The Daily Telegraph reports that the Sydney NRL clubs lost a combined 34.1 million in 2016. SOUTH Sydney suffered almost a $4 million downturn in fortunes after posting a healthy $1.4 million profit last year; THE Sharks performed the best, posting a loss of just $500,000 this year; THE Sydney Roosters will lose $3.2 million;…
A-league Victory remain well clear at the top, but it was Central Coast and Brisbane who made decent gains in this weeks membership tally updates. The A-league added more than 1,500 members this week to its total. National Rugby League Canberra makes its debut on the 2017 tally list this week with a handy…
Hawthorn Football Club has recorded a net operating profit of $2.57 million ($2,573,491) for the financial year ended 31 October 2016. Key points of the report: Club net operating profit of $2,573,491 for year ended 31 October 2016. Achieved a record membership tally for the tenth consecutive season. 2016: 75,351 (2015: 72,924), including 9,249 Tasmanian…
In November 2016, the final pay details and arrangements for the womens AFL comp were announced. Players will have to pay for private health insurance costs but the new package will see the AFL cover: costs for football boots and runners a travel allowance when playing interstate income protection insurance out-of-pocket medical expenses for 52…
A-league Brisbane and Central Coast gained the most members this week while league leader Melbourne Victory kept the numbers ticking. National Rugby League North Queensland became the latest team to open up a tally on their club website this week, leaving just three clubs without one for the time being. For the second week…
China. Its a country just a little bit to the North of us that has more than one billion people living in it. As such, its a huge market for Australian leagues and sporting clubs to tap into. Recently, to some fanfare the AFL and Port Adelaide Power announced the first game for premiership points…
Australian Football League The National Australia Bank will expand its significant support of the AFL to be the naming-rights partner of the NAB AFL Women’s League next year. The three-year deal, with the option of a further three years, is believed to be worth $2 million-$3 million a year. NAB will also extend its partnership…
A-league Melbourne City and Brisbane Roar the big movers over the last week, but Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney remain dominant at the top of the table. National Rugby League Brisbanes counter appeared during the week to hit the lead, so the change column is a little warped, however South Sydney were the big movers…
Traditionally womens sport has been considered the less popular cousin to mens sport. This has been evident in sporting attendances, tv deals and media coverage going back decades. With the AFL launching its womens competition, and the threat from its financial and support strengths, it seems the latest sporting battlefront is emerging. So who are…
The NRL today announced a new funding program to support rugby league facilities beyond its traditional strongholds of Queensland and New South Wales. The National Footy Facilities Fund is an initiative of the National Rugby League and assists existing and new clubs to improve the quality, availability and standard of their facilities. A total of…
The Heraldsun reports that AFL Women’s has secured NAB as its inaugural naming rights sponsor after what league chief executive Gillon McLachlan said was a hotly contested fight for its sparkling new product. The three-year deal, with the option of a further three years, is believed to be worth $2 million-$3 million a year. Announced…
The West Australian reports that the West Coast Eagles have now emerged as kings of the new game after taking out the 2016 digital premiership. However, it also notes that other sports are using savvy techniques to stay in the game against their powerful AFL counterparts.
On October 7, 2016 the AFL confirmed that it had finalised its purchase of Etihad stadium for an unspecified amount of money, however a number of reports guess the figure to be at between $150 million to $200 million. As a result of the purchase the league and clubs expect to be able to offer…
Periodically certain AFL leaning folks bring up the Melbourne Storms funds and debt profile over the years. In 2010, Crikey noted that the Storm had been losing 6 million a year, with News covering the losses. In 2012, the Australian Rugby League Commission guaranteed $26.5 million over the next six years to Melbourne Storm with…
The Australian reports that Nine Network is selling 30-second advertising slots in Sunday’s 2016 NRL grand final for about $75,000 each, although the price could jump with demand expected to spike after an ideal set of results over the weekend, while inventory is running low, and could be around the $100,000 mark. Sensis in September…
With the penalties handed down to Parramatta in the National Rugby League yesterday, Ive laid out a ranking of the top penalties for salary cap breaches in Australian sport. 1. The Melbourne Storm (NRL 2010) Unquestionably the king of salary cap penalties, the Melbourne Storm were heavily penalised after the National Rugby League uncovered breaches…
Im now running an up to date tracker for NRL Crowds here since AFLtables has apparently stopped – http://www.footyindustry.com/?page_id=2555
News Limited Reports that while NRL management supports a proposed funding model from Sports Minister Stuart Ayres — the clubs apparently dont. They want money set aside for a full revamp of ANZ Stadium and will meet today to increase their fight against the Government stadia funding model. It is understood $1.2 billion of the…