Saints News St Kilda FC: Governance Thread - Board and Committee

[bergholt]

I figure if our existence was actually in question, Bassat and co would just pay off the debt from his own pocket. But there is no rush for us to pay anything back (especially to the AFL) and we arent going to be removed from the league so there is no need for it.

Exactly. If anything we should be spending the absolute maximum we can on footy because on-field success drives everything else. Saving money on the footy department just makes it less likely we'll be break-even in future, not more likely.

 

[sammm]

I figure if our existence was actually in question, Bassat and co would just pay off the debt from his own pocket. But there is no rush for us to pay anything back (especially to the AFL) and we arent going to be removed from the league so there is no need for it.

I suspect we thought that of Lindsay Fox,Peter Summers, etc and every other wealthy president we have had. It's really never happened

 

[Diehard Saint]

how the club is not furious about these fixtures is mind-boggling. the big clubs will have a fairly even h/a fixture, but **** me, we have to go to SA and WA five times

Pretty sure they are.
They will most definitely be making some noise over it.

Of course, it could also be payback for Bassat’s comments earlier.
Stuff that, I’m glad he said what he did.

 

[ScrappyDo]

Pretty sure they are.
They will most definitely be making some noise over it.

Of course, it could also be payback for Bassat’s comments earlier.
Stuff that, I’m glad he said what he did.

Pretty sure the broadcasters and betting companies draw up the bulk of the fixture and the AFL just fill in the blanks.