saintbrat wrote:People can complain about not getting a Grand final ticket- last time we got to this position I was not social club and was seeking out anyone I knew who may have access
People can and should complain TO THE AFL
that the Competing clubs DOnt get more than 7-10,000 tickets for members- for the Grandfinal, maybe a few more if your lucky,
the Club has restricted social club so that they can say- you will be guarenteed a G/F ticket IF St Kilda make it
but they have been forced into it by the AFL- I'm guessing they would love to be able to have 10,000 Social club memebrs- the coffers would certainly look better.
how sick do you get of having someone come to you and say- Oh I'm going to the Grandfinal or I've been to the grandfinal-
- when they don't barrrack for ANY team, have no idea about Football and will sit in the function area all day and not even know whats happeneing out there.
Very well said Bratty....I'm one of the lucky ones to be put down on the MCC waiting list at birth and have had access since 1996 to all grannies (but not Nanna's - they're not my type!).....but heaven help anyone on the waiting list now...it could be 15 years+ to be a restricted member, maybe up to 30 years for full membership!
I reckon it's time for the state govt to step in, and in essence "buy out" some of the tickets.
Instead of the clubs getting 16,000 tickets to onsell as a fundraiser, howabout cutting that number down dramatically, and the govt subsidises the revenue shortfall, and literally gives funding to the AFL clubs???
That would keep the clubs happy, the AFL happy and all would be sweet.
A certain number of tickets still need to go to all the 16 clubs to fulfill sponsorship commitments, but surely not 1,000 per club?
Reduce this by half and instantly 8,000 extra tickets are available for members.
It's a shame the mainstream media can't be bothered debating this....they'd prefer to argue re night Grannies vs day Grannies, whilst the real biggest issue is conveniently not talked about......