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Round 1 Ticketing and Other Discussion
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I disagree on this one MDJ , always have always will, i Do however understand paid members feeling the way you do, however it is an extreme point , but this is the way I look at it , why should somebody who’s just jumped on the bandwagon and paid for a membership for 1,2 5 years whatever , have the same entitlement to somebody who shook cans 30 years ago , has put the hard earned in to the club through the good and the bad, mainly bad for most , I’m not saying the new member shouldn’t get what they pay for , I just strongly believe loyalty should be rewarded .
im a little more understanding with the finacial side, however its not special treatment it’s getting what you pay for , remember without many big paying/donating people we would certainly not have just won 3 of the last 4 flags, sure there’s some who can’t possibly afford grand final guaranteed type memberships , however theres others who find away to pay for these memberships . Yes it can be tough for the younger generation, however the entitlement you mention is exactly what young people expect now, they believe if they want it now they get it now, sometimes you’ve just got to wait your turn , we all had too.
I think I’m right on this , a poster on PRE has been a member around 50 years and was unable to get a ticket in the 2019 ballot, is that fair ? I don’t think so . I’ve had a sook about this before an yep I’m still sooking
in 2019 a group of us who are all platinum Plus members (25+) ,3121 members( guaranteed GF tickets) a couple of us have done unpaid work for the club raising money , which is certainly not done for benefits just part of my point , anyway got absolutely shithouse tickets , yes agree should be happy just to be there and probably would have been if it was 2017 , however when you see / hear about new members, MRC members and so on in awesome spots it just doesn’t sit well with me, yes it is a bit of a “ I’m entitled “ however I believe we have earned the right .Many will disagree and that’s fair enough, however this is one thing I think loyalty deserves reward
I disagree on this one MDJ , always have always will, i Do however understand paid members feeling the way you do, however it is an extreme point , but this is the way I look at it , why should somebody who’s just jumped on the bandwagon and paid for a membership for 1,2 5 years whatever , have the same entitlement to somebody who shook cans 30 years ago , has put the hard earned in to the club through the good and the bad, mainly bad for most , I’m not saying the new member shouldn’t get what they pay for , I just strongly believe loyalty should be rewarded .
im a little more understanding with the finacial side, however its not special treatment it’s getting what you pay for , remember without many big paying/donating people we would certainly not have just won 3 of the last 4 flags, sure there’s some who can’t possibly afford grand final guaranteed type memberships , however theres others who find away to pay for these memberships . Yes it can be tough for the younger generation, however the entitlement you mention is exactly what young people expect now, they believe if they want it now they get it now, sometimes you’ve just got to wait your turn , we all had too.
I think I’m right on this , a poster on PRE has been a member around 50 years and was unable to get a ticket in the 2019 ballot, is that fair ? I don’t think so . I’ve had a sook about this before an yep I’m still sooking
Many will disagree and that’s fair enough, however this is one thing I think loyalty deserves reward
I think it depends. The example you gave is fair enough, but should a 20 year member who has contributed the bare min GA membership and hasn't been to games, really get priority over someone who has maybe been an 8-9 year member but has contributed through reserved seating / various apparel items etc.
Whilst I get your point on loyalty, I don't think its the only thing that matters. Its the overall contribution to the club that should matter.
Eg. in my personal circumstance (and I've been happy not getting a ticket to the GF's in 2017 and 2019) as I understand I haven't been here for the suffering that many have gone through, but I've had a reserved seat membership for 7 years now and went to watch games in the previous 2-3 years, but have only been in Australia for 11 years (and had never seen a game before I moved here). Theres not much more I could have done than what I have done, yet there are people that have been 20 year members, base membership only, don't go to games that always get priority.
Loyalty is shown in more ways than just length of membership.
Nobody’s wrong with thoughts on the subject mrp , no doubt loyalty comes in different ways , it’s an argument that can’t be won either way , however with out people putting money into the club we don’t have a club . I.e Fitzroy
I was only asking this a few days ago - and todays events have confirmed my worst fears.......
