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Geelong make more money playing games at Kardinia than they do the MCG.

There’s an entire financial report breaking it down.

Geelong is forced to play a minimum number of “Home Games” at the G, the same reason Collingwood is forced to play a minimum number of games at Marvel. It’s a contractual agreement in place by the AFL to fill a certain quota for games at the G and Marvel every year. Because teams are moving their Home games to places like Tassie and now Norf to WA, other Vic clubs are forced to pick up the slack.

Geelong has and always will request ALL Home games be played at Kardinia. Because Geelong are again, FORCED not choosing to play Home games at the G, they are required to get at least 80k there to breakeven….not even make money just breakeven so of course they are going to pick the clubs with the highest membership bases and attendances. I mean, derrrr. AFL clubs are a business. They aren’t going to choose to lose money.

If it was up to Geelong, they’d play no Home games at the G at all. Why would they push so heavily to get more games at Kardinia? Could it be that crazy theory that the Geelong Cats playing in Geelong benefits Geelong because….get this! They are the Geelong Cats?!?

I can’t believe this has to be explained over and over and over.

It’s really not that hard.