Magellan wrote:Dogs72 wrote:Booney wrote:Dogs72 wrote:Does anyone know how much (in dollars), the AFL contributes to the SANFL each year? Not the sma return, but direct contribution.
The Crows pay the $400,000 SANFL "licence" fee, if you will. Port Adelaide, recognised as a foundation member of the SANFL does not pay this fee.
Last year Port Adelaide directly contributed $1m to the SANFL coffers. This is not through the SMA etc.
Sorry, I meant the AfL as an entity, not the sa afl sides and the agreements they may have in place.
Don't the AFL pay some sort of fee back to the club from which a player is drafted from once they play a league game?
From my understanding that drip feed payment is no longer. I discussed this with Warren Portland recently on a live blog. SANFL clubs no longer receive AFL payments once a player is drafted, plays their first game, plays 50 games, 100 etc etc.
Clubs now receive a development fee from the AFL which I think is about $80k which has to go towards U18 coaching and junior coaching. I'll stand corrected but this is my understanding.
While this is a more consistent payment it lacks incentives and probably penalises clubs that develop a lot of players that get drafted, like West last year, and benefits clubs that have poor development programs, have few juniors drafted and receive the same lump sum. It might also partly explain why so few SA kids are getting drafted this year but I think that's probably cyclical.
Not sure if this is the answer you're looking for.
'PAFC don't want any advantages in the SANFL. It would only take away from any achievements we earned.'
Keith Thomas ABC 891 Radio, 21/6/14.