Vic Daniel Andrews and the Statue of Limitations

[tandino]

The AFL also makes a habit of holding its hands out for taxpayer cash.

Plenty of opportunity for a deal to be done.

 

[Saint]

Cheaper to expand the rectangular (and better for the taxpayer) than to spend that for the AFL to expand Docklands.

MCG is Govt-controlled, but have strict contracts with AFL, so essentially the AFL Has enough power to veto during winter.

 

[Gralin]

Personally I would hope that we didn't waste time and money chasing the corrupt FIFA World Cup pipe dream

we've got enough legitimate stuff that needs doing in the state to focus on and already spend too much ****ing money on professional sports infra as it is

 

[Saint]

Personally I would hope that we didn't waste time and money chasing the corrupt FIFA World Cup pipe dream

we've got enough legitimate stuff that needs doing in the state to focus on and already spend too much ******* money on professional sports infra as it is

Completely agree. Sports infrastructure and more sporting events in winter is hardly what Australia needs to invest in.

 

[Gough]

Completely agree. Sports infrastructure and more sporting events in winter is hardly what Australia needs to invest in.

We could do it on a minimal infrastructure spend, even less if we co-hosted it with the EnZedders like we have this time. Probably have to get in line behind England though who could do similar.

 

[Romeoh1]

Personally I would hope that we didn't waste time and money chasing the corrupt FIFA World Cup pipe dream

we've got enough legitimate stuff that needs doing in the state to focus on and already spend too much ******* money on professional sports infra as it is

Exactly- they don’t come much more crooked than fifa- stay right out of it Is best.

 

[Rob R]

Personally I would hope that we didn't waste time and money chasing the corrupt FIFA World Cup pipe dream

we've got enough legitimate stuff that needs doing in the state to focus on and already spend too much ******* money on professional sports infra as it is

Well said, we burnt at least $45m in taxpayer funds last time (plus a lot of money on junkets for pollies and canberracrats) on their corrupt process and would have lose billions if we had won them. That money is needed for health, housing, public transport, climate change, education, defence etc

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[Rob R]

Exactly- they don’t come much more crooked than fifa- stay right out of it Is best.

Fifa might actually think Scummo is a match for their ethics.

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[MarcMaverick]

Marvel does have retractable seating.

They don't use it much because it stuffs the grass.

Particularly since it doesn't have a glittering reputation for lawn conditioning/turf maintenance. At times the surface was worse than Waverly Park.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Fifa might actually think Scummo is a match for their ethics.

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Titus O'reily and Mick Molloy went through the dogey road to the Qatar world cup on thier Sports Bizzare podcast.


It was as crooked as a dog's hind leg

 

[peetoo]

According to some soccer fans I've spoken to, the AFL should just move aside (or be made to), and any talk of compensation is just nonsense.

They have selective amnesia about how fifa took the bribe and shafted them anyway.

 

[peetoo]

Personally I would hope that we didn't waste time and money chasing the corrupt FIFA World Cup pipe dream

we've got enough legitimate stuff that needs doing in the state to focus on and already spend too much ******* money on professional sports infra as it is

Or at least spend on sports which don’t pack up and leave with the moolah

 

[Gralin]

Or at least spend on sports which don’t pack up and leave with the moolah

I'm not a sports guy.
Fund the grass roots and community stuff
Way too much money gets funneled into professional sports at the expense of the local stuff.

If you're going to spend money on sport do it at a level where everyone has a chance to benefit and participate if they want to

 

[jannissary]

I'm not a sports guy.
Fund the grass roots and community stuff
Way too much money gets funneled into professional sports at the expense of the local stuff.

If you're going to spend money on sport do it at a level where everyone has a chance to benefit and participate if they want to

i played junior cricket on concrete/carpet pitches that’d been set on fire, and football games on grounds that would occasionally have syringes & glass around the ground. that was in the early 2000s and i hope there’s been some change, but i sincerely doubt it

 

[My_Username]

They have selective amnesia about how fifa took the bribe and shafted them anyway.

bribeS

But I was thinking more of the money they'd have to pay the AFL for them to hand over their contractual rights to whichever grounds are required (MCG, and perhaps Docklands, AO, & Perth too) for 2+ months in the middle of their season in order to give a massive PR boost to their competition.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

Our time-zone just doesn't work for sport in Europe, like our day games in Sydney/Melbourne would be at 5am and our night games would be shown at 11am. We'll never be seriously considered for it, if an eastern country is going to get it you'd think China is the most likely option.

 

[peetoo]

bribeS

But I was thinking more of the money they'd have to pay the AFL for them to hand over their contractual rights to whichever grounds are required (MCG, and perhaps Docklands, AO, & Perth too) for 2+ months in the middle of their season in order to give a massive PR boost to their competition.

Call it fifaX and gil would be all aboard

 

[Senor M]

Marvel Stadium should have retractable seating that comes out onto the oval and makes it a true rectangle increasing the capacity to 60,000+ seating. I noticed the stadium in Sydney has that.

I also read FIFA is increasing minimum maximum seating capacities

I know someone mentioned it earlier that level one of Marvel has always been retractable to rectangular mode.

The biggest issues with it is that it disconnects the concourse from the seating areas and it does damage to the ground underneath.

Unfortunately it also doesn’t increase the capacity, but decreases it as there’s multiple bays in each corner that can’t be used in rectangular mode

 

[Xtreme]

$380 million

Thanks Dan!!!!

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

They have selective amnesia about how fifa took the bribe and shafted them anyway.

And we were stupid enough to complain about the corruption to boot.

 

[adogsfan5]

$380 million

Thanks Dan!!!!

Dropping the news at 7:30am on a Saturday. Like or dislike him, he is a very smart operator.

 

[evolved2]

$380 million

Thanks Dan!!!!

What a ****ing campaigner! Let's vote him out, yeah?

 

[Satan]

$380 million

Thanks Dan!!!!

Is that max?

And confidential clauses

 

[evolved2]

Dropping the news at 7:30am on a Saturday. Like or dislike him, he is a very smart operator.

The smartest unemployable arts student from his graduating class.

 

[Sttew]

Dropping the news at 7:30am on a Saturday. Like or dislike him, he is a very smart operator.

Worse still. It comes with a confidentiality order so neither party can speak about any aspect. There is no way CGA would have required that as it will scare other suitors so it must have been a condition of Dan settling up. Upshot we will never know how the costs escalated to $6-7B. That will please those who prefer not to know small details like that.

The other thing to bear in mind is the $380M is just the contract penalty. There will also have been set up costs