A FIRST FOR NSW!!!!!

[Raiderdave]

I heard that the South melb members were about 10K.

On the Roar they are discussing this ( & they all seem to be AFL fans) .

Makes interesting reading..

Maggie said | August 2nd 2014 @ 7:46am | Report comment

Melbourne Swans members = 11,000.

Makes it less than 30K in Syd ..

Lessen the chest beating a little.

Roar Guru


Gene Anderson-Conklin said | August 1st 2014 @ 1:38pm | Report comment

these days? pretty much anyone who donates some money, most if not all clubs have ‘memberships’ which provide the member with nothing but the privilege of being called a member. It is definitely a watered down metric to go by these days.

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Gene Anderson-Conklin said | August 1st 2014 @ 2:00pm | Report comment

Don’t think thats true anymore. Plenty of ‘supporter’ packages with no game entitlements.

SUPPORTER

PRICE $78
2014 Member cap
ISC Member Scarf
10% discount on reserved seats to home matches

PET MEMBERSHIP

PRICE $36
This membership is SOLD OUT.

Sydney Swans Pet Tag
Sydney Swans collapsible water bowl
Personalised Membership Certificate
Birthday card


CYGGY CLUB

PRICE $36
Sydney Swans hooded baby blanket
2014 Membership card
My First membership certificate
Birthday card

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Not saying Swans are any worse than any other club, they are all doing it, but at least 2 of those 3 I listed contained membership cards so I would assume they counted.

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pets & babies.

Gene Anderson-Conklin said | August 1st 2014 @ 2:19pm | Report comment

“If i rocked up to a game and bought just a entry ticket, i would not be a member.”

Correct but if you bought a supporter or cyggy membership (and possibly a pet membership, people have been accusing Collingwood as counting them for years) and never went to a game you would still be counted a member. Membership is no longer contingent upon having to attend a set number of games.

what about the supporter or baby memberships with no game entitlements? those seem to come with member items and membership cards with membership numbers

Love this post.
This bloke puts all the cheating/favouritism in One paragraph.

Bosk said | August 1st 2014 @ 7:59pm | Report comment

The real question is can the AFL Swans capitalize on their concessions to the same degree Brisbane did in the early 2000s?

They’ve been gifted two of the competition’s best forwards without having to trade a single player in return, so you’d think that coupled with their dream draw, charmed injury run and favorable MRP treatment there are absolutely zero excuses for the Swans NOT to win this year’s premiership. I just hope that if it does eventuate they pay sufficient tribute to the man who worked tirelessly for many years to make it happen – Andrew Demetriou.

Say it all .

and that why the swans made 13.7 million in membership revenue last season?
if you take out 7 million in NRL distributions, thas more than what any worthless piece of shit NRL club has ever made in a season in football revenue
gee those pet memberships must really add up

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lies


lies


& more lies from this *****

when will it ever stop with it

[Swans4ever]

I thought swans was addressing your comment crapper ? Pet memberships aren't counted but junior ones are.

Also, cause a person on another forum says it's so doesn't mean it is. , ...

interpretation from this bubble dwelling wanker above

anything negative about the bumbles & oopsies
simply can't be true


have you ever met a bigger pack of collective fuckwitz anywhere on the planet
then fumblers
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go stalk someone on the net you flog

Hahaha what a paranoid delusional wanker - why don't you root a dog you dole Bludging urine soaked trouser beverage drinker!!!! Hahaha

[leagueiscrap]

what is the bumsniffers point about pet memberships any way, the NRL clubs do the same

