The "fix" ture - will North cop the double barrel?

[The Nostradamus]

Rounds 14-18 all in Gold Coast for us

With a round 15 bye

 

[sutcliffe's hotel]

What a year to unexpectedly get to go to almost every game.

 

[giantroo]

 

[outwecome2play]

So our bye is a six day break.

 

[barnrokn]

What a year to unexpectedly get to go to almost every game.

 

[Jimms]

i eagerly await the club to proactively contact me to say that there are 0 Hobart games this year and to discuss my 2020 membership options

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

So our bye is a six day break.

I just realised this as I was searching through to see when our bye was.

I am struggling to do the math on a bye being able to be had with games on a 6 day break.

 

[The Nostradamus]

So do we not get our tassie money this year? Not even a portion for agreeing that we wanted to play there?
How much were we going to get? 500/600k a game?

 

[giantroo]

 

[the big lebowski]

So do we not get our tassie money this year? Not even a portion for agreeing that we wanted to play there?
How much were we going to get? 500/600k a game?

We should sue. At least for the reduction in income from lower membership costs due to less home games. We want to play there, and the tas govt won’t allow it.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Forever North]

We might end up spending the whole season in Tassie next year if they don’t allow crowds in Victoria.......

 

[nj23]

I'm curious about the ins and outs of this. I suspect it's likely the contract doesn't have a clause about pandemics. AFL attempted to fixture games there, NMFC were willing to play there. Tasmanian government won't allow them in.

I'm no contracts guru but from memory in some contracts if one party doesn't hold up their end of the bargain the other party is entitled to the profit they would have otherwise earned. Think East-West Link in Victoria.

 

[The Nostradamus]

We should sue. At least for the reduction in income from lower membership costs due to less home games. We want to play there, and the tas govt won’t allow it.

Yeah if we don’t get any revenue from our contract we should kick up a fuss

but surely tassie still give us some fraction of the contract for the year as it was the gov who stopped us fulfilling our games there

 

[Luke72]

I reckon they have been particularly difficult with the specific purpose of not paying. It seems to me there’s a groundswell of public opinion in Tasmania that they don’t want to pay for us playing there.

It could well be a few loud voices, and I think the reality of them getting their own team is further away than they would think but unless the AFL shut that down we are going to be viewed as a hurdle to that outcome.

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

State politics is bad enough anywhere but in Tassie they can take it to another level of bad.

 

[giantroo]

The westcoasteagles have approached the AFL about hosting @NMFCOfficial at Optus in rnd 18.

Game was originally set for Tassie but that's no longer possible. Eagles wouldn't be 'buying' the game, but would need to compensate Nth.

At this stage, it's unlikely to get approved.

 

[Devington]

The westcoasteagles have approached the AFL about hosting @NMFCOfficial at Optus in rnd 18.

Game was originally set for Tassie but that's no longer possible. Eagles wouldn't be 'buying' the game, but would need to compensate Nth.

At this stage, it's unlikely to get approved.

Show me da money.

 

[muttley45]

Does this years final ladder position mean an easier draw next year as previously ?

 

[Only Forwards]

At this stage, it's unlikely to get approved.

Why?

Wed have more supporters in Perth than we would in SE Queensland.

 

[giantroo]

 

[giantroo]

Why?

Wed have more supporters in Perth than we would in SE Queensland.

Sam Edmund on SEN said that we could get up to 700k to sell our home game to the Eagles. Eagles want it at home, we want the money, said it was awaiting approval from the AFL.



Edit: Article now up - https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/08...coast-looking-relocate-round-18-match-edmund/


NORTH Melbourne and West Coast have been in contact about relocating their Round 18 game from Queensland to Perth.


The Kangaroos are due to “host” the Eagles at the Gabba or Metricon Stadium for what would be their final home game to finish the shortened home-and-away season.





But West Coast chief executive Trevor Nisbett recently contacted North counterpart Ben Amafio with the proposal to shift the match to Optus Stadium. The Kangaroos are also keen for the match to be moved.


The two clubs at either end of the ladder have different motivations for moving this game to Perth.


West Coast sits a game off top spot with five games to come against Richmond, Essendon, Western Bulldogs, St Kilda and North Melbourne.


The Eagles are gunning for a home final – if permitted – while a pre-finals bye would allow a visiting team in week one of the finals to serve its quarantine in Perth before that final and then immediately fly back out.


North Melbourne, having lost more than $2 million in revenue due to the lack of games in Hobart, could reap as much as $700,000 by selling the game, despite the WA Government only allowing 50 per cent capacity.


The proposal is with the AFL, who is yet to make a decision.


Other finals-bound clubs would almost certainly rail against the plan, but the Eagles and North scoff at the argument the relocation would compromise integrity in a season where Brisbane hasn’t left Queensland since Round 1 and the fixture has been turned upside down.


The Eagles don’t want to move the match to get home ground advantage on North Melbourne. Given the drastically differing fortunes of both sides this season, the Eagles will beat the Kangaroos regardless of where they play.


West Coast are 7-0 in Perth this season, but went 2-3 in a Queensland hub they were openly unhappy with.


The Eagles are yet to lose a final at Optus Stadium, which remains a chance to host the Grand Final in October.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Probs makes it unlikely to sell our round 18 game to Perth if both teams are based in qld

But hopefully we come to An arrangement to fly in fly out to Perth and pocket extra cash

 

[Only Forwards]

Sam Edmund on SEN said that we could get up to 700k to sell our home game to the Eagles. Eagles want it at home, we want the money, said it was awaiting approval from the AFL.



Edit: Article now up - https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/08...coast-looking-relocate-round-18-match-edmund/


NORTH Melbourne and West Coast have been in contact about relocating their Round 18 game from Queensland to Perth.


The Kangaroos are due to “host” the Eagles at the Gabba or Metricon Stadium for what would be their final home game to finish the shortened home-and-away season.





But West Coast chief executive Trevor Nisbett recently contacted North counterpart Ben Amafio with the proposal to shift the match to Optus Stadium. The Kangaroos are also keen for the match to be moved.


The two clubs at either end of the ladder have different motivations for moving this game to Perth.


West Coast sits a game off top spot with five games to come against Richmond, Essendon, Western Bulldogs, St Kilda and North Melbourne.


The Eagles are gunning for a home final – if permitted – while a pre-finals bye would allow a visiting team in week one of the finals to serve its quarantine in Perth before that final and then immediately fly back out.


North Melbourne, having lost more than $2 million in revenue due to the lack of games in Hobart, could reap as much as $700,000 by selling the game, despite the WA Government only allowing 50 per cent capacity.


The proposal is with the AFL, who is yet to make a decision.


Other finals-bound clubs would almost certainly rail against the plan, but the Eagles and North scoff at the argument the relocation would compromise integrity in a season where Brisbane hasn’t left Queensland since Round 1 and the fixture has been turned upside down.


The Eagles don’t want to move the match to get home ground advantage on North Melbourne. Given the drastically differing fortunes of both sides this season, the Eagles will beat the Kangaroos regardless of where they play.


West Coast are 7-0 in Perth this season, but went 2-3 in a Queensland hub they were openly unhappy with.


The Eagles are yet to lose a final at Optus Stadium, which remains a chance to host the Grand Final in October.

Honestly if the AFL turn this down they're taking the piss.

 

[SMaturin]

Good business. Make it happen Funky Ben.