if they find some sort of buried treasure?

 

[My_Username]

Ask the indigenous of the area. They say it was swampland.

Know a lot of 150 year old indigenous people do you?

And what's your point regarding it being a former tip? Does it being built where a tip was in any way impact the quality of the facility? Does it change the fact that it is going to make hawthorn the most well resourced sports club in the country?

Will people go with diggers to dig down 20m to see if they find some sort of buried treasure?

I just said it was a tip.

You're the one who has been getting offended over the facts.

 

[Outtatym]

Ask the indigenous of the area. They say it was swampland.
And what's your point regarding it being a former tip? Does it being built where a tip was in any way impact the quality of the facility? Does it change the fact that it is going to make hawthorn the most well resourced sports club in the country?

Will people go with diggers to dig down 20m to see if they find some sort of buried treasure?

Who needs witches hats when you can use weirdos with metal detectors?

 

[Handsuper47]

Semantics. If Mirvac didn’t want it and it was worth nothing to them, then the AFL could’ve just carved it out of the deal and still got the same amount for the rest.

The AFL gave it away for nothing and have now had to spend over $10m to get it back - I suspect mainly because they’re petrified of “the optics” of other sports being played there.

It’s an enormous blunder.

It's a blunder that happened.. in 2001. Are you really trying to blame the AFL when the people working there now are for the most part almost entirely different people?

 

[NetworkNerd]

Sold!

The Hawks bought their Waverley base for $1. They just sold it to the AFL for millions

The long-time football venue has been earmarked for use developing AFL talent, or possibly as a base for the league’s umpires or community footy.

www.theage.com.au

The sale was completed on Tuesday for an undisclosed sum, which had been forecast as eight figures but well below the $20 million mooted.

 

[AstonSouffle]

To spend that sort of coin on part time endurance 'athletes' seems wild to me.

Jesus disrespect is phenomenal here, you actually think the umpires aren’t athletes?

 

[Dogflogger]

What a waste.

 

[Upgrayedd]

This is why privatisation and selling off land works

Because it benefits and makes heaps of money for the thing I support and like.