Merged- NAB cup is irrelevent /Fixture Idea

[craz619]

after watching the lacklusture nab cup and reading about how some clubs do no care about the NAB cup an idea came to me.

the idea is to have the NAB cup during the season exactly the same like the F.A cup. with the huge money the AFL got from 7 and 10 you would think the AFL should increase the prize money.

so have the nab cup during the season have rounds 1 - 4 then have a weekend of cup games, rounds 5-9 then have quater finals, rounds 10 - 14 then semi's and have the finals after week 18.

i think the crowds would come in to see it as people dont like how it is set up now. If the afl have the prize money lifted to 3 million for the Regular season winners and maybe 1.5 million for the NAB cup then i think you will get teams interested in each comp

Your thoughts

 

[fudge]

NAB cup is irrelevent

Guys, to put the preseason competition into perspective, let me tell you what it really is... nothing more than practice games that's turned into a commercial event. Doing what I do, I noticed that all player stats are ignored as career stats are comprised only of H&A and finals matches. For instance, Matthew White has yet to make his official debut for Richmond (though I was excited to see him play the other day against Hawthorn).

The question then is, is it to our advantage to lose the first game of the preseason comp, and then work hard for the rest of the preseason, out of the television spotlight?

Fudge

 

[Gazza68]

Re: NAB cup is irrelevent

Guys, to put the preseason competition into perspective, let me tell you what it really is... nothing more than practice games that's turned into a commercial event. Doing what I do, I noticed that all player stats are ignored as career stats are comprised only of H&A and finals matches. For instance, Matthew White has yet to make his official debut for Richmond (though I was excited to see him play the other day against Hawthorn).

The question then is, is it to our advantage to lose the first game of the preseason comp, and then work hard for the rest of the preseason, out of the television spotlight?

Fudge

I can't see it being an advantage with our financial situation at the moment, for several reasons:
1. We need to promote our sponsors, such as being on TV to be seen by a wider audience, instead of travelling the countryside to be seen by just a few.
2. We also need to attract more people to sign up as members rather than just be supporters.
3. The further we go in the competition means more money into the coffers, from the two options above & also advancing further in the NAB cup.

5 or 10 years ago I would agree this competition was just a bit of fun for the teams. Try out some new kids, also try out some position changes & if you won it was a bonus. Now that the sponsorship dollar is a lot more highly sort after, we need to start looking at taking hold of any advantage you can get over the competition.

 

[23.21.159]

Re: Fixture Idea

Teams would be falling over each other to lose, in order to get a break in the more important comp.

 

[tigericho]

NAB Cup is a series of Sponsored and Televised Practise Games.

 

[craz619]

Teams would be falling over each other to lose, in order to get a break in the more important comp.

not if the prize money increases. $200,000 for the winners, your havin a laugh right

 

[TigerMasochist]

N.A.B. cup,Whizz Fizz, Chansett or Escort. The pre season comp is and always has been a grubby little goldmine for the AFL.Just digging every last cent available from every corner that they can.
The players play as part of their pre season training - no match payments.
There is one prime sponsor tipping a truck load of dollars into the AFL for the sole prime t.v. advertising rights.
The t.v. and newspapers get plenty of pulp to sing and dance about.
The grounds and caterers get a few extra weeks to rip plenty of dollars out of the mug footy fans, even the betting shops roll in a heap of dollars.
All of this generates plenty of revenue for the AFL for the cost of a handfull of prize dollars.
What do the clubs and more importantly the fans get from the pre season comp?
For the clubs.
Plenty of risk of injury during five or six weeks of practice matches, some at a lot higher intensity or with more restricted lists than they would like to go with this early.
Maybe a chance to sell a few extra memberships if they get on a roll early, or a bit of prizemoney.
Never forgetting of course the chance to "travel all over the countryside" especially those tropical zones with lots of heat and humidity.
For the fans.
Hype, *smile*, and the chance to spend an absolute truckfull of dollars that they never used to. Sweet Fanny Adams for want of a better word.

 

[Legends of 2017]

win or lose, all teams play games the following week, be they nab games or practice games. Lose and you end up playing in the bush on substandard grounds at times. Win, you play on better grounds plus get some prizemoney along the way. Whether clubs take it seriously or not is up to them, but it does benefit clubs to try and win.