Would you join an AFL fans union/association? What could they achieve?

[Luv_our_club]

The current AFL Fans Association is a joke. If they were serious, then I would have seen them outside at the MCG asking me to join up.

I think fans need a real union and this could be the best time to create one.

so....

Would you ever join a legit fans union?

Would you pay membership? ($5 a month at most i would expect, given our large numbers)

What would you expect them to to achieve on your behalf? (aim to achieve) [It would need to be issue in the interest of the majority that do not hurt the minority]


If you don't want a union, why not?

 

[Colonial]

That association wanted to kill off my club so it wasn’t a fan association as far as I was concerned.


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[00Stinger]

An AFL fans union, what a crook of s**t

What would a fans union achieve? And if they did achieve something how would the benefit only be applied to the fans in the union and not to fans that aren't in the union

This is a pretty ******* dumb idea

 

[Power Raid]

My biggest issue with the way the AFL is run, is it is happy to take tax payer funds which in my mind means it is a game for the people/ society. Yet the cost of entry to a game is beyond the means of most. Further the pay tv exclusivity takes the game further from the people.

I don't mind if all they want to be, is a product but don't accept government funds.

A fans union should be focused on bringing the game back to the poor and ordinary. Perhaps the comp would regain some soul and see a return of characters to the game.

 

[Guju]

Unfortunately I think the union would just take the members money and largely do nothing.

Even worse, they could get corrupted and sell out it's members.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

People don't join a union when there works and livelihoods are at stake. It's be pretty funny, and a reflection on the wider public, if they'd join a footy fans union.

 

[Topkent]

My biggest issue with the way the AFL is run, is it is happy to take tax payer funds which in my mind means it is a game for the people/ society. Yet the cost of entry to a game is beyond the means of most. Further the pay tv exclusivity takes the game further from the people.

I don't mind if all they want to be, is a product but don't accept government funds.

A fans union should be focused on bringing the game back to the poor and ordinary. Perhaps the comp would regain some soul and see a return of characters to the game.

It's one of the cheapest pro sports in the world.

It's minimum $100 just to see a hockey game in Canada in the nosebleeds

 

[YippeeYiYeo]

whats next a Netflix subscriber union?

 

[Scotland]

BigFooty is a collective of footy fans, close enough. Most of them are nuffies.

 

[Brunswick Trap King]

I'm happy to set one up if anyone's keen at $10 per season. I'll provide my bank details and we can go from there.

 

[Altum Volantes]

whats next a Netflix subscriber union?

Less Americans in Black Mirror! The episodes are never as good! (Except that one with Jon Hamm)

 

[telsor]

Unfortunately I think the union would just take the members money and largely do nothing.

Even worse, they could get corrupted and sell out it's members.

Like all unions, it'll mostly bring benefits for the union bosses, with a few token gestures towards the members.

 

[Guju]

Like all unions, it'll mostly about benefits for the union bosses, with a few token gestures towards the members.

Yep. I work in a brewery and we are with the CFMEU. The union delegates are mostly the self serving types with an axe to grind. Sometimes these delegates hinder more than help the workers.

The only real benefit is when we do our enterprise bargaining agreement and the staunch union comes to play.