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They really aren't but tagging the expert makes sense.The_Wookie? Sorry to tag you again but I get confused as to how GC sand GWS actually work. Aren’t their licenses the same?
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They really aren't but tagging the expert makes sense.The_Wookie? Sorry to tag you again but I get confused as to how GC sand GWS actually work. Aren’t their licenses the same?
No
The Suns licence was sold to a private consortium. I dont understand how the AFL retains control of the makeup of the board but everyone insists they do.
The_Wookie? Sorry to tag you again but I get confused as to how GC sand GWS actually work. Aren’t their licenses the same?
It may be my misconception that the GC 17 group was granted an AFL licence and therefore owns it.The Suns had a bid team, but as far as Im aware the license wasnt sold to the team, most of them did go on to form the board. The Suns board as far as Im aware is still controlled by the AFL in the same way that the Giants is.
I guess Ill have to buy a copy of the constitution to get a definitive answer. However, Gold Coast Suns Annual Reports state that the club is a not for profit company limited by guarantee - like all AFL clubs except West Coast - it provides for members liability in the event of the clubs winding up, and states that the club only has one voting member. This is inline with most club constitutions.
It may be my misconception that the GC 17 group was granted an AFL licence and therefore owns it.
I tried to search ASIC records for the Gold Coast Football Club, but ownership details appear to be part if the info you have to pay for.
I did discover the that AFL registered both clubs parent companies though, and as a governance matter I dont believe a third party can register an entity, and the individuals legally responsible for the entity. As opposed to registering a name.
Appears I was wrong.
Bunk Moreland
I dont think there's a plan to sell the Suns licence. I thought it had been to the private consortium.I was always under the impression GC and GWS (and a few others) were the same - all clubs are member-owned, but in these cases there’s one “member” - the AFL.
Therefore, the AFL could technically sell the club, but I doubt they would.
Moreover, should the AFL sell it (or attempt to), I believe the the other clubs could veto it if they didn’t want the league to move into private ownership - just like they can veto any AFL move with a 75% majority.
More likely the vague plan would be to hand over the club to the actual membership - at some mythical yet-to-be-fixed time.
Unlike the Suns our constitution is available on our website, and anyone can read it in ours.
Ta muchlyYou can get everyones but Gold Coast, St Kilda, Fremantle and West Coast from their Websites.
League
Clubs
- Adelaide Football Club Constitution (Sept 2014)
- Brisbane Bears – Fitzroy Lions Constitution (Dec 2013)
- Carlton Football Club Constitution (Dec 2015)
- Collingwood Football Club Limited Articles of Association (2010)
- Essendon Football Club Constitution (Dec 2011)
- Fremantle Football Club Constitution (2011 Amendments)
- Geelong Football Club – Articles of Association
- Western Sydney Football Club Constitution (Nov 2013)
- Hawthorn Football Club Constitution (2013)
- Melbourne Football Club Constitution (Dec 2006)
- North Melbourne Football Club Constitution (Mar 2014)
- Port Adelaide Football Club Constitution (Nov 2013)
- Richmond Football Club Constitution (2016)
- Sydney Swans Constitution
- Footscray Football Club Constitution
Ta muchly
Sick of having my team to travel to tassie to prop up Victorian clubs.
Sick of victorians describing their clubs as some sort of heavenly created thing when they are only surviving by making people addicted to gambling.
It's a national comp fool. Don't like going to Tassie? Don't play in the Australian Football League.
http://www.phaiwa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-AFL-Sponsorship-Scorecard.pdf
Non-Victorian clubs are the "Big 4" of unethical sponsorship!
Yeah nah. There's no struggle for money from any Vic club, it's just the clubs always want more. It's a con.
As for WA propping up Vic clubs, the only elite competition will be one that has more Vic clubs than others. We have more players playing at elite level than anyone else. We have more $$$ and people invested in the game. We're the home of football. And as for 'just lines on a map', I'll quote that next time a WCE fan whines about 'Vic bias'.
Now, how do you think WA would go if situations were reversed and you had 10 teams and Vic had two or even if we each had three?
Sure, but if it becomes too much of a burden the AFL has the money there to help. Remember, the AFL IS the clubs. The AFL now holds a lot of the money the individual clubs used to have. That's why the AFL commission was formed.You should avail yourself of the financials of these conning clubs. It's not a con, some can't generate the basic level of revenue required to fully fund their footy and administrative operations. Even a reasonably financially successful club like mine doesn't generate much more than is needed. And there's doubt surrounding whether we actually spend the full footy dept cap.
You're a cabbie?Ahhh he sort of had me until the 'Essendon are scapegoats' thing.
My first issue is 'how dumb do you have to be to send a PED-user to your new golden child on the Gold Coast' but then... yeah. Just because people make lots of money and have important roles, doesn't make them smart. Wouldn't shock me. This bloke jumped into my cab once years ago and tried convincing me to go to Kittens...
Cabbie, bottle-o , uni student.You're a cabbie?
Suddenly everything makes sense.
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Every knows that the GC is a graveyard for sporting teams.Very interesting if true. Would be the AFL's way of wiping their hands and not having to fold the Suns I guess
I've often wondered if they would be better off moving the Suns to Cairns actually.Every knows that the GC is a graveyard for sporting teams.
I would suggest that if the Suns move away from the GC the NRL will do the same with the Titans and move them to somewhere else in Qld.
For me sports teams at the top level on the GC are huge financial black holes and the money that's spend on keeping them treading water would be better spent elsewhere