While the overall profitability of the 18 clubs has been estimated at amounting to a combined $5 million, the figure will be inflated by powerhouse clubs - Collingwood, West Coast and Hawthorn.
Gaming debts soared to $55m, but much of this is attributed to the additional costs incurred in establishing venues and a change in August last year to the gaming formula where clubs had to purchase 10-year licences for each poker machine.
AFL clubs that operate gaming venues said they were confident of eliminating the debt over time.
The overall debt figure includes $9m owed to the AFL, and $31m owed to banks, which has significantly decreased in recent years.
Two years ago, clubs carried bank debts of $46m.
My question to OP is this. Did you:
A) Not read the article you posted; or
B) Read it but not understand the words that contained more than 4 letters?
It's a timely reminder who really is top dog this is from March but still very relevant!
The AFL is the biggest money spinner among the football codes, raking in three times the revenue of the NRL, four times that of the A-League and six times that of rugby union, a private report says.
The AFL, which has just kicked off its 2013 winter season, pulled in $425 million in ticket sales, sponsorships, television rights and merchandise last year, research from business information analysts IBISWorld said.
The figures place the AFL ahead of the NRL, which generated $185 million in revenue last season from broadcast rights, sponsorship and gate receipts, as rugby union picked up about $70.1 million.
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Dominant ... AFL revenue far outweighs any other Australian sport.
Football's A-League and other matches are estimated to have reaped $95.2 million in revenue in its current summer season, compared to $205.6 million for Cricket Australia and $185.7 million for Tennis Australia.
All the winter footy codes are expected to lift their revenue by 2.5 per cent to a total of $646.6 million this season, the report said.
The NRL is also expected to receive a large lift as the $1.025 billion, five-year broadcast rights deal kicks in this season. The ARL Commission said in its annual meeting last month that it expects revenue to rise to $284 million this year.
From AFL to netball ... the changes in the number of spectators over the years.
Last year, the Football Federation Australia (FFA) signed a four-year, $160-million broadcast rights deal that will see A-League and Socceroo matches shown on SBS and Foxtel.
"Football in Australia is beginning to get its head above water in a financial sense," FFA chief executive David Gallop said.
"Our new media deals will open new opportunities through combined pay television and free-to-air coverage. ... The game has broken into the mainstream of Australian sport and this will allow growth across revenue items in the next few years."
At the same time, sports betting is continuing its rise and is projected to grow by 3.2 per cent for the 2012-13 footy season to $325.6 million in revenue, the amount pocketed by betting agencies after they pay out punters, as the growth in sports club memberships and ticket sales stagnates.
Both trends are in part due to the increasing access to live games and gambling sites online and on mobile devices, IBISWorld Australia general manager Karen Dobie said.
''Despite the general upward trend in unique spectators, spectator growth has begun to plateau over the past five years, largely due to the increasing volume and quality of TV and online coverage, as well as smartphone applications allowing and encouraging fans to tune in from home and when on the run,'' Ms Dobie said.
The AFL continues to attract the most spectators each season, with 2.83 million unique spectators - someone who attends a game at least once - in 2012, ahead of 1.56 million for rugby league.
The A-League and other football matches attracted 938,800 spectators in its previous season, while rugby union games drew 575,500 people.
Last year, a report by audit and consulting firm Deloitte and commissioned by bookmaker sportsbet.com.au found that betting on the AFL and NRL was projected to double in the next five years to $3.3 billion on the back of the growth in online sports gambling.
Annual betting on the two biggest football codes, AFL and NRL, was about $900 million and $750 million respectively, the report found.
Revenue generated by the sporting codes for the 2012 and 2012-13 seasons
AFL $425 million
NRL $135.5 million
Cricket Australia $205.6 million
Tennis Australia $185.7 million
A-League $95.2 million
Rugby Union $70.1 million
Now RL revenue will raise this year with their broadcasting deal but so will their expences with bigger club payments and increases to the sallary cap - still AFL is number 1!
LARGEST MEMBERSHIP, LARGEST PROFIT, LARGEST HOME CROWD AVERAGE - THE BIGGEST CLUB IN SYDNEY - THE SYDNEY SWANS
It's a timely reminder who really is top dog this is from March but still very relevant!
The AFL is the biggest money spinner among the football codes, raking in three times the revenue of the NRL, four times that of the A-League and six times that of rugby union, a private report says.
The AFL, which has just kicked off its 2013 winter season, pulled in $425 million in ticket sales, sponsorships, television rights and merchandise last year, research from business information analysts IBISWorld said.
