Analysis With so many clubs in jeopardy during the coronavirus, is it time for WA to bail out VIC again?

[B4Bear]

If it is such a pissant league and WCE is so powerful why doesn’t WCE bail out of the AFL and go its own way? Go on

Or win multiple premierships?

 

[Darcy 2 Fyfe]

Drug testing ramped up. Any WC player found to be drug free will be sanctioned.

 

[projectv]

"so is it time for WA to bait out VIC, again?"

You had a typo in your thread title mate.

 

[Numero Uno]

Drug testing ramped up. Any WC player found to be drug free will be sanctioned.

Jesse hogan just rang

no one does ignorant like freo

 

[Numero Uno]

The Vic big 4 will bail out the comp

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Eagles to create their own 1 team league playing intra’s against themselves in front of a packed crowd each week where they’ll win the next million flags.

Two balls and every possession is a free kick both ways.

I would like to join this league if only for the social functions #GoodGear

 

[Papa G]

The complete Viccentricty of the AFL will be laid bare in all of this. The "Footy Industry" is largely a Malbun thing. They have 10 clubs, plus all the admin, bureaucracy, umpires, the AFLW malarchy, the bulk of the media, the TAC Cup, a disproportionate amount of other staff, s**t like Champion Data and the thousands of other hangers on that I don't even know about. It will hit hard.

 

[Percel]

Callum

 

[Percel]

Urch

 

[Darcy 2 Fyfe]

Jesse hogan just rang

no one does ignorant like freo

Was it a teleconference with Cousins, Hunter, Chick, Kerr, Gardiner, Willie and Fletcher?

 

[Dazzler9]

Was it a teleconference with Cousins, Hunter, Chick, Kerr, Gardiner, Willie and Fletcher?

Michael Johnson likes this.

 

[Farang83150]

It just tells me that there aren’t a lot of brains in WA. I mean only an idiot would not only beg to join a football league that was broke but then gladly cough up a large financial penalty just to join said bankrupt league. If they had any smarts about them they would have started their own comp and pick off teams from the VFL’s rotting carcass. Now the OP wants WA to repeat their past mistakes

So true, your a financial genius, really silly move wasn't it, why would anyone want to join a broken comp and then go on to recoup their investment hundreds of times over, the sheer madness of it!

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I’ve never understood why WA are so keen to take all the credit.

What about the Brisbane Bears license fee?

 

[Pykie]

Yes we all know what happened back in the bad old 80's, the beginning of the AFL, right? And the fact that era was bourne thanks to the blood, sweat and tears of Western Australia. Not to mention the creation of a club that had to sell its soul to the VFL to bail out a bankrupt competition in the first place.

Nevertheless, here we are again. Two of the most powerful and profitable clubs in this pissant league will probably be asked to donate money again to a couple of suburban league clubs masquerading as proper organisations run by amateurs. And yet again, history repeats.

AFL, you're welcome.

I'm sorry, did I miss West Coast/Fremantle paying off Etihad Stadium over the last 20 years with shitty stadium deals while the other clubs got rich?

If anything, clubs should be eternally grateful for Essendon, Carlton, St Kilda and North's fans contribution to securing a $1.5B asset the AFL is currently underwriting the entire competition with......

 

[JinmboJones]

Everybody keep your pants on. If WCE & FRE don't step up and bail out the AFL (Gill, ask nicely and we just might think about it) I think we can be pretty sure the government will. They will be bailing out plenty of other businesses so why not the #1 game in the country?

 

[Brunswick Trap King]

I'd assume the Vic clubs will just add more pokies machines to shift wealth from the worst off in society back to their clubs.

 

[Great8]

So true, your a financial genius, really silly move wasn't it, why would anyone want to join a broken comp and then go on to recoup their investment hundreds of times over, the sheer madness of it!

But you could have ran the comp, made the other clubs join your comp and still made millions whilst getting to host the GF in Perth every year.
Imagine how much difference the AFL landscape would be had you had the foresight to hold off

 

[YippeeYiYeo]

Everybody keep your pants on. If WCE & FRE don't step up and bail out the AFL (Gill, ask nicely and we just might think about it) I think we can be pretty sure the government will. They will be bailing out plenty of other businesses so why not the #1 game in the country?

Because when the economy in 12 months from now is rivalling The Great Depression sinking a couple of billion dollars into a footy comp isnt going to be on the Federal Governments priority list when they are already in 70+ billion of debt themselves.

 

[Coach_Required]

Enter Joondalup Falcons to cough up a 4 million dollar license fee

They can't even pay for their current rent

 

[LightTower4]

It's weird that with all that money in WA they still didn't possess any maps that would show them they would be travelling thousands of kilometres for every second game. Because it seemed to come as a big surprise to them, and still does to this day.

It became further when we switched from miles to kilometers.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Because when the economy in 12 months from now is rivalling The Great Depression sinking a couple of billion dollars into a footy comp isnt going to be on the Federal Governments priority list when they are already in 70+ billion of debt themselves.

In about $600 billion of debt before this thing even started, so it’s gonna be a shade more than that.

 

[Farang83150]

It became further when we switched from miles to kilometers.

Federation square ...lol..so good seeing you melt.

 

[Inspecta Gadget]

As an aside, I had the privilege of visiting Perth last year. So much nostalgia. Reminded me of Melbourne in the 90's.

 

[fomoco04]

I suppose we could do everyone a favour. Buy 2 povo Victorian clubs. Fold them, then get back to a 16 club comp. Will make the fixture work much better.

 

[fomoco04]

As an aside, I had the privilege of visiting Perth last year. So much nostalgia. Reminded me of Melbourne in the 90's.

What? far less crime?