Richmond - 8th in total revenue & 10th in football dept. spending (Herald-Sun)

[one-eyed]

Club               Revenue,   Profit,     Loss,       Debt,     Football department spending (2013, 2012, %-increase)

Adelaide*          $34.3m       -          $1.8m        None      N/A    $17.6m   -

Brisbane           $43.5m       -          $1.6m       $10m   $17.3m $17.2m  0.58

Carlton             $57.1m $528,000        -          $5.4m    $21m   $20.3m  3.4

Collingwood        $75m    $5.23m          -          None    $22.5m $21.2m  6.1

Essendon           $63m          -         $3.2m        $5m    $20.8m $19.6m  6.1

Fremantle*         $46.6m $657,000        -          None       N/A      N/A       -

Geelong              $56m    $1.2m           -          $6.6m   $21.4m $19.2m 11.4

Gold Coast#        N/A

GWS#                 N/A

Hawthorn            $64m    $3.12m         -           None    $21.8m $19.3m 12.9

Melbourne          $39.4m       -           $3.1m      $5.8m  $18.7m $17.9m  4.47

North Melbourne  $32m      $1.3m          -          $2.7m  $16.9m $16.3m  3.68
 
Port Adelaide       $39.1m        -          $1.7m       N/A      N/A     $16.3m   -

Richmond##       $44.8m    $3.3m          -          None    $19m     N/A       -

St Kilda              $29.9m         -          $2.6m     $4.6m  $19.5m $17.9m  8.94

Sydney                $42.7m $646,000        -         None    $21.9m $20.3m  7.88

Western Bulldogs $34m         -         $143,000  $10.4m $16.9m $15.7m  7.64

West Coast         $56m      $4.1m           -          None   $21.5m $20m    7.5


Average footy department budget increase - 6.7 per cent

Inflation rate at December 2013 - 2.7 per cent

* Financial report not published, would not disclose 2013 football department figures

# Gold Coast and GWS do not disclose financial results under an arrangement with the AFL and have not yet reported to Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

##Did not disclose 2012 football department figure

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/the-spending-gap-between-the-afls-rich-and-poor-has-ballooned-to-56-million/story-fni5ezdm-1226811508363

[Stripes]

I thought we had elevated our football department spending to equal the other larger clubs??? Just shows you how far behind we were. I hope they continue to make this a priority.

[WilliamPowell]

I thought we had elevated our football department spending to equal the other larger clubs??? Just shows you how far behind we were. I hope they continue to make this a priority.

Don't remember them ever saying that they had done it but were wanting to get up newar the bigger clubs

They did say during the course of 2013 that they had increased footy dept spend by over $1 million and were intending to do the same in 2014

[tony_montana]

Even though its 8th its not too far behind now, much better than it was 5 years ago.