Is Richmond OK?

[ToraToraTora]

To what extent will this crisis affect the RFC? Are we in any danger at all of going broke? Which clubs are? Are we likely to see a reduced sized comp in 2021?

 

[Streak]

Fair question Tora, and something I have wondered about as well. I have no idea where we really sit, but am confident we will be ok.

If we go broke, the rest of the comp is well and truely stuffed. Surely we are in as strong a position as any club. Certainly in Victoria.

What worries me is the possible loss of key off field staff. Going by Konrad Marshall’s books, we have so many great people doing such great jobs throughout the club. It will be a tragedy if we lose them now and can’t get them back later.

 

[Stig]

RFC like other clubs in huge trouble. No gate receipts for this year , no merchandise sales , external business will close eg Aligned Leisure. All sponsors in a world of pain eg Virgin etc . Fair to assume if they cannot get back playing again this year with supporters in the ground , the landscape will change dramatically in 2021 in regards to what the product looks like eg possibly less clubs , relocations etc .
It’s unbelievable to think this could and can happen . Pray that they can get back playing with turnstiles ticking over

 

[Stig]

To what extent will this crisis affect the RFC? Are we in any danger at all of going broke? Which clubs are? Are we likely to see a reduced sized comp in 2021?

You would assume that VFL and AFLW would be in doubt in 2020/2021 due to funding issues

 

[Mr Brightside]

The only Brightside about it imho is if any club is going to survive this it’s the RFC

 

[zippadeee]

To what extent will this crisis affect the RFC? Are we in any danger at all of going broke? Which clubs are? Are we likely to see a reduced sized comp in 2021?

We have just won 2 out of the last 3.
Lets go out on a high.

 

[Tigers of Old]

It's a great question.
Not to mention loss of football revenue there must be huge pressure on the Aligned Leisure business & gaming.
Future of Punt Road Development now in serious doubt & unlikely to happen.
Expansion of AFLW program?
Very worrying times.

 

[daniel30]

If we're screwed might as well close up all the club's that a still on life support.

 

[Rfc4Ever]

There will be a massive flow on effect here. So many aspects and variables.

 

[eZyT]

not really worried at all.

it might go back to a semi professional suburban competition?

there will always be blokes in a black jumper with a yellow stripe across it playing against someone we hate, somewhere.

A deglobalised world with a grassroots footy competition is fine by me.

 

[Baloo]

Clubs that rely heavily on Pokie revenue might take a hit. Poor Carlton

 

[Stig]

We will be fine although our debt free status is likely to take a fair hit.

It has come at the best possible time for us in terms of being in our strongest ever financial position so we will be fine.

Collingwood, Adelaide, West Coast and Hawthorn are all in strong positions, Essendon, Geelong, and Fremantle are all solid and the rest will go from a real struggle to seriously under threat I'm guessing.

In terms of the bounce back though, we will are well-resourced in our footy departments so will be well placed for drafts this year even if no footy is played.

Draft will be impossible with no play in under 18
Issues with huge cut in funding in footy department spend as directed by AFL last week . Unfortunately all clubs will have to let people go

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

Surely the AFLW is the first thing to go.

Reckon at least ten clubs are in peril. Freo would be my 11th, but I've been told the WAFC would use Eagles money to ensure Freo's survival.

Perhaps a possibility of reverting to a VFL comp for a period in order to save all the Victorian clubs?

 

[taztiger4]

Surely the AFLW is the first thing to go.

Reckon at least ten clubs are in peril. Freo would be my 11th, but I've been told the WAFC would use Eagles money to ensure Freo's survival.

WAFC obviously owns both clubs so yes Im certain that would happen

 

[IanG]

If Richmond is in trouble then every club in the league is in trouble or at least every club in Melbourne.

 

[mrposhman]

You'd think the first to go would be the expansion clubs. The big clubs won't have the money to be able to sustain them. I think I read that the AFL gives over $20m per year to Gold Coast, GWS, Brisbane and St Kilda. They are surely the most at risk clubs, particularly when you also look at their debt levels.

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

You'd think the first to go would be the expansion clubs. The big clubs won't have the money to be able to sustain them. I think I read that the AFL gives over $20m per year to Gold Coast, GWS, Brisbane and St Kilda. They are surely the most at risk clubs, particularly when you also look at their debt levels.

You can imagine what would happen behind the scenes regarding wooing of players If clubs look like going to the wall. Maybe it's already happening.

 

[Tenacious]

You'd think the first to go would be the expansion clubs. The big clubs won't have the money to be able to sustain them. I think I read that the AFL gives over $20m per year to Gold Coast, GWS, Brisbane and St Kilda. They are surely the most at risk clubs, particularly when you also look at their debt levels.

There's long been way too many clubs based in Melbourne ..... just saying ......

 

[tigerman]

You'd think the first to go would be the expansion clubs. The big clubs won't have the money to be able to sustain them. I think I read that the AFL gives over $20m per year to Gold Coast, GWS, Brisbane and St Kilda. They are surely the most at risk clubs, particularly when you also look at their debt levels.

The AFL gave the Suns close to $30 million in 2017 and again in 2019. If there's no more football played this year, or very little played you'd think they would be on very shaky ground.

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

There's long been way too many clubs based in Melbourne ..... just saying ......

Depends on how you look at it. From my perspective there are eight too many non-Victorian clubs.