Round 6 Discussion / Results

[Strife]

It really could be any of about a million reasons.

[Rudi]

[Rudi]

Dan's lead is quickly becoming unassailable. Could've sworn I tipped Port this week. Ah well.

[Agent Provocateur]

because he hit the post, he's a dick? or, he's a dick anyway?

I don't understand how a professional footy player can miss from close range on a slight angle.....It's not that hard to kick straight....
Maybe some of them need to spend less time drinking and more time on training and practice...

[Rudi]

In fairness to Fev he did kick eight that day. It was a pretty good kick too, just too close to the post and it shaved it. With that said he should have kicked it. In less fairness to Fev he DOES love a boozer or two.

[hardz]

Stadium deals in Australia Are Just shit And unfair

KILDA'S three home matches at Etihad Stadium this season will see it hit with a bill from the venue's operators for $125,626.

In the most glaring illustration yet that the stadium deals are financially disastrous to tenant clubs, the top of the ladder Saints will be slugged with the invoice, despite attracting 87,834 spectators to those games.

The club is effectively paying the Docklands stadium management about $1.40 for every patron who has attended their games.

The Round 1 match against Sydney attracted 32,442 fans, followed by 29,066 for West Coast in Round 3, and 26,326 for Fremantle in Round 4.

The Saints' bill for the Dockers game will be $73,105.

The shock revelations are in the first detailed analysis of match returns conducted by the AFL since Etihad Stadium operators removed deals that delivered fixed returns on matches.

Under the conditions that existed last year, St Kilda's first three games would have earned it $200,000.

The AFL has taken Docklands management to court over alleged contract breaches and is in an ugly standoff with the MCG Trust.

Docklands tenant the Western Bulldogs has fared better, but only just.

The Bulldogs earned $71,192 from their Round 3 match against Richmond, which attracted 46,261 spectators.

That equates to $1.53 a head from the average $20 generated at the gate by each patron.

Before the breakdown in relations between Etihad Stadium management and the AFL, the league paid about $700,000 a year to the stadium, half the fixed match returns.

The league withdrew the subsidy on the basis the money would stay with the stadium and not reach the clubs.

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou revealed yesterday there was a $2.7 million gap in net stadium returns between Victorian and non-Victorian clubs.

"And the trend in the early part of the season is not looking flash at all," he said.

"They will be bleaker (than 2008 figures). What we do know is that without that guarantee (of fixed returns) there are clubs getting really disappointing returns at the moment."

Demetriou again attacked Etihad Stadium management.

"At the moment the only beneficiaries of how this stadium is going are the shareholders," he said. "The AFL has held its prices, but we are seeing nothing from the venues, in fact they are putting prices up.

"Food is up, car parking is up, and honestly, they need to take a good look at themselves on that front because everything else in this world is coming down at the moment due to the financial crisis."

Etihad Stadium management rejected Demetriou's claims, arguing food and beverage was comparable with other venues.

It also wanted it known the league had increased the price of a full AFL membership by $35 to $430.

[Agent Provocateur]

Isn't it obvious that the AFL wants less Melb based clubs??....

Hawks, Melb or North are set to be the next Fitzroy to be murdered by the AFL...

IMO Hawks should move to Tassi...The Tassi state gov and Cadbury are ready to pick up the 20mill a year tab so it's a smart move....
Unfortunatly the afl even after pumping millions into the swans since 1982 won't give them a cent...
They would except that Tassi is not a rugby state but rather they nuts about footy so they don't get a dime...
The AFL sux big time

Stadium deals in Australia Are Just shit And unfair

KILDA'S three home matches at Etihad Stadium this season will see it hit with a bill from the venue's operators for $125,626.

In the most glaring illustration yet that the stadium deals are financially disastrous to tenant clubs, the top of the ladder Saints will be slugged with the invoice, despite attracting 87,834 spectators to those games.

The club is effectively paying the Docklands stadium management about $1.40 for every patron who has attended their games.

The Round 1 match against Sydney attracted 32,442 fans, followed by 29,066 for West Coast in Round 3, and 26,326 for Fremantle in Round 4.

The Saints' bill for the Dockers game will be $73,105.

The shock revelations are in the first detailed analysis of match returns conducted by the AFL since Etihad Stadium operators removed deals that delivered fixed returns on matches.

Under the conditions that existed last year, St Kilda's first three games would have earned it $200,000.

The AFL has taken Docklands management to court over alleged contract breaches and is in an ugly standoff with the MCG Trust.

Docklands tenant the Western Bulldogs has fared better, but only just.

The Bulldogs earned $71,192 from their Round 3 match against Richmond, which attracted 46,261 spectators.

That equates to $1.53 a head from the average $20 generated at the gate by each patron.

Before the breakdown in relations between Etihad Stadium management and the AFL, the league paid about $700,000 a year to the stadium, half the fixed match returns.

The league withdrew the subsidy on the basis the money would stay with the stadium and not reach the clubs.

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou revealed yesterday there was a $2.7 million gap in net stadium returns between Victorian and non-Victorian clubs.

"And the trend in the early part of the season is not looking flash at all," he said.

"They will be bleaker (than 2008 figures). What we do know is that without that guarantee (of fixed returns) there are clubs getting really disappointing returns at the moment."

Demetriou again attacked Etihad Stadium management.

"At the moment the only beneficiaries of how this stadium is going are the shareholders," he said. "The AFL has held its prices, but we are seeing nothing from the venues, in fact they are putting prices up.

"Food is up, car parking is up, and honestly, they need to take a good look at themselves on that front because everything else in this world is coming down at the moment due to the financial crisis."

Etihad Stadium management rejected Demetriou's claims, arguing food and beverage was comparable with other venues.

It also wanted it known the league had increased the price of a full AFL membership by $35 to $430.