We've had enough McGuire!

[southsideswan]

I have looked through the financial document (I'm financially illiterate ) and it makes fascinating reading. Where does the COLA payment come in? It would account for approx $895,000 for our players.

[neilfws]

Payments to clubs from the 2013 AFL Annual Report

Interesting. I made a graph. Black vertical line is the median of total payments, i.e. half the clubs are above that level, half are lower.

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[Jewels]

Wow, very, VERY interesting!
Can someone who knows more about these things tell me why Collingwood, the perceived richest club in the land gets money from HO?

[Doctor]

How good is it that the expansion clubs have banded together?

I think it's great, just please don't call us "expansion clubs". I don't think it's fair to us and certainly isn't fair to our South Melbourne heritage.

[Jewels]

I think it's great, just please don't call us "expansion clubs". I don't think it's fair to us and certainly isn't fair to our South Melbourne heritage.

Agree, I much prefer the term Northern States.

[ShockOfHair]

Wow, very, VERY interesting!
Can someone who knows more about these things tell me why Collingwood, the perceived richest club in the land gets money from HO?

IIRC, there are two kinds of handouts, one being one-off payments, presumably for things like refurbishing the clubrooms, and the other more like recurring payments.

But I think the system works a bit like federal-state financial relations. NSW contributes the most but also gets quite a bit back in various forms.

What the table rerminds us is that the AFL is a big mama pig and every club is suckling from it.

[Go Swannies]

IIRC, there are two kinds of handouts, one being one-off payments, presumably for things like refurbishing the clubrooms, and the other more like recurring payments.

But I think the system works a bit like federal-state financial relations. NSW contributes the most but also gets quite a bit back in various forms.

What the table rerminds us is that the AFL is a big mama pig and every club is suckling from it.

And the pattern seems to be that the Victorian clubs are sucking harder than any club outside those borders.

[Go Swannies]

Another realistic appraisal:

Poor form: Eddie’s misguided war on Sydney | The New Daily

[AnnieH]

Oh Eddie.
It's time to change feet.
Open your mouth and say something stupid again.
It's very entertaining.

I said a few days ago on FB, if Eddie put all the energy he's using to try and derail us, into HIS football club, they would be on the top of the table.

Sucked in dirtbag.

Keep bagging us... I'm pretty sure that my boys are using your words as MOTIVATION to win the granny this year.

[neilfws]

I made a graph

Things are perhaps clearer with some sorting. 3 more graphs sorted by "total", "future" and "other" payment.

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[Dosser]

Things are perhaps clearer with some sorting. 3 more graphs sorted by "total", "future" and "other" payment.

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Sorry, I'm in sales. Can you do some of these with animation so that they can hold my attention, please?

[aardvark]

Things are perhaps clearer with some sorting. 3 more graphs sorted by "total", "future" and "other" payment.

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Quiet day at work huh?

[neilfws]

Quiet day at work huh?

Absolutely right

[i'm-uninformed2]

And the Chief weighs in. In my mind, enough nuance in there to give us comfort

McLachlan calls for McGuire, Swans to move on - AFL.com.au

[DK_]

We've had enough McGuire!

And the Chief weighs in. In my mind, enough nuance in there to give us comfort

McLachlan calls for McGuire, Swans to move on - AFL.com.au

I'd agree. A not-too-subtle 'no more discussing these issues in public forums' from the boss is pretty much the outcome that Pridham would have aiming for - completely nullifies Eddie's advantage in any real debate.

A public endorsement of the Academy system doesn't hurt either!