boncer34
Formerly "Dos23"
Gold Coast Kangaroos?So where will that leave North? Don't they want a slice of Tasmania?
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Gold Coast Kangaroos?So where will that leave North? Don't they want a slice of Tasmania?
That ship sailed a decade ago, so get with the times and buy a membership.Gold Coast Kangaroos?
At least Gold Coast has room for growth, Tasmania does not.
Who, the AFL?And now we have a new major sponsor
So good news for us.
Cool, then prop up the Brisbane Lions who actually mean something and who are tied to the old FFC.I would rather prop up / subsidise / assist a team in QLD or NSW than Vic, SA or WA
What about Tas?I would rather prop up / subsidise / assist a team in QLD or NSW than Vic, SA or WA
Maybe instead of the AFL compromising in your 8th year, the GCFC should have established themselves instead of letting the head of the fish rot.The AFL should assist further by ensuring all but one home games are in the saturday twilight slot (best slot for home fans to attend but downside is all foxtel games outside if Qld), one friday night home game on free to air tv, and away games are therefore in other saturday/ sunday slots with a mix of free to air and foxtel slots (giving some exposure to their sponsors)
Who, the AFL?
Forget Tassie. If the AFL can feed that money to the Gold Coast then Brisbane should be a priority. * GC.What about Tas?
Cool, then prop up the Brisbane Lions who actually mean something and who are tied to the old FFC.
Lol you just really really hate us don't you. Double posting and what not.Who, the AFL?
At least Gold Coast has room for growth, Tasmania does not.
Gold Coast Kangaroos?
Yeah right, and if you want to talk about investments going forward, then Brisbane have actually managed to start to get their house in order. GC have been established since 2011 and done nothing. Brisbane havn't done much in that period, but they're heading the right way. Unless Dew can turn the club around in 2 years, the money needs to go towards Brisbane who need to be identified as the sole Queensland club. Are GC heading the right way? Lets find out at the end of 2018.The reason you subsidise a club is about the future, not the past. If the past is their selling point then let them die with dignity. AFL subsidy is about a nursery for future clubs, not palliative care for old ones. Its an investment.
I don't hate you at all. I actually want interstate to succeed so the majority of discussions can lean towards the success of the AFL nationally, i am sick of the Victorian dominance of recent times and the self entitled attitude of supporters from Victorian Clubs. Nothing sucked more than seeing Sydney not win a flag the last few years or even Adelaide not winning one in my opinion.Lol you just really really hate us don't you. Double posting and what not.
Just incase you missed it though.
The Suns did receive good news during the current off-season with the signing of a new major sponsorship deal with Zurich's Cover-More Travel Insurance brand which is reportedly worth about $1 million a year.
"We've also had a 23 per cent increase in participation numbers on the Gold Coast, which is a good sign"
Someone must be playing AFL on the GC, too bad the Suns are so bad at it.
Thanks for stopping by.
Will it ever grow though? I'm a supporter of the GC Suns and think they deserve support but this idea that the Gold Coast is fertile ground for footy just waiting to spring forth into blossom has surely been demolished now.
As has the "there's too many teams in Melbourne" thing, given the rate at which Melbourne grows.
Forget Tassie. If the AFL can feed that money to the Gold Coast then Brisbane should be a priority. **** GC.
I don't think that's his point at all. The point is there is a large population and growing there, a significant minority of them are expat families with risidual allegiances to southern clubs. Ultimately growth comes from convincing more of the families who are existing supporters of the game to support the suns and then, like elsewhere, grow the game with non-footy families with heavily resourced community engagement.
In 1991, the year before the Bears moved to Brisbane, the population of Gold Coast - Tweed was 288K. In 2016 this number is 647K. It is expected to double again by 2050, by which stage the suns will be a 40 year old football club
Well they didn't actually prop them up with $25m due to sponsorship woes.
None. If the AFL distributed a larger share of the TV rights no Vic clubs would make a loss. Do you think GC adds anything to the TV rights? There's a massive difference in what the VIC/SA/WA clubs earn for the AFL compared to the RL state clubs. Not even Sydney pay their way unless they play in the GF and get a large Sydney audience. The GC and GWS expansion are purely future plays. Whether it works out is debatable but as it stands it has been a failure on every front.How much money has been spent propping up the Victorian clubs over the years by comparison?