Having said that I haven't followed AFL reporting closely - so I apologise if this has all been explained.
1. I understand we have a draw for the first 6 weeks
2. does the AFL have a plan B now that we have seen each Premier will close the borders when someone has a sniffle (of course we all know by now that WA was actually a false positive ........ what??? you didn't know that??? why not?)
But seriously ............. the writing is on the wall....
King Dan had no hesitation if flocking up the AUS Open (albeit questions must be asked) so I imagine the AFL is least of his worries.
Does the AFL have a Plan B (another hub?)
If so - my gut feel (which is often wrong) is we might as well throw our arms in the air.
Why bother?
I don't see the clubs moving to QLD again.................. (but I'm sure I'm wrong)
Thoughts?
Having said that I haven't followed AFL reporting closely - so I apologise if this has all been explained.
1. I understand we have a draw for the first 6 weeks
2. does the AFL have a plan B now that we have seen each Premier will close the borders when someone has a sniffle (of course we all know by now that WA was actually a false positive ........ what??? you didn't know that??? why not?)
But seriously ............. the writing is on the wall....
King Dan had no hesitation if flocking up the AUS Open (albeit questions must be asked) so I imagine the AFL is least of his worries.
Does the AFL have a Plan B (another hub?)
If so - my gut feel (which is often wrong) is we might as well throw our arms in the air.
Why bother?
I don't see the clubs moving to QLD again.................. (but I'm sure I'm wrong)
Thoughts?
I've been to 3, maybe four games in the last 20 years. My boys have been to 1 each and we've all been to the 2019 Grand Final. 16 or 17 years of consecutive membership for me.
They've been members since before they were born. We are foundation MRC members and have continued the MRC membership, Tier 1 I think, pre and post game access, from the beginning. MRC needs a match day membership so despite not going to games, we have those as well. Kids are Rookie club members from birth.
Because of the MRC we get a GF guarantee. To use that I need to fly all of us back to Australia for the day, which we did in 2019.
Tell me why you should get priority over us.
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Whilst this is being touted as a 'snap lockdown', it nevertheless raises the question of whether there will be future lockdowns over the next few months as we head into autumn and winter.
I agree with you that clubs will not stand for relocating again, or at least be resistive to the idea.
There is also the issue of what would happen if other states enforce these snap lockdowns. We have now seen WA, SA and QLD do this.
This would create a nightmare scenario for fixturing.
I envisage a climate of uncertainty for the clubs, the supporters and the competition.
As for uncertainty, the last time I went to the footy to see the Tigers play was the 2019 GF.
I have no idea when I will have the opportunity to watch my team again.
i agree ,
when Andrews wanted to extend the state of emergency until December when we had no cases for ages made me suspicious
Would have been better to say that rather than bulls*** about momentary on hold. FFS why do they have to be so cagey about this? They could have just rescheduled, stating that they would make an announcement at, say, 2pm after the press conference and then we would have known when to log back into Ticketek (or not as it turned out). As it was, one was wondering if the tickets would suddenly go on sale for 15 minutes for members, then general public and all gone.
Governments, private companies, they all seem allergic to transparency.
DS
Especially when are just over a month before the first game.Sadly, this is looming as the most likely scenario
Well I couldn’t get a ticket in 17 but got one in 19 and 20 and I live in Qld but am currently at 22 years, so did I deserve a ticket in 19 ?
As an AFL member I’m worried that the same scalping facilitation will occur as non competing club members buy tickets and even guest passes and scalp back to general public.
I have contacted the AFL and got a copy paste response and that they haven’t worked it out yet pretty much.
I just hope they come up with a way to only allow competing club members initial access then open it up if those don’t sell out.
I have contacted the AFL and got a copy paste response and that they haven’t worked it out yet pretty much.
I just hope they come up with a way to only allow competing club members initial access then open it up if those don’t sell out.
Agree. The AFL members should be for home team club support first and then away club support second. Any tickets left over in Afl members then open to other Afl members.