Rugby league has an ignoble history of creative counting - fictitious crowd figures, salary cap manipulation, exaggerating injury tallies, even miscounting tackles.
Club memberships are the most recent of the code's rubbery figures. South Sydney boast they led the NRL for total members, with 22,154 for last season, and their number and that of all NRL clubs will be boosted over the next couple of weeks, the period the NRL says is busiest for buying memberships.
Across the NRL spectrum, there are senior members, child members, voting members, ticketed members and even pet members, meaning dogs, cats and even lizards can become Rabbits.
Souths say they have 173 pet memberships in response to their website offer of a $50 cut-price membership for non-humans: ''Make sure even the furry, scaly, slimy or slippery Members of your family are Members of the Rabbitohs.''.
The Rabbitohs insist their 173-pet memberships are not counted in their official figures and volunteer that no pet memberships were sold last year. But they don't have to go to the dogs to lead the NRL because they count non-voting members under the age of 18. In Souths' report to ASIC, it lists the total membership for 2012 as 16,025, a difference of 6129 with the proclaimed figure.
A Rabbitohs spokesman explains: ''There is no fudging of membership numbers between the announced total in 2012 as 22,154 and the Member Co number in the Annual Report of 16,025.
''The Member Company is the entity which holds the 'golden share', which controls the name, colours, jersey, team song and home ground of the club. It is also the entity to which voting rights are held, hence the requirement to be over 18. No one under the age of 18 is included in this number, hence the difference between the two numbers.''
However, for some clubs, the figure given to ASIC and the propagandised one is the same. For last season, Brisbane's annual report lists a membership of 26,216, the same figure supplied to ASIC and consistent with a boast on their website on January 25: ''Last year the Broncos led the way in the NRL after posting a mark of 26,216.''
However, the NRL lists the Broncos membership at 17,561 as at February 10, well short of Souths on 22,003. Perhaps the Broncos include members of their leagues club at Red Hill, a count the Rabbitohs would never consider given the long delay in getting a beer at their renovated licensed premises at Redfern.
The Dragons, the first club to launch a membership program with their Red V appeal in 2002, are third on the NRL list with 16,314 and do not count the vast membership of their leagues club.
St George Illawarra says: ''We currently have 17,444 members committed to 'March With Us' in 2013, comprising 11,809 ticketed and 5635 non-ticketed members.''
Ticketed membership provides ticketing entitlements to Dragons home games at both playing venues - Jubilee Oval, Kogarah and WIN Stadium, Wollongong, while non-ticketed membership caters for ''True Believer'' supporters who can't regularly attend home games.
Dragons' chief executive Peter Doust makes most sense of the malleable membership figures, pointing out yield is the significant number.
Discounting tickets to games that fans would pay full price, or supplying costly benefits to boost numbers, damages the bottom line. Souths' income from membership is $3.7 million a year, compared to $350,000 some years ago.
The Dragons have more than doubled their yield in four years, from $1.061 million to $2.55 million. Souths aim for 25,000 members this year and the Dragons are aiming for 20,000 memberships.
The NRL says memberships across all clubs are up 18 per cent from last year, including every club. A spokesman says: ''The NRL membership team is doing a promotion now where they are asking fans to claim every postcode in Australia for their club, and every country in the world.''
The ARLC has also indicated it will reward clubs with increased grants for meeting targets. If this results in clubs counting Fido the dog and Felix the cat in membership figures, it's akin to AFL clubs deliberately losing games and coming last in order to be rewarded with high draft choices.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... z39Lz41Wy9

[leagueiscrap]

wookie haven't you done up a graph that shows all of the total revenue clubs memberships showing all of the AFL clubs and several NRL clubs?

[AFLcrap1]

lol using a random dude on the Roar as a reference. We've hit the bottom folks.

Pet Memberships are categorically not counted in membership totals by AFL clubs, ive personally been told that by three different clubs and others have been told the same. For most clubs the minimum spend to gain a membership.However you can always wait for the AFL to breakdown the figures at the end of August.

Never said it was 100% fact.
Just stated that it was being discussed by Fumblefans on another forum.

Just posted what they had to say.
I found it very amusing.

[Swans4ever]

lol using a random dude on the Roar as a reference. We've hit the bottom folks.

Pet Memberships are categorically not counted in membership totals by AFL clubs, ive personally been told that by three different clubs and others have been told the same. For most clubs the minimum spend to gain a membership.However you can always wait for the AFL to breakdown the figures at the end of August.

Never said it was 100% fact.
Just stated that it was being discussed by Fumblefans on another forum.

Just posted what they had to say.
I found it very amusing.

Pot meet kettle - you would be the first to accuse people of lying or making stuff up if AFL posters did this!