10-29-2017, 12:39 AM
(10-28-2017, 09:45 PM)Professer E link Wrote:Min1, it's the surreptitious, sly , incremental shift back to boutique stadia that ticks me off.Exactly right Prof E. We were robbed of our home stadium because of a political situation involving some heavy hitters. I'm not against Geelong playing at their home stadium against interstate teams. We ARE the 4th highest drawing club in the AFL therefore the crowd argument doesn't gel.
Cats, Bulldogs and Hawks and Cheats FC (I believe) have, or are lobbying for, public funds to fund boutique stadia.... something that the CFC foresaw 25 years ago and funded itself. This was then used by the then AFL to bankrupt the club and make us malleable to the whims of those in charge...
The boutique stadium that is required is already extant, funny that it gets used for the AFLW etc and ignored due to "parking" issues etc.... 30 000 AFLW sel-lout was lauded if IIRC, yet the ground is regarded as not up to snuff for men's AFL games!