03-03-2018, 02:59 AM
(03-02-2018, 11:00 AM)DJC link Wrote:No, that’s incorrect. We walked away in 2015 after sharing the 2014 gate.
No, it isn't... and no, we didn't.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/blue...2vx73.html
Quote:Traditional rivals Carlton and Richmond will play each other only once in the next home-and-away season with the AFL abandoning a return fixture despite the two teams' record-setting attendances in 2013.
The Tigers will host the Blues in the first AFL game at the MCG for 2014 in round-two but will abandon the customary gate-sharing deal as that clash will be the only one between the two sides unless they meet in the finals.
This is despite the fact that the three Carlton and Richmond games in 2013 averaged almost 80,000 a game with the September crowd of more than 94,000 a record for an elimination final.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-02-06/bl...p-the-cash
Quote:CARLTON will keep all the gate takings from its season opener against Richmond after rejecting a gate-sharing deal.
In the past, when the two teams have met twice a season, profits from the attendance have been shared.
However last year, when the teams met just once, Richmond took all the money.
"Carlton people would want the best outcome for Carlton and I think it is the right outcome for Carlton," Blues chief executive Stephen Trigg told Fairfax Media.
"By that I mean, I am aware of co-promoting and supporting and gate-sharing.
"While that is not part of the landscape where I have been previously, I am very supportive of that, and continue to be in the principle of that.
"But given that last year there was one fixture ... and the gate wasn't shared then, and the entirety of the gate went to Richmond, it seemed appropriate that it would transpire that Carlton takes the gate in round one this year.