Talking Footy

NRL Membership 15/7/2022

Brisbane 30,221
Canberra 22,479
Canterbury 17,337
Cronulla N/R
Gold Coast N/R
Manly 13,135
Melbourne 37,237
Newcastle 19,232
New Zealand N/R
North Queensland 16,557
Parramatta 34,026
Penrith N/R
South Sydney 31,067
St George 20,000
Sydney 18,463
Wests Tigers 20,741

Total 280,495

54,163 Swans members

Way to go Sydney.

Ahead of the first game, the Swans had amassed about 5000 members, shooting them to the top of the AFLW in membership numbers. By the end of the game, their memberships had approached 7000.

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/swans- ... 5bd7g.html

amazing what $20 will buy you these days

truthbomber wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 9:10 am

amazing what $20 will buy you these days

And yet the Storm hand out freebies.

I wonder who has the better business model? Easy - the AFL.

I think membership figures are so all over the place they are hardly a measure of anything!

TLPG wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 10:57 am

truthbomber wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 9:10 am

amazing what $20 will buy you these days

And yet the Storm hand out freebies.

I wonder who has the better business model? Easy - the AFL.

everyone does.

TLPG wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 10:57 am

truthbomber wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2022 9:10 am

amazing what $20 will buy you these days

I wonder who has the better business model? Easy - the AFL.

oh...
I'll back the NRL's leagues club model anyday dumb dumb

the NRL went the way of enormous social clubs in the 1950's
because poker machines were illegal in the backward wasteland state of vicderpia , the aflol went down the path of memberships in the 1970's

as many have said
membership numbers aren't the dick measuring metric they're made out to be by the aflol
end of

truthbomber wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:13 pm

the NRL went the way of enormous social clubs in the 1950's
because poker machines were illegal in the backward wasteland state of vicderpia , the aflol went down the path of memberships in the 1970's

as many have said
membership numbers aren't the dick measuring metric they're made out to be by the aflol
end of

They're as valid a metric as tv ratings surveys, roy morgan popularity polls, facebook likes, twitter followers and youtube subscriptions.

truthbomber wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:13 pm

the NRL went the way of enormous social clubs in the 1950's
because poker machines were illegal in the backward wasteland state of vicderpia , the aflol went down the path of memberships in the 1970's

as many have said
membership numbers aren't the dick measuring metric they're made out to be by the aflol
end of

It could be argued that gambling and the associated profit from the leagues club, at the very least saved (and continues to save) some of the NRl(nswrl) clubs if not the league itself.
Having said that, I think the pokies sporting club relationship/restrictions was one thing Victoria should have followed.
Pokies nearly destroyed live entertainment in pubs in Vic.