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I still can't quite understand why WAFL clubs can't allow say 400 home team members on a first come first served basis to attend games in addition to players, coaches and officials...at least that would give them $6k in revenue every second week.

I agree with BC and STT. 400 people, with on-line tickets at $20-30 each should at least cover costs. Even though I've already paid my membership, I'd happily pay that much for home games, in order to get my footy fix and to support PFC and the WAFL. However, we have to be resigned to a severely disrupted season. In the AFL the plan seems to be to bank games early, but with a contingency plan to suspend footy if any player contracts the virus. The WAFL has talked about postponing the season until May. I don't really know what that would achieve. I suppose the season could finish late October, so maybe a 9 game season - everyone playing each other just once - starting in August might work. Far from ideal, but at least it would salvage something.

Ted Nugent wrote: I agree with BC and STT. 400 people, with on-line tickets at $20-30 each should at least cover costs. Even though I've already paid my membership, I'd happily pay that much for home games, in order to get my footy fix and to support PFC and the WAFL. However, we have to be resigned to a severely disrupted season. In the AFL the plan seems to be to bank games early, but with a contingency plan to suspend footy if any player contracts the virus. The WAFL has talked about postponing the season until May. I don't really know what that would achieve. I suppose the season could finish late October, so maybe a 9 game season - everyone playing each other just once - starting in August might work. Far from ideal, but at least it would salvage something.

Me too....

I don't understand why the Sheffield Shield season has been abandoned. There would no safer place in Australia in terms of social isolation than a Shield crowd.

ted -- they are naffin stupid. Does anyone know how widely junior sport was played on the week-end?

BC wrote:

Ted Nugent wrote: The VFL has just indefinitely suspended the season.

Shit...that's big news Ted...you'd think if the WAFC follows suit and suspends the WAFL indefinitely it'll never recover and that'll be the end of it.

Yep and that's the question I asked someone from 6PR on the weekend. They said the WAFL clubs rely more on the handouts that the WAFC give them from the money received from the two AFL teams. I argued that may be the case but clubs do rely heavily in my opinion on match day revenue. Particularly sales over the bar, merchandise and food.

If we don't get a season or a severely impacted one at that then this could well and truly be the end of the WAFL as we have known it.

There would still be a competition but it would be completely different. A bit like when the old NSL folded and then the A-League came in as it's replacement.

It looks like the AFL could cancel 2020....if that happens then that's all she wrote for the WAFL.
thewest.com.au/sport/afl/coronavirus-con...d-one-ng-b881490738z

Well, at least PFC will have an undefeated season.

BC wrote: It looks like the AFL could cancel 2020....if that happens then that's all she wrote for the WAFL.
thewest.com.au/sport/afl/coronavirus-con...d-one-ng-b881490738z

That was almost inevitable after pulling their ressies teams from the VFL which closed that comp down. I guess they could start the WAFL comp but as soon as any player, support person etc comes down with it then all those associated including the opposing team would have to go into isolation and thats curtains for the comp. Maybe look at a night comp starting in September and played at those ground with lights, Lathlain, Leederville, Freo and Joondy, No Eagles or Peelmantle involved so only need 4 venues and play each team twice for a 14 week H & A plus 3 week finals, would finish mid December. Could be done?

BC wrote: I still can't quite understand why WAFL clubs can't allow say 400 home team members on a first come first served basis to attend games in addition to players, coaches and officials...at least that would give them $6k in revenue every second week.

Yeah, but I reckon it could be hard to control mate.

Tbh I reckon even that is a risk, with the number of senior cits most wafl clubs have its a risk jammed into a members area, imagine the shit publicity if one died from it caught at the wafl.