The Year that was…. 2020 Images from the Twitter feed
https://twitter.com/footyindustryAU/status/1237512153604603904https://twitter.com/footyindustryAU/status/1249650835211956229Ive been asked to do this a few times, so here we go.
In fact, the Melbourne Storm had the best Foxtel viewing average of both the NRL and AFL. NRL sides with the 9 best average results, Collingwood with the top AFL average in at #10. pic.twitter.com/2t6aOkYiv4
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) September 29, 2020
The Storm however were the