Thebarton Oval

[teaoby]

[quote="S Demon"

That's not entirely comparing apples with apples. Of course any club would say yes to that deal. You would be mad not to. But will more revenue to the league see our calls come down, or any of the fines reduced? I doubt it

How so?? The league has bills just like all clubs do and they have to pay them just like our clubs.
The argument of what do we as clubs get back for the bills we pay is pointless because what as players do we get back from our subs we pay to our clubs....maybe some tape and a pair of shorts @ some generous clubs. Might also save 50c on each beer we buy.
I'd rather see the league in a situation where they can build and develop an oval with a large portion of their own profits than see them scraping the barrel. Running 60+ footy clubs would not be the easiest of things to acheive especially in current economic conditions.
However I don't agree with playing any finals @ SANFL grounds, waste of cash especially when you have great grounds such as Thebarton, Salisbury, Kenilworth, Kilburn, Campbeltown ect that can host finals and give electric atmospheres. My opinion only.

We as players get to keep our football club alive and play the game we love every week from paying our subs. What more could you want? Most of that money goes to the league anyway. Let's not forget we also have to pay for goal umpires, boundary umpires and field umpires, on top of the calls.

The league still gets its money from the clubs regardless of the economic conditions. Its harder for the clubs to raise that money when things are getting tighter and tighter, but its not any harder for the league to collect it from us. They certainly are not "running 60+ footy clubs" like you said. They don't run ours.

Let it be known that I'm all for them getting extra revenue from elsewhere and I think its great. Just as long as its put to good use! Lower calls is only one thing that could help all the clubs. I just hope they don't waste the $$ on something like a book that no one wants...

and that they ended up giving away for FREE!!!! id love too know how much $$$ they lost on it.[/quote]

Approx $60K of club's money

isnt that the same cost of the lights...........

[Sky Pilot]

A club in Div 1/2 with A,B,C,D & U/18 is up for approx $50K for calls, footies, tape etc. Add in jumpers every couple of years plus gratuities to volunteers and chook & beer raffles won't get you anywhere near the money needed. Sponsors are getting harder to find, they want and deserve a return on their investment.

I know of one Division 1 club that has sponsorship totalling over 100k.

Now if they spend half of that on admin costs where does the other half go. Assuming that that figure does not include player fees

Sorry to be a bit dumb but what is this item?

[Footy Chick]

calls = club afilliation/administration fees.

[Sky Pilot]

calls = club afilliation/administration fees.

Thanks. An overpriced management fee or charge I suspect.