QUESTION 7 at the Adelaide Football Club members’ information meeting was more of a statement.“Thank you, thank you, thank you for making a profit,” said the man who was effusive in his praise of the Crows’ board and executive. This delight could have been matched - even surpassed - by only one other gathering at Adelaide Oval, those in the Stadium Management Authority board room.
Soon, the Crows - and Port Adelaide Football Club - will start with the SMA another review of the stadium deal at Adelaide Oval. Last time, it took 211 days to come up with arrangements that delivered more cash to the AFL clubs, such as the $300,000 the Crows collected for hosting an AFL final at the Oval last season.