


further goes to show the NRL is only a minnow league in comparison!

2013 AFL Revenue - 502 million
2013 NRL Revenue - 314 million
2013 AFL Broadcast and AFL Media revenue - 234.8 million
2013 NRL Broadcast and Digital Revenue - 228 million
2013 AFL Non broadcast revenue streams - 268.3 million
2013 NRL non broadcast revenue streams - 90 million
2013 AFL payments to clubs - 209.15 million
2013 NRL payments to clubs - 129.6 million
out of the AFL and NRL annual reports
NRL income
Funding from National Rugby League Partnership (NRLP) - 4,890,034
Game receipts 36,442,250 30,260,954
Sponsorship 25,726,950 19,078,936
Government incentives 9,781,011 8,036,452
Other income 21,018,352 19,090,139
sponsorship revenue raised for the top AFL clubs
Richmond - 19.3 million
Collingwood - 19.65 million (includes merch.) up from 19.1 million
Geelong - 17.04 million, up from 15.69 million
Essendon - 16.84 million, up from 15.92 million
Hawthorn - 15.22 million, up from 15.08 million
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/2 ... n.1037934/, all AFL clubs individual annual reports links can be found
richmond and collingwood each can raise nearly 20 million while the whole NRL commission can only raise 25 million in sponsorship

the NRL is still that far behind the AFL
