2eelofwest wrote:The_Wookie wrote:Theres at least two factors in play.
1) variable ticket pricing is new this year, and is actively discouraging people from going.
2) the sunday night twilight and night timeslots are hated by football supporters. (Carl v Coll, Carl v Ess).
3) Dreamtime at the G is just Richmond and Essendon woefully out of form.
You did however leave out ANZAC Day which was 91,171 (down slightly from 93,373), and Geelong v Hawthorn (80,222 down from 85,197).
The AFL fucked up pricing and scheduling this year. COLA has nothing to do with it, economic conditions probably not either.
what puzzles me more, is why an NRL fan would be gloating about this when ALL of this crowds are greater than anything the NRL has got this season - most by a fair way.
No Gloating here Wookie
I am just pointing out that crowds will effect the AFL's bottom line..........................................the AFL's bottom line as it stands from the Annual report stands at 7million profit for 2013.
All it takes is some shocks....................ie crowds going down and it can be a slippery slope, you get my drift?
Crowds being 12% down in Melbourne is no flash in the pan.......................something is up and to ignore this would spell trouble for the AFL imo.
yep if melbourns crowds being down 12% thanks to Essendon, Carlton and Richmond having crap seasons, as well as this new ticketing system, and stupid time tabling yet overall crowds are up 4.9%
http://afltables.com/AFL/crowds/summary.html
what is there to be worried about
why do all you bumsniffers just look at profit, learn how to read the overall revenue, the AFL puts money in to clubs, infrastructure, future fund, paying off etihad stadium, grass roots, Expanding the game
something the NRL could do with their 50 million dollar profit but do not
liar extraordinaire 
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