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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on October 17, 2012, 01:56:57 PM

Title: AFL's ticking time bomb ... (Age)
Post by: one-eyed on October 17, 2012, 01:56:57 PM
SYDNEY chairman Richard Colless has questioned the AFL's commitment to 10 clubs in Victoria in calling for a wide-ranging review of the competition and its structure.

Describing the disparity between rich and poor clubs as ''a ticking time bomb in the AFL universe'' the game's longest-serving chairman has called on the game to ''stop pussyfooting about the problem and put it on the table''.

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In terms of Victorian clubs North Melbourne, the Bulldogs, Richmond and St Kilda are all still battling varying degrees of seven-figure debts while the Kangaroos, Saints, Bulldogs and Melbourne would all lose significant amounts of money this year without AFL subsidies.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/afls-ticking-time-bomb-20121016-27p4r.html#ixzz29WNNHldm


Who says we are now battling with our debt after removing a chunk out of it via the FTF?  :huh
Title: Re: AFL's ticking time bomb ... (Age)
Post by: Phil Mrakov on October 17, 2012, 02:04:40 PM
Carltank is 9 mil in debt

Our debt will be gone in 2 years.
Title: Re: AFL's ticking time bomb ... (Age)
Post by: Dubstep Dookie on October 17, 2012, 06:56:29 PM
PO North for starters. Melb can follow too
Title: Re: AFL's ticking time bomb ... (Age)
Post by: Willy on October 17, 2012, 07:13:37 PM
Don't like being grouped with these gimps.
Title: Re: AFL's ticking time bomb ... (Age)
Post by: Hellenic Tiger on October 17, 2012, 09:09:40 PM
Don't like being grouped with these gimps.

Agree hate being grouped with those lowly clubs.

What irks me is the club is proactive and gets 53K membership on the back of 27 years of false dawns and 30 years where 2 finals spots are what we have to show.

Yet these nothing clubs have meagre membership and meagre bucks yet they get a full slice of pie from the AFL with whipped cream and ice cream. :help

Title: Re: AFL's ticking time bomb ... (Age)
Post by: tdy on October 19, 2012, 10:39:19 PM
Carltank is 9 mil in debt

Our debt will be gone in 2 years.

Gee it'd be great if Carlscum rebuilt poocess park for about 100 million and then went bankrupt.  I can dream can't I?