Booney wrote:Barto wrote:Here's one thing I find interesting about a club struggling for cash:
When Port travel, they take all of their match day staff. Not just head trainer, club doc, physio etc which is understandable, but they take every match day trainer.
As far as I'm aware, they're the only club that does this (not sure about the Crows, but they're not losing money either). When eastern seaboard clubs come to WA, they use local trainers/massage therapists etc. Freo do the same in Melbourne, they have staff based there when the team travels over east rather than pay for flights and accommodation for people that are basically replaceable.
So why are Port different? They could save several thousand right there just doing it the same way other clubs do.
How so Barto? Where do you get this information from? For I know of at least one trainer / property steward who does not go to every game. I nfact he goes to 2 away games per year max.
OK, perhaps not everyone on staff, that wouldn't be possible as I'm sure there are people who are part time but all their away match day positions are filled by people traveling from Adelaide.
Seems wasteful to me as other clubs don't do this. North Melbourne for example had all their on ground trainers sourced from WAFL clubs for free when they were here a few weeks ago.
Trust me on the source.
