Re: The never ending No AFL in the SANFL whinge thread
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:35 pm
Tassie Blues wrote:Wedgie wrote:Tassie Blues wrote: 10k is only 1000 less than now
Can you explain how 10K is 1000 less than 8-9K?
my high school english teacher would be so disappointed i can hear him now "always proof read your work"
Well I was educated in Lizbeff, but my teachers used to encourage a more sophisticated approach than a simple surface analysis. For instance compare the Crows crowds
source: http://www.footywire.com/afl
Match Type finals and regular Home Games
2007 477,199 average 41,992
2008 485,140 average 40,428
2009 477,199 average 39,767
2010 393,406 average 35,764
2011 385,221 average 35,020
2012 481,713 average 37,055
2013 370,730 average 33,703
2014 528,508 average 48,046
2015 472,734 average 47,273
2016 566,619 average 47,218
Port
Match Type finals and regular Home Games
2007 389,275 average 29,944
2008 262,258 average 23,842
2009 267,839 average 24,349
2010 253,481 average 23,044
2011 238,437 average 21,676
2012 219,017 average 19,911
2013 296,068 average 26,915
2014 540,344 average 45,029
2015 481,737 average 43,794
2016 436,310 average 39,665
I look at the above and see a general decline in numbers between 2007-2013 inclusive, how about you? I would also add that if the State Government pumped a few hundred million into the SANFL, we would see massive increases in attendance.
Interesting that combining both the Crows and Port at their peak, still cant beat the historical SANFL crowds when the population was smaller.
What I want to know from the pro AFL reserves advocates, is why do you think Crows spectators are not going to watch the Crowserves finals games. Even when SANFL teams reserves participate in finals, you get a turn up, yet Crowserves, with the best publicity machine in the state, who brag about having the highest attendances in the land, can only attract a couple of hundred supporters to their finals games.