Okay so having a read of some other clubs financials here's what I've learnt:
Worth noting that the North, Western Bulldogs, St Kilda and Melbourne ones are pretty easy to understand
Carlton & Geelong are not to bad
Richmond, Hawthorn and Collingwoods are close to impossible as everything is summarised.
The revenue ceiling for a club from football is about $45 million
Any revenue on top of this tends to come from pokies or other businesses
Pokies don't actually look like that good an investment- You seems to make a return of about 10-15%, but entry costs are high - i.e. Carlton spent $16 million to generate $19 million - there are more socially acceptable and easier ways of getting that return.
Yes our gate receipts are f**cked - the difference between a Marvel club and someone like Melbourne or Hawthorn is about $5 million a year
But this is offset by the AFL payments - the Marvel clubs (except Carl and Ess) all get large payments from the AFL - 49.5% of St Kilda's revenue comes directly from the AFL.
Sponsorship is about on par for everyone. Carlton, Geelong, Essendon, Bulldogs, Melbourne and North all have about $12 million in sponsorships, again St Kilda the worse at $7.2 million
now onto memberships.....
Worth noting that the North, Western Bulldogs, St Kilda and Melbourne ones are pretty easy to understand
Carlton & Geelong are not to bad
Richmond, Hawthorn and Collingwoods are close to impossible as everything is summarised.
The revenue ceiling for a club from football is about $45 million
Any revenue on top of this tends to come from pokies or other businesses
Pokies don't actually look like that good an investment- You seems to make a return of about 10-15%, but entry costs are high - i.e. Carlton spent $16 million to generate $19 million - there are more socially acceptable and easier ways of getting that return.
Yes our gate receipts are f**cked - the difference between a Marvel club and someone like Melbourne or Hawthorn is about $5 million a year
But this is offset by the AFL payments - the Marvel clubs (except Carl and Ess) all get large payments from the AFL - 49.5% of St Kilda's revenue comes directly from the AFL.
Sponsorship is about on par for everyone. Carlton, Geelong, Essendon, Bulldogs, Melbourne and North all have about $12 million in sponsorships, again St Kilda the worse at $7.2 million
now onto memberships.....