SA Footy

Wedgie wrote:North at just over 1500.
Awful number compared to most of the last 12 years.
President's group now allowing members to book for their lunches due to an all time low in interest.
Not surprising though, no AFL in the SANFL.

Far out, that figure would be around %50 on your membership around 10 year ago wouldn't it?

How long can clubs keep going with such low numbers?

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:How long can clubs keep going with such low numbers?

its funny. i asked about falling memberships at North's "information" night before the introduction of the reserves teams. i specifically asked that if members voted with their feet, and didnt renew, at what point would North revisit its decision to vote yes, and vote the reserves teams out. the answer from our esteemed president was that they would never vote them out, and i quote, "if membership falls that far, the club would close".

i shit you not, the roosters management would rather shut the club completely than reverse an unpopular decision. i wonder if they will stick to those guns or if it was all bluff to try to convince what they saw as a small handful of diseneters....

tipper wrote:

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:How long can clubs keep going with such low numbers?

its funny. i asked about falling memberships at North's "information" night before the introduction of the reserves teams. i specifically asked that if members voted with their feet, and didnt renew, at what point would North revisit its decision to vote yes, and vote the reserves teams out. the answer from our esteemed president was that they would never vote them out, and i quote, "if membership falls that far, the club would close".

i shit you not, the roosters management would rather shut the club completely than reverse an unpopular decision. i wonder if they will stick to those guns or if it was all bluff to try to convince what they saw as a small handful of diseneters....

The customer is always wrong so don't try and tell us what to do, we'd rather close down than listen to you. Now **** OFF!
Signed: management, NAFC.

tipper wrote:

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:How long can clubs keep going with such low numbers?

its funny. i asked about falling memberships at North's "information" night before the introduction of the reserves teams. i specifically asked that if members voted with their feet, and didnt renew, at what point would North revisit its decision to vote yes, and vote the reserves teams out. the answer from our esteemed president was that they would never vote them out, and i quote, "if membership falls that far, the club would close".

i shit you not, the roosters management would rather shut the club completely than reverse an unpopular decision. i wonder if they will stick to those guns or if it was all bluff to try to convince what they saw as a small handful of diseneters....

How much revenue do memberships generate compared to gambling revenue?

Wedgie wrote:North at just over 1500.
Awful number compared to most of the last 12 years.
President's group now allowing members to book for their lunches due to an all time low in interest.
Not surprising though, no AFL in the SANFL.

It that figure up to date though?

Just on another point, if North wanted to demonstrate that inclusion of the reserves has had no effect on membership, what's to stop them, or any other club inflating their membership figures.

How would anyone know? Is their some kind list or something?
Even a financial audit wouldn't necessarily come up with actual membership numbers, only revenue.

norword is now running at 3850 members so not to bad

Hard to compare members:

Many clubs have categories which total junior members (often free and under a certain age), life-members and fully paid members.
Its the fully paid members which should be compared. Take Port Power and Crows. They both count around 12000 Adelaide Oval Members as their own members. They are not paid up members to either club, but they both claim the same people as members of each of their clubs. Seems that over-inflating these figures is par for the course no matter which league we look at but the decline for most clubs of fully financial membership is concerning.

tipper wrote:

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:How long can clubs keep going with such low numbers?

its funny. i asked about falling memberships at North's "information" night before the introduction of the reserves teams. i specifically asked that if members voted with their feet, and didnt renew, at what point would North revisit its decision to vote yes, and vote the reserves teams out. the answer from our esteemed president was that they would never vote them out, and i quote, "if membership falls that far, the club would close".

i shit you not, the roosters management would rather shut the club completely than reverse an unpopular decision. i wonder if they will stick to those guns or if it was all bluff to try to convince what they saw as a small handful of diseneters....

That is bloody frightening !!! (can not even get my head around that !)

Sooooooo, according to the boss of the SANFL there is nothing to worry about, crowds might be down but memberships are up!!
No doubt the SANFL are going to the AFL school of counting memberships and chest beating associated with it.

daysofourlives wrote:Sooooooo, according to the boss of the SANFL there is nothing to worry about, crowds might be down but memberships are up!!
No doubt the SANFL are going to the AFL school of counting memberships and chest beating associated with it.

Yeah , counting dogs, cats, canaries, goldfish, mice ........

.....rats, snakes, asses, bunnies..

......frogs, pigeons, ferrets, goats...

Spargo wrote:.....rats, snakes, asses, bunnies..

Glenelg must have massive membership then

So memberships are up by 3% apparently.

Phil H - do you have any numbers for the Eagles on how they are tracking from 2014 to 2015 with memberships?

Fluffbag wrote:Just got an email saying the members merchandise has arrived and being sent out end of this week.

Have other members got their stuff yet? If it just me then I will call otherwise I will give them a few more days.

Fluffbag wrote:

Fluffbag wrote:Just got an email saying the members merchandise has arrived and being sent out end of this week.

Have other members got their stuff yet? If it just me then I will call otherwise I will give them a few more days.

Yeah, as I went and picked mine up from the club

Fluffbag wrote:

Fluffbag wrote:Just got an email saying the members merchandise has arrived and being sent out end of this week.

Have other members got their stuff yet? If it just me then I will call otherwise I will give them a few more days.

Phoned the club tonight as I still don't have mine.

Told they are sending them out in on different days in the week (over 500 to send out) and it will depend where you live when you get the package.

Also blamed Australia Post as it will take 3 to 5 business days to receive them.

Asked if I will receive mine by tomorrow night for the Norwood game and told "doubtful".....

Pretty average IMO......will be rethinking about next year for sure !!!

Brodlach wrote:

Spargo wrote:.....rats, snakes, asses, bunnies..

Glenelg must have massive membership then

Being Winter, maybe they're just a little ho(a)rse?