1980 Tassie Medalist wrote:Wedgie wrote:GWW wrote:Any Queanbeyan players stand out, and look to be SANFL standard?
Not really but hard to compare as they haven't been training long, the Swans players that played them looked like their standouts plus maybe 1 or 2 others.
Having said that I found out what sort of money 4 of the clubs in the ACT have and I was astounded to say the least.
Ainslie makes Central and North look like Division 6 Amateurs!

Ah yes but that money gets split amongst all the clubs associated with that sporting club, League, Union Footy, Soccer, Netball, basketball, cricket etc.
Clubs like Tonggerong, Eastlake, Soutport (QLD) etc are loaded.
$5 memberships to join the club and then nominate which sport your associated with.
Like comparing apples with oranges when you compare their sporting clubs with how we have ours set up.
But you're right Wedgie, big coin!!!
Dunno where you get your ideas from but Tuggers are one of the poorest clubs going around. Ainslie are the big spenders over there!
I played for Hectorville in Ammos here, and went to Tuggies who had to split our games between two grounds, didn't have a clubroom, had a training ground known as "the rock" which was about 20km away from Tuggeranong and change facilities that I would complain about if I was playing Div 5 Ammos.
When I played there, I paid more in subs than I did here.
Tuggeranong were sponsored by the Southern Cross Group of clubs, which entitled us to have our presentation there on a Sat night or Sunday arvo. As far as how much they actually sponsored us $ wise, I have no idea. All I know is that Ainslie (at the time) were flying players in for games, and Brent Heaver was alledgedly on about $2k a game (as were others) - ALLEDGEDLY. There is no salary cap I'm aware of over there.
The difference between Tuggeranong and Ainslie was that Ainslie had their own "club". Which has pokies. Much like the NRL clubs in NSW.
Tuggies have recently lost their better players to other ACTAFL clubs because of flag prospects (and no doubt a few $$ incentives as well).