The figures place the AFL ahead of the NRL, which generated $185 million in revenue last season from broadcast rights, sponsorship and gate receipts, as rugby union picked up about $70.1 million.
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Dominant ... AFL revenue far outweighs any other Australian sport.
Football's A-League and other matches are estimated to have reaped $95.2 million in revenue in its current summer season, compared to $205.6 million for Cricket Australia and $185.7 million for Tennis Australia.
All the winter footy codes are expected to lift their revenue by 2.5 per cent to a total of $646.6 million this season, the report said.
The NRL is also expected to receive a large lift as the $1.025 billion, five-year broadcast rights deal kicks in this season. The ARL Commission said in its annual meeting last month that it expects revenue to rise to $284 million this year.
From AFL to netball ... the changes in the number of spectators over the years.
Last year, the Football Federation Australia (FFA) signed a four-year, $160-million broadcast rights deal that will see A-League and Socceroo matches shown on SBS and Foxtel.
"Football in Australia is beginning to get its head above water in a financial sense," FFA chief executive David Gallop said.
"Our new media deals will open new opportunities through combined pay television and free-to-air coverage. ... The game has broken into the mainstream of Australian sport and this will allow growth across revenue items in the next few years."
At the same time, sports betting is continuing its rise and is projected to grow by 3.2 per cent for the 2012-13 footy season to $325.6 million in revenue, the amount pocketed by betting agencies after they pay out punters, as the growth in sports club memberships and ticket sales stagnates.
Both trends are in part due to the increasing access to live games and gambling sites online and on mobile devices, IBISWorld Australia general manager Karen Dobie said.
''Despite the general upward trend in unique spectators, spectator growth has begun to plateau over the past five years, largely due to the increasing volume and quality of TV and online coverage, as well as smartphone applications allowing and encouraging fans to tune in from home and when on the run,'' Ms Dobie said.
The AFL continues to attract the most spectators each season, with 2.83 million unique spectators - someone who attends a game at least once - in 2012, ahead of 1.56 million for rugby league.
The A-League and other football matches attracted 938,800 spectators in its previous season, while rugby union games drew 575,500 people.
Last year, a report by audit and consulting firm Deloitte and commissioned by bookmaker sportsbet.com.au found that betting on the AFL and NRL was projected to double in the next five years to $3.3 billion on the back of the growth in online sports gambling.
Annual betting on the two biggest football codes, AFL and NRL, was about $900 million and $750 million respectively, the report found.
Revenue generated by the sporting codes for the 2012 and 2012-13 seasons
AFL $425 million
NRL $135.5 million
Cricket Australia $205.6 million
Tennis Australia $185.7 million
A-League $95.2 million
Rugby Union $70.1 million
Now RL revenue will raise this year with their broadcasting deal but so will their expences with bigger club payments and increases to the sallary cap - still AFL is number 1!
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an extra 50 Mill down the gurgler in debt ..... in just one year
how bout next year
150 Mill ?
well I dunno how this landslide of financial mismanagement can be averted
VFL
dead .......
RL SOO II 4.194 Million veiwers
RL SOO I 4.068 Million
NRL GF 3.968 Million
VFL Grand Final 3.620 Million
SOO III 3.364 Million
NRL Prelim 2.219 Million
Kangaroos V NZ 1.214 Million
There's a reason why nRL clubs don't reveal their finances to the public. It does not make for good reading.
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yeah
& this is just a fairy tale isn't it you ********* :_<> :_<>
NRL clubs would blush at the rampant spasticity in the financial depts. of many VFL clubs
they are wombats
NRL club losses are tiny in comparison
& will be eliminated with the continued mountain of cash being injected into the game ova the next 5 years
remember our media rights deal shithead
ya know
the extra 800 million dollars
it says Hi
Fuck you can't even remember what you write - you said NRL deal was 1.3B with a further 250 mil for media rights (which I am pretty sure is BS) how does that add up to 2 Billion (AFL TV rights is 1.25B)? I think we know who the NUPHY is!
What a shit for brains..................he said we got 800m more then the last TV deal, not 800m more then the AFL........................fuck learn to read you gimp...........
There's a reason why nRL clubs don't reveal their finances to the public. It does not make for good reading.
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yeah
& this is just a fairy tale isn't it you ********* :_<> :_<>
NRL clubs would blush at the rampant spasticity in the financial depts. of many VFL clubs
they are wombats
NRL club losses are tiny in comparison
& will be eliminated with the continued mountain of cash being injected into the game ova the next 5 years
remember our media rights deal shithead
ya know
the extra 800 million dollars
it says Hi
Fuck you can't even remember what you write - you said NRL deal was 1.3B with a further 250 mil for media rights (which I am pretty sure is BS) how does that add up to 2 Billion (AFL TV rights is 1.25B)? I think we know who the NUPHY is!
