ThePrez wrote:
point out something.
the money we got from the AFL To move to TD was to pay out existing contracts that we had in place at OO and anything left we could have.
The MCG offered us, well as far as im aware and have been informed, the same monye, yet becuase the people that handle the catering at OO also do the catering at the MCG we would not need to pay them out. We still would have had to pay out the security etc.. but the vast majority we would have got for the move would have gone to the club - not the contactors we had in place.
look - the deal was bad for the club IMO and am yet to see any reason or positive to suggest otherwise.
I will be looking forward to seeing us get 45k at our Home Game at the MCG against Fremantle this year.
Agree completely about fixturing Freo at the G and Richmond at the Dome in R18 later this year. But I still fail to see how some of these issues are the responsibility of the club and the board?
Just because we didn't get our own way does not mean the board did not do everything in it's power to do so. You guys make it sound so easy to just walk up to Demetriou and expect to tell him what we're getting and that he'll thank us for our time.
Finally, without knowing the final and confidential financial details of what the MCC offered and what the AFL and Telstra Dome offered it is simply pie in the sky speculation to suggest the deals offered by the G and the Dome were of similar merit.
I'm disappointed we didn't get more games at the G too, but, well, you know my thoughts, I'm happy that the club tried to do the best it could in a difficult situation.
Please remember that many of the issues you guys are complaining about are beyond the club's control and instead of continually monaing about it on these forums you may find it more effective to raise your complaints with the relevant bodies; ie, the AFL and the Carlton FC.