There will be a Sydney Swans AFLW team in the 2022-23 season

[bloodspirit]

We've advertised for a Senior Coach and Head of Footy for our AFLW teams: Sydney commences search for AFLW Senior Coach and Head of AFLW (sydneyswans.com.au).

Good to see they're preferring a Head of Footy that comes from a women's sport (rather than necessarily AFL) background. I would hope (even more so than with the Senior Coach position) that the person appointed is a woman. Ultimately it would be great to see a woman appointed as Senior Coach too but I suspect there will be many, better qualified male candidates for that role.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

I hope the Swans manage to find a female head coach, the way the senior AFLW coaching ranks turned into a boys club looked terrible.
Not arguing qualifications, just the optics.
That and the fact Bec Goddard could win a flag then sit on the scrap heap for three seasons, until appointed Hawthorn - looks more than optics though.

[aardvark]

I've got mine! https://membership.sydneyswans.com.a...lw-foundation/

[mcs]

I've got mine! https://membership.sydneyswans.com.a...lw-foundation/

Me too! I like how they've set it up so it can be just added into your existing membership. Makes life easy and will see a lot of people I suspect that may be 50/50 about joining up just do it

[Mel_C]

I will be joining too ????

[Meg]

I will be joining too [emoji846]

Done [emoji3581] [emoji122][emoji122]

[monopoly19]

Does it cost money? Can’t seem to find that info anywhere.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Only $50 - but as it says when you follow the link provided by aardvaak - "This membership does not include entry to games."
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[bloodspirit]

I was eager to join until I realised it was just forking over $50 to say you are a foundation member and basically nothing else except a certificate to that effect. It's gotta include games and/or access to the players/staff to interest me.

[Meg]

I was eager to join until I realised it was just forking over $50 to say you are a foundation member and basically nothing else except a certificate to that effect. It's gotta include games and/or access to the players/staff to interest me.

Personally I didn’t think of it as ‘forking over’, I was delighted to support my club’s inaugural women’s team. And a bit chuffed to be a foundation member.

Ticket price this year was $10. How many tickets did you expect to get for $50?

[monopoly19]

Personally I didn’t think of it as ‘forking over’, I was delighted to support my club’s inaugural women’s team. And a bit chuffed to be a foundation member.

Ticket price this year was $10. How many tickets did you expect to get for $50?

They should have made it free for existing members. I mean, what do you actually get for the $50? A warm and fuzzy feeling?

I’m happy to support the club. I’ve spent hundreds over the last two years on memberships that have barely been used. I’ll happily pay to attend the AFLW games, but I’m not sure why I throw another $50 at the club for nothing.

[Meg]

They should have made it free for existing members. I mean, what do you actually get for the $50? A warm and fuzzy feeling?

Perhaps it might have been merely a ‘warm and fuzzy feeling’ for you, had you purchased a foundation membership. For me it is a feeling of pride.

[liz]

They should have made it free for existing members. I mean, what do you actually get for the $50? A warm and fuzzy feeling?

I’m happy to support the club. I’ve spent hundreds over the last two years on memberships that have barely been used. I’ll happily pay to attend the AFLW games, but I’m not sure why I throw another $50 at the club for nothing.

There wouldn't be much point in it for the club if it were free. I get that lots of people have chosen to keep paying their memberships for the last two seasons with very little tangible benefit. No doubt the club is very grateful for that and understands they're relying on a lot of goodwill. But they still have a big hole in their finances, and now have to find the money to set up the AFLW infrastructure. So this is really a means to try and persuade existing members - even if just a few - to make a further financial contribution for which they will also get little tangible benefit. But it is entirely optional.

[Sandridge]

I've got mine! https://membership.sydneyswans.com.a...lw-foundation/

Me too!

[aardvark]

AFLW Foundation Membership now available

If you're wondering where the money is being used check out the video on this page.