The A-league Wellington gained the most members this week up more than 370 to 4,547,but still with a firm grip on last place on the A-league Membership ladder which has Victory firmly on top. Overall the league gained more than 1,300 members this week as it edges towards the 110,000 mark for 2016-17. Australian Football…
Richmond will report a deficit of $80,257 for the financial year ended 31 October. The Club generated an operating surplus of $1.2 million but after amortisation and depreciation, a small loss will be reported. The Club generated revenue of $47.5 million, an increase of $825,000 year-on-year. Richmond’s $459,000 profit in 2015 was the result of…
News limited is reported that BLKs parent company has been placed into administration. This affects a lot of clubs – and not just professional. AFL Teams affected Adelaide – signed until the end of 2018. Brisbane – signed until the end of 2018. Gold Coast – signed until the end of 2018. Greater Western Sydney…
The Heraldsun reports that Essendon is going to report a 9.8 million dollar loss in 2016. The loss includes $4.4 million in legal expenses and agreed compensation, $3.1 million from fallen revenues and $1.5 million for top-up players used in the 2016 season as cover for suspended players. There was some reduction in commercial revenues…
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 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…
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…
AFL Melbourne v GWS – 28,505 at the MCG Gold Coast v Essendon – 16,239 at Metricon Stadium North Melbourne v Adelaide – 25,485 at Etihad Stadium Sydney v Collingood – 33,857 at the SCG Round total to date – 179,792 (last years R1 total was 359,470, with four games remaining, including Port v St…