What a shit for brains..................he said we got 800m more then the last TV deal, not 800m more then the AFL........................fuck learn to read you gimp...........
Sorry I don't speak moron
He said and I quote
remember our media rights deal shithead
ya know
the extra 800 million dollars
it says Hi
That says 800 mil extra - obviously you do speak moron - given you follow the Eels! You are a true representative of both RL and Parramatta fan base! NUPHY!
Our EXTRA 200 million ontop of the NRL rights deal also says hi
LARGEST MEMBERSHIP, LARGEST PROFIT, LARGEST HOME CROWD AVERAGE - THE BIGGEST CLUB IN SYDNEY - THE SYDNEY SWANS
There's a reason why nRL clubs don't reveal their finances to the public. It does not make for good reading.
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yeah
& this is just a fairy tale isn't it you ********* :_<> :_<>
NRL clubs would blush at the rampant spasticity in the financial depts. of many VFL clubs
they are wombats
NRL club losses are tiny in comparison
& will be eliminated with the continued mountain of cash being injected into the game ova the next 5 years
remember our media rights deal shithead
ya know
the extra 800 million dollars
it says Hi
Fuck you can't even remember what you write - you said NRL deal was 1.3B with a further 250 mil for media rights (which I am pretty sure is BS) how does that add up to 2 Billion (AFL TV rights is 1.25B)? I think we know who the NUPHY is!
What a shit for brains..................he said we got 800m more then the last TV deal, not 800m more then the AFL........................fuck learn to read you gimp...........
Sorry I don't speak moron
He said and I quote
remember our media rights deal shithead
ya know
the extra 800 million dollars
it says Hi
That says 800 mil extra - obviously you do speak moron -
ahhhhhhhhhh
can you explain the difference between more ..... n.......
extra ?
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OMG people
this bloke is just cant be serious >
a dumber fuck u will not see :_<> :_<> :_<>
RL SOO II 4.194 Million veiwers
RL SOO I 4.068 Million
NRL GF 3.968 Million
VFL Grand Final 3.620 Million
SOO III 3.364 Million
NRL Prelim 2.219 Million
Kangaroos V NZ 1.214 Million
There's a reason why nRL clubs don't reveal their finances to the public. It does not make for good reading.
:_<> :_<> :_<>
yeah
& this is just a fairy tale isn't it you ********* :_<> :_<>
NRL clubs would blush at the rampant spasticity in the financial depts. of many VFL clubs
they are wombats
NRL club losses are tiny in comparison
& will be eliminated with the continued mountain of cash being injected into the game ova the next 5 years
remember our media rights deal shithead
ya know
the extra 800 million dollars
it says Hi
Fuck you can't even remember what you write - you said NRL deal was 1.3B with a further 250 mil for media rights (which I am pretty sure is BS) how does that add up to 2 Billion (AFL TV rights is 1.25B)? I think we know who the NUPHY is!
What a shit for brains..................he said we got 800m more then the last TV deal, not 800m more then the AFL........................fuck learn to read you gimp...........
Sorry I don't speak moron
He said and I quote
remember our media rights deal shithead
ya know
the extra 800 million dollars
it says Hi
That says 800 mil extra - obviously you do speak moron -
ahhhhhhhhhh
can you explain the difference between more ..... n.......
extra ?
:_<> :_<> :_<>
OMG people
this bloke is just cant be serious >
a dumber fuck u will not see :_<> :_<> :_<>
Coming from a coward like you that means nothing - c'mon RD man up and admit you were wrong about Kewell be a man and not a boy! C'mon coward become a man!
LARGEST MEMBERSHIP, LARGEST PROFIT, LARGEST HOME CROWD AVERAGE - THE BIGGEST CLUB IN SYDNEY - THE SYDNEY SWANS
$95 million, farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk, imagine what they'd owe without any of that pokie money LOL.
Not much more thanks to the huge amount of paying customers at the gate of games!
DON'T MAKE ANY BETS WITH ELIAGH!! HE WELCHES WHEN HE LOSES!! DAVE'S RIVER IN EGYPT - JUNIOR ACT TEAMS: AFL 109 RL 107 CHEWBACCA IS A GOOSE! A GOOSE I TELL YOU! A GOOSE!
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