Dutchy wrote:TimmiesChin wrote:
What is the usual spend of an SANFL club. Would the 1.36 million be sufficient ?
And what happens when/if the Power cant afford to pay this to the Magpies?
I think we're all asking the same questions:
1) If Power can't afford to pay the Magpies, is the SANFL paying them again, via the Power?
2) Do Port (Magpies) get paid first, so in a way they're underwritten by the Power and in turn by the SANFL
3) As Barto said, the expenses would have to be closely audited i.e the joint expenses such as marketing this gives the Magpies a potential advantage.
4) I'm tipping each year they'll be spending their 1.36m. Why wouldn't they?
5) Call it paranoia or past experience, but I'd be surprised if beyond the $1.36m there will ever be anything left over for the remaining SANFL clubs distribution.
6) Will Port Magpies still get the same SANFL distribution as the other clubs? And yes I know this distribution comes from the stadium agreements with both the Crows and Port, and thus we need strong AFL sides.
It looks like this "merger" will take pressure of the magpies (which it's designed to do). The financial pressure will still be on the other SANFL clubs. Hopefully, it will make the Power financially more viable and thus help the SANFL.
Lots of questions, now we rely on our club managers to make the right decision, for the SANFL's benefit.