The AFL's Biggest FINANCIAL LEECHES Exposed (spoiler alert: Norf isn't #1!)

[A Cut Above]

http://www.hpnfooty.com/?p=28301


Not sure if this graph's been posted before, but regardless I am ASTONISHED at the disgusting disparity in AFL handouts. Parasitic leech St.Kilda received almost double the handout Hawthorn & Collingwood did, and to make matters worse both the Hawks & Pies paid football department tax on top of it!

My suggestion: Cease ALL AFL handouts immediately, plough the cash into grassroots football where it is desperately needed, especially in Victoria & Tassie. Clubs who can't survive on their own will have to suck it up or fold. Parasites like Norf have been drip fed cash from the AFL's tit long enough.

 

[Morganashlee]

Imagine winning a flag the year before and still needing more money than Norf.

Absolute s**t truck of an organisation.

 

[A Cut Above]

Imagine winning a flag the year before and still needing more money than Norf.

Absolute s**t truck of an organisation.

Well spotted Morgs. St.Kilda, Norf, Bulldogs & Melbourne all received at least $3m more than every other Victorian club - $15m is the clear cutoff point which defines the Victorian basketcase clubs, and its going to be a race to see which of these four is the first to fold.

 

[CrowEater888]

You should be more astonished At the debt levels of some clubs.

 

[Austin_McCrabbs]

Surely half of St Kilda's distribution is for hush money.

 

[juice t]

Number 5 will shock you!

 

[Smeg Head]

A good thread A Cut Above, could you please adjust clubs for handouts they get to build their own grounds?

 

[A Cut Above]

A good thread A Cut Above, could you please adjust clubs for handouts they get to build their own grounds?

Sadly Smeggy I don't have those numbers, yet we both know a certain regional Victorian club tops the list when those handouts are factored into account.

 

[Smeg Head]

Sadly Smeggy I don't have those numbers, yet we both know a certain regional Victorian club tops the list when those handouts are factored into account.

Do they get these handouts by helping fulfills the AFLs contract to play a certain amount of game at a larger ground and whinge about it?

 

[Dave Stevens]

Comic sans?

 

[vjknight]

What the hell ?

We keep hearing these interstate clubs were bought in and paid heaps of cash for the privilege of playing in our league. And now we find out the league is paying them!

And they get more than Victorian clubs!

Outrageous.

 

[Off Tap]

All Victorian sides have been leeches sucking off the tit of the interstate clubs since 1987.

Without us you'd still be playing in your petty suburban league.

Actually that's wrong, your petty league would've folded by now.

No need to thank us, your Victorian arrogance wouldn't allow it.

 

[Bleeeeeeeeep]

Imagine reaping millions off domestic violence machines and still asking for handouts, embarrassing.
And i guess having "90k" members doesn't really mean much.

 

[Isaac Cumming No 1]

We've got a plan

Wont need your ******* money when our propaganda camps are up and running.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAAegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw15E7DJd783ftGUzvy-YVig

Ps. Guess which colour theme we're using for the naughty corner?

 

[Tyler Durden007]

Don’t be sucked in punters. * knuckle only did this so that he could tag Geelong as a “concerning Vic club”. The rest is a smokescreen.

When he’s about to die his grim reaper image will be 1/2 Cat with red eyes, massive fangs and a scythe

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

It could be worse, a certain family club is fleecing $20+ million from low income earners. Take that pokie money away and well, that club would be in the red each year and will be very welcome in the s**t truck section of Vic clubs.

 

[Tiger2709]

Imagine reaping millions off domestic violence machines and still asking for handouts, embarrassing.
And i guess having "90k" members doesn't really mean much.

It means we have zero debt and 10 mill in cash reserves and as we bring in the most money for the AFL we should be getting the most back but we aren't, norf living off our hard work yet sgain

 

[Tiger2709]

All Victorian sides have been leeches sucking off the tit of the interstate clubs since 1987.

Without us you'd still be playing in your petty suburban league.

Actually that's wrong, your petty league would've folded by now.

No need to thank us, your Victorian arrogance wouldn't allow it.

You do realise thats why we created your club and let you win a few flags in your early years, you are just a revenue stream for the Victorian clubs

 

[Mofra]

That graph indicates we're better negotiators than you.

Feels good

 

[Bleeeeeeeeep]

It means we have zero debt and 10 mill in cash reserves and as we bring in the most money for the AFL we should be getting the most back but we aren't, norf living off our hard work yet sgain

We have (nearly) zero debt with only 40k members and ZERO domestic violence machines, we deserve the millions given to us to make the clubs with domestic violence machines look half respectable.
Stop riding on our moral coat tails.

 

[Tiger2709]

Well spotted Morgs. St.Kilda, Norf, Bulldogs & Melbourne all received at least $3m more than every other Victorian club - $15m is the clear cutoff point which defines the Victorian basketcase clubs, and its going to be a race to see which of these four is the first to fold.

Havent St Kilda just been rewarded by the state government for their years of failure with a handout for Moorabin oval, plus 3 mill more than any other Vic team, still they are so bad that we need them in the comp, even if its just to let the rest of us feel superior, not to mention how dull the pre season would be without dwarf burning and child sex allegations, whereas Norf are as vanilla as can be, always middle of the road, Id say its Tassie or bust eventually, for at least one of these clubs.

 

[Tiger2709]

We have (nearly) zero debt with only 40k members and ZERO domestic violence machines, we deserve the millions given to us to make the clubs with domestic violence machines look half respectable.
Stop riding on our moral coat tails.

This is a major concern though

Of all the established football clubs, North Melbourne – which scrapped poker machines a decade ago – was faring the worst, Mr Tarrant said.

“The team struggled significantly on and off the field, with attendances down by 19 per cent, the largest fall in the league,” he said, adding membership sales and gate receipts were down by over 12 per cent as a result.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/money/finance-news/2018/03/21/afl-poker-machines/

If all clubs removed their pokie revenue Richmond would sit number 2 on the list after WCE for most revenue earned in 2017, we dont rely on it nearly as much as Coll, Haw Carl and Ess.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Imagine having poker machines and they dont make you a profit so you get rid of them and say its for moral reasons.
Cant even rip off the poor and the wife beaters and their families, so have to suckle of the nipple of the AFL, who get their money form the clubs who are good at it.

 

[NorthernLights]

All Victorian sides have been leeches sucking off the tit of the interstate clubs since 1987.

Without us you'd still be playing in your petty suburban league.

Actually that's wrong, your petty league would've folded by now.

No need to thank us, your Victorian arrogance wouldn't allow it.

Strange to not only admit but be proud of the fact that the only reason your club exists is for money.

 

[LETSGOKANGAS]

This is a major concern though

Of all the established football clubs, North Melbourne – which scrapped poker machines a decade ago – was faring the worst, Mr Tarrant said.

“The team struggled significantly on and off the field, with attendances down by 19 per cent, the largest fall in the league,” he said, adding membership sales and gate receipts were down by over 12 per cent as a result.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/money/finance-news/2018/03/21/afl-poker-machines/

If all clubs removed their pokie revenue Richmond would sit number 2 on the list after WCE for most revenue earned in 2017, we dont rely on it nearly as much as Coll, Haw Carl and Ess.

What a load a horse s**t.

Attendances are heavily influenced by the draw.

Give us 7 Friday nights and prime time games, majority of which are against Melbourne clubs and we'll see what the figures look like then.