Booney wrote:Hi Booney,
Thank you for your email.
The Port Adelaide Football Club was awarded the opportunity to launch Multicultural round by the AFL in recognition of the great work being done by the club in this area. As such, we have been long planning to celebrate this with a more spectacular than usual pre game entertainment showpiece. This would have occurred with or without this gesture from the State Government.
The State Government has offered to compensate PAFC as a result of transport delays that impacted our supporters (please also remember we pay a very large transport levy to the state government for this service that was affected), however we can assure you that this contribution from the Government will be applied to a multitude of purposes, including the continuance of the community programs we run, in which this club invests in excess of $2m per annum.
We hope you enjoy the football on Thursday 7th July, but moreover, we hope that you remain proud of the contribution we make to community initiatives including campaigns to end violence against women, programs to improve the quality and levels of education being attained by aboriginal youth and the work we are doing to provide job opportunities for disadvantaged youth of South Australia.
Thank you for supporting the Port Adelaide Football Club.
Forgot to mention that the punter then pays more for their ticket to compensate the club for the transport levy. Convenient that.