Thebarton Oval

[The Ash Man]

SAAFL are about to sign a deal to re-name Thebby Oval, Adelaide Airport Ltd Oval.

4 year deal, how much would this be worth?

[Shirtfront]

The way the SAAFL is run, should be named after another aviation business "SAAFL Tiger Airlines Oval"

[Sky Pilot]

Weak as p1ss. Leave it alone as The Barton or Thebby Oval FFS

[woodublieve12]

Weak as p1ss. Leave it alone as The Barton or Thebby Oval FFS

x2

doesnt the amateur league earn enough $$$$$$$$...

[LaughingKookaburra]

Rightio lads if you were running a footy club of whom was financially well off and the Adelaide Airport came to you and offered lets say 30k to rename your oval for 4 years what would you say? Keep in mind if you say no 99% of the population would call you an idiot...

[Footy Chick]

Weak as p1ss. Leave it alone as The Barton or Thebby Oval FFS

x2

doesnt the amateur league earn enough $$$$$$$$...

actually, no.

Im sure if a huge company came to you and said we'll give you X amount to put our name on your oval, I'm sure Plympton would jump at it.


Cant say I'm a fan of re-naming ovals either FWIW, I still call it Footy Park - but if it raises money to reduce our calls.....

[Sky Pilot]

Id be off to the local council and say match this you d1ckheads or a part of your history is gonna disappear for a measley 30 grand or whatever.

[S Demon]

Rightio lads if you were running a footy club of whom was financially well off and the Adelaide Airport came to you and offered lets say 30k to rename your oval for 4 years what would you say? Keep in mind if you say no 99% of the population would call you an idiot...

That's not entirely comparing apples with apples. Of course any club would say yes to that deal. You would be mad not to. But will more revenue to the league see our calls come down, or any of the fines reduced? I doubt it

[woodublieve12]

Weak as p1ss. Leave it alone as The Barton or Thebby Oval FFS

x2

doesnt the amateur league earn enough $$$$$$$$...

actually, no.

Im sure if a huge company came to you and said we'll give you X amount to put our name on your oval, I'm sure Plympton would jump at it.


Cant say I'm a fan of re-naming ovals either FWIW, I still call it Footy Park - but if it raises money to reduce our calls.....

well now that you put it that way
but what s demon said is spot on, clubs calls better come down then...

[Footy Chick]

Id be off to the local council and say match this you d1ckheads or a part of your history is gonna disappear for a measley 30 grand or whatever.

WTF?? you want the league to trample off to the council and tell them to give us $30k for something they already own?

Right-o

[Footy Chick]

Rightio lads if you were running a footy club of whom was financially well off and the Adelaide Airport came to you and offered lets say 30k to rename your oval for 4 years what would you say? Keep in mind if you say no 99% of the population would call you an idiot...

That's not entirely comparing apples with apples. Of course any club would say yes to that deal. You would be mad not to. But will more revenue to the league see our calls come down, or any of the fines reduced? I doubt it

Why would they reduce fines? it's like saying the council has made a massive profit, so they're reducing the cost of parking fines

Whether it will bring down our calls, probably not immediately, however once the lighting is up and there is outside revenue coming in there may be a change.

[Sky Pilot]

Id be off to the local council and say match this you d1ckheads or a part of your history is gonna disappear for a measley 30 grand or whatever.

WTF?? you want the league to trample off to the council and tell them to give us $30k for something they already own?

Right-o

hhahah FC. I'd love to see Alberton Oval rebadged Bob Jane Park

[teaoby]

who besides the budget/directory's actually calls any of these ovals by their sponsors name anyway??

i know i still call footy park just that, aswell as Norwood oval or richmond!

quit bagging the SAAFL for raising $$$ outside of the clubs and realise that you are part of the SAAFL and that it will help you (your club) in one form or another

[Sky Pilot]

who besides the budget/directory's actually calls any of these ovals by their sponsors name anyway??

i know i still call footy park just that, aswell as Norwood oval or richmond!

quit bagging the SAAFL for raising $$$ outside of the clubs and realise that you are part of the SAAFL and that it will help you (your club) in one form or another

OKay

[NO-MERCY]

Rightio lads if you were running a footy club of whom was financially well off and the Adelaide Airport came to you and offered lets say 30k to rename your oval for 4 years what would you say? Keep in mind if you say no 99% of the population would call you an idiot...

That's not entirely comparing apples with apples. Of course any club would say yes to that deal. You would be mad not to. But will more revenue to the league see our calls come down, or any of the fines reduced? I doubt it

Why would they reduce fines? it's like saying the council has made a massive profit, so they're reducing the cost of parking fines

Whether it will bring down our calls, probably not immediately, however once the lighting is up and there is outside revenue coming in there may be a change.

As soon as the council see the SAAFL is profiting more from the oval i have know doubt the council will up the rates to get their fair share.

[LaughingKookaburra]

Rightio lads if you were running a footy club of whom was financially well off and the Adelaide Airport came to you and offered lets say 30k to rename your oval for 4 years what would you say? Keep in mind if you say no 99% of the population would call you an idiot...

That's not entirely comparing apples with apples. Of course any club would say yes to that deal. You would be mad not to. But will more revenue to the league see our calls come down, or any of the fines reduced? I doubt it

How so?? The league has bills just like all clubs do and they have to pay them just like our clubs.
The argument of what do we as clubs get back for the bills we pay is pointless because what as players do we get back from our subs we pay to our clubs....maybe some tape and a pair of shorts @ some generous clubs. Might also save 50c on each beer we buy.
I'd rather see the league in a situation where they can build and develop an oval with a large portion of their own profits than see them scraping the barrel. Running 60+ footy clubs would not be the easiest of things to acheive especially in current economic conditions.
However I don't agree with playing any finals @ SANFL grounds, waste of cash especially when you have great grounds such as Thebarton, Salisbury, Kenilworth, Kilburn, Campbeltown ect that can host finals and give electric atmospheres. My opinion only.

[S Demon]

Rightio lads if you were running a footy club of whom was financially well off and the Adelaide Airport came to you and offered lets say 30k to rename your oval for 4 years what would you say? Keep in mind if you say no 99% of the population would call you an idiot...

That's not entirely comparing apples with apples. Of course any club would say yes to that deal. You would be mad not to. But will more revenue to the league see our calls come down, or any of the fines reduced? I doubt it

How so?? The league has bills just like all clubs do and they have to pay them just like our clubs.
The argument of what do we as clubs get back for the bills we pay is pointless because what as players do we get back from our subs we pay to our clubs....maybe some tape and a pair of shorts @ some generous clubs. Might also save 50c on each beer we buy.
I'd rather see the league in a situation where they can build and develop an oval with a large portion of their own profits than see them scraping the barrel. Running 60+ footy clubs would not be the easiest of things to acheive especially in current economic conditions.
However I don't agree with playing any finals @ SANFL grounds, waste of cash especially when you have great grounds such as Thebarton, Salisbury, Kenilworth, Kilburn, Campbeltown ect that can host finals and give electric atmospheres. My opinion only.

We as players get to keep our football club alive and play the game we love every week from paying our subs. What more could you want? Most of that money goes to the league anyway. Let's not forget we also have to pay for goal umpires, boundary umpires and field umpires, on top of the calls.

The league still gets its money from the clubs regardless of the economic conditions. Its harder for the clubs to raise that money when things are getting tighter and tighter, but its not any harder for the league to collect it from us. They certainly are not "running 60+ footy clubs" like you said. They don't run ours.

Let it be known that I'm all for them getting extra revenue from elsewhere and I think its great. Just as long as its put to good use! Lower calls is only one thing that could help all the clubs. I just hope they don't waste the $$ on something like a book that no one wants...

[Boosh]

Agreed, it is good news the league is looking at alternative revenue streams that will hopefully take some of the burden off of the clubs as long as the use the funds sensibly!

[teaoby]

[quote="S Demon"

That's not entirely comparing apples with apples. Of course any club would say yes to that deal. You would be mad not to. But will more revenue to the league see our calls come down, or any of the fines reduced? I doubt it

How so?? The league has bills just like all clubs do and they have to pay them just like our clubs.
The argument of what do we as clubs get back for the bills we pay is pointless because what as players do we get back from our subs we pay to our clubs....maybe some tape and a pair of shorts @ some generous clubs. Might also save 50c on each beer we buy.
I'd rather see the league in a situation where they can build and develop an oval with a large portion of their own profits than see them scraping the barrel. Running 60+ footy clubs would not be the easiest of things to acheive especially in current economic conditions.
However I don't agree with playing any finals @ SANFL grounds, waste of cash especially when you have great grounds such as Thebarton, Salisbury, Kenilworth, Kilburn, Campbeltown ect that can host finals and give electric atmospheres. My opinion only.

We as players get to keep our football club alive and play the game we love every week from paying our subs. What more could you want? Most of that money goes to the league anyway. Let's not forget we also have to pay for goal umpires, boundary umpires and field umpires, on top of the calls.

The league still gets its money from the clubs regardless of the economic conditions. Its harder for the clubs to raise that money when things are getting tighter and tighter, but its not any harder for the league to collect it from us. They certainly are not "running 60+ footy clubs" like you said. They don't run ours.

Let it be known that I'm all for them getting extra revenue from elsewhere and I think its great. Just as long as its put to good use! Lower calls is only one thing that could help all the clubs. I just hope they don't waste the $$ on something like a book that no one wants...[/quote]


and that they ended up giving away for FREE!!!! id love too know how much $$$ they lost on it.

[heater31]

A club in Div 1/2 with A,B,C,D & U/18 is up for approx $50K for calls, footies, tape etc. Add in jumpers every couple of years plus gratuities to volunteers and chook & beer raffles won't get you anywhere near the money needed. Sponsors are getting harder to find, they want and deserve a return on their investment.

I know of one Division 1 club that has sponsorship totalling over 100k.

Now if they spend half of that on admin costs where does the other half go. Assuming that that figure does not include player fees