Proff that hawks are a financial basket case

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Hawks got $1m secret donation

CARLTON'S billionaire president Richard Pratt, who last week matched a million dollars-plus in donations with a seven-figure sum of his own, is not the only president to have made a million-dollar gift to his club.
Before being replaced by Jeff Kennett at the end of 2005, Hawthorn president Ian Dicker gave the Hawks a parting gift of a cheque for about a million dollars — a donation that Dicker chose to keep secret, and which enabled the club to post a $90,937 profit instead of a loss of about $900,000.
Dicker made the donation late in 2005, when it became clear the Hawks would not record a profit without substantial additional funds. The club launched a fund-raising campaign, "Brown and gold in the black", to ensure that it retained its record of posting profits during Dicker's nine years as president.
What is most striking about the gift was its secrecy — the seven-figure sums donated by Pratt last week and Joseph Gutnick as Melbourne president were acknowledged and known immediately.
To this day, neither Dicker nor the Hawks will comment on how much he gave, but sources confirmed that it was in the vicinity of a million dollars — a staggering amount considering that while Dicker, the former Ansell boss, is a very wealthy man, he is far from Pratt's league.
Hawthorn's financial statements for 2006, released in December, contain a clue that points to Dicker's hidden gift. They show, in 2005, under the heading of "gifts and special fund-raising efforts", the amount of $1,582,269. The 2006 figure for gifts and special fund-raising, in the next column, was just $276,288 — a drop of more than $1.3 million.
Dicker would not comment when asked to confirm his donation. "I'm not going to comment on any donations that I made. I made many contributions and that's not really the issue, but the key thing we had a big fund-raiser — not as big as ****'s (Pratt's) — but we had one auction and we raised over $300,000 in one night, which was a lot for us … That was the main thing we did to raise money."
Hawthorn chief executive Ian Robson also would not disclose the amount Dicker had given, "out of respect to confidentiality".
The club's cash profit for 2006 was $1.178 million, the "paper" figure reduced to $308,632 by writing off Glenferrie assets in the move to Waverley Park. If Dicker's donation is subtracted, the club achieved an operating turnaround of about $2.2 million in 12 months.
It is possible that Dicker might have made the donation through the Australian Sports Foundation, which would make some tax deductible.
Dicker would not be drawn on whether any donation, regardless of the amount, was through the ASF. Pressed again, Dicker said: "It's not really relevant … I did things over the years. I did little things and bigger things — nothing like ****. But I said when we went out to Waverley, 'Do everything the right way and if we get stuck, I'll make a contribution', rather than trying to cut corners … I read ****'s doing the same things."
 

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Only reason why the poor old hawks have made a profit is from donations.
Seriously, just let this club die instead pro longing its death.
 
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Stop trying to deflect attention Doggy. You should pay more attention to your own drugged-up bunch. Teams like Hawks, Richmond, Geelong might be bad on the field but you lot are a disgrace to the footballing public.
 

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Re: Proof that hawks are a financial basket case

Take what you can get I suppose... just don't expect Kennett to be paying more than a yearly membership.

Good to know we can do OK on our own. Surely Dicker knows that a club that is not viable financially is a club with a limited lifespan. Good on him for keeping them on life support though.
 

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Re: Proof that hawks are a financial basket case

Take what you can get I suppose... just don't expect Kennett to be paying more than a yearly membership.

Good to know we can do OK on our own. Surely Dicker knows that a club that is not viable financially is a club with a limited lifespan. Good on him for keeping them on life support though.
LOL at the irony coming from a Richmond supporter, can you cut anymore costs?

I notice the most important component of the article has been lost on the majority of intellectual nuff nuffs on this board;

The club's cash profit for 2006 was $1.178 million, the "paper" figure reduced to $308,632 by writing off Glenferrie assets in the move to Waverley Park. If Dicker's donation is subtracted, the club achieved an operating turnaround of about $2.2 million in 12 months.
Coming on the back of;

Hawthorn's financial statements for 2006, released in December, contain a clue that points to Dicker's hidden gift. They show, in 2005, under the heading of "gifts and special fund-raising efforts", the amount of $1,582,269. The 2006 figure for gifts and special fund-raising, in the next column, was just $276,288 — a drop of more than $1.3 million.
So in essence, despite having a drop of more then 1,000 in memberships - which should be made up to the tune of 4-5,000 members this season, Hawthorn was still able to achieve a cash turnaround result of 2.2 million dollars - despite being for the most part of the year a bottom 4 side.

In my books, that’s not a bad result, but what would I know :rolleyes:
 

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What is a Proff Hotdogs !!!!!!!!


You should spend more time reading a Dictionary and less time eating Hungry Jacks you fat pig.



I'm sorry, Please don't eat me Hotdogs. :)
 

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Hot dogs with his brother FU enjoying Christmass lunch in 1982.




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Here he is abusing a Sydney player with his simpleton crew in the West Coast franchise Cheer squad.





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Your a strange hawks fan for asking this one but if you wanna know. Well we beat you sorry losers in the granny that year. Any smart hawks fan may have asked bout another year, but not you.
I was well aware of the result in 1963. I also wasn't born, and there was no colour TV. A long time ago hey?

Since you are so good at trivia can you tell me about 1989 :D
 

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Yep you won so its 1-1 when it matters?
Ahhhh 1989, Hawthorn inflicted scars so deep on the Handbaggers that year, Geelong **** themselves in every grandfinal appeance since.
But don't worry it wont happen again for a while it will most likely be 2063 before you see any GF action again............
Geelong = Very Very soft.
 

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Re: Proof that hawks are a financial basket case

LOL at the irony coming from a Richmond supporter, can you cut anymore costs?

I notice the most important component of the article has been lost on the majority of intellectual nuff nuffs on this board;



Coming on the back of;



So in essence, despite having a drop of more then 1,000 in memberships - which should be made up to the tune of 4-5,000 members this season, Hawthorn was still able to achieve a cash turnaround result of 2.2 million dollars - despite being for the most part of the year a bottom 4 side.

In my books, that’s not a bad result, but what would I know :rolleyes:

Funny, you forgot this quote
"...a donation that Dicker chose to keep secret, and which enabled the club to post a $90,937 profit instead of a loss of about $900,000"

Close to a million dollar loss. :thumbsu:
 

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What is a Proff Hotdogs !!!!!!!!


You should spend more time reading a Dictionary and less time eating Hungry Jacks you fat pig.



I'm sorry, Please don't eat me Hotdogs. :)
Maybe you should post your private photos on the net :eek:

Enjoy the the spoon this year as I enjoy watching my great team win another cup again!
 

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Maybe you should post your private photos on the net :eek:

Why would i post my pictures on the net when its more fun to feed your mother with microwaved hamburgers and in return she gives me your family photo album to post on the net for everyone to see. :)

Enjoy the the spoon this year as I enjoy watching my great team win another cup again!

Thats nice and i will enjoy the next F*** up by the disgrace of the competition, its going to be hard beating these current lows!!!!! players snorting ice, to trying to stab themselves after being dumped by a girlfriend, ditching a girlfriend in the car while running away from a booze bus, hitting a taxi driver in the face with an antenna, beating each other up, crashing a car into a tree under the influence of alcohol, forging doctors prescriptions, sleeping with your ex junky captains sister, having your ex captan junky sent to rehab, passing out on the side walk of a public street only to get picked up by the police and get thrown into jail, having links and associating with underground crime figures.

What a pathetic homeless soulless spineless franchise club the Eagles are. :)
 
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