Minor League Memberships

[ptw]

The other footy thing I did back in Oz was buy some memberships...Port Power, Port Magpies and the Athelstone Raggies.

I want to float an idea...particularly re the Raggies.

My Athelstone membership cost $21. It gets me into games (which are free anyway !!)...a newsletter and 10 cents of all drinks at the bar...10% off meals. I would need to drink 210 beers to get my money back, and I am in Australia for about 2 days a year which is 105 beers a day !!!

BUT THAT IS NOT THE POINT !!!

For $21 I made a significant difference to a local footy club. What I propose is that when we renew our AFL membership it contains a section where we can pay $10 or $20 and nominate a "local" club for it to go to. I for one have always had good intentions of joining local clubs but never quite get around to it. If all I had to do was tick a box on my AFL membership renewal then I would do it straight away...with the cost of AFL memberships not many people would notice an additional $10 or $20 anyway and it would help ensure the survival of local clubs and comps.

What do you reakon ?

What non AFL clubs are people here members of ?

ptw

[This message has been edited by ptw (edited 16 January 2001).]

 

[Mr Ripper]

That is a flippin' brilliant idea, ptw!

 

[Mobbs]

Great idea ptw.

Umm, I was a member of Coburg-Fitzroy last year, does that count?

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[CJH]

With my membership card for Richmond - which arrived last week - there was also an application to join up as a member with the Coburg Tigers for only $15! No problems there!

I think the idea as suggested by ptw is an excellent one, which should really be put to the AFL.

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[Sydneyfan]

Yeah, that's a great idea. Up here in Sydney, when someone thinks of Aussie Rules they think of the AFL and when they think of a team, they think the Swans. The Swans are very popular but footy at a grass-roots level is still developing and a long way behind the standards in every other state and territory of Australia, including Queensland.

So the incentive ptw proposed is a great idea to help out grass-roots footy in your local area or anywhere in Oz.