The Icon,
Let's take take your points one-by-one.
1. How exactly do you think Essendon fit all of their players in the salary cap?
(Remember they did breach the cap over a NUMBER of years and complained loudly when the club was fined.)
2. Caroline Wilson has written some plainly biased articles against North and Carey in particular.
(Her father was a CEO of Richmond and Richmond complained bitterly when Keith Greig was awarded the Brownlow. Sour grapes he was a CHAMPION.)
3. Channel 7 are showing Collingwood v St Kilda at Colonial.
(I don't mind, but WHY, WHY, WHY are they not showing North v WC even at 10.30pm. If you think we are annoyed, wait until next year, only 5 games will be on free-to-air. Then YOU may understand and perhaps agree. Essendon, Collingwood and Carlton will be the winners.)
4. Take a good long UNBIASED look at North's draw in 1999 and 2000. The so-called big 3 and a COUPLE of the interstate teams had dream draws. I don't mean the fairness of the draw in playing terms, but FINANCIALLY. Each year Coll, Carl, and Ess play each other twice. The name of the game is now called gate receipts. Just imagine Big John keeping all receipts, wouldn't that make Eddie McChins happy. North's biggest game (2000) was against Ess and who kept all gate receipts? It was North.
5. Don't even mention North's administration. Our administration highly regarded. Have a good long look at your own team's administration, jealousies, board rivalries, # of coaches
etc. (Take extra good care of Crock, because we want him back. He is on loan, as he is North man through-and through.
6. This year we had many problems and we made a loss.
What is the AFL's excuse? A projected loss of 24 million. What in the hell are they doing? Do you realise this will hurt EVERY team?
Michele
NMFC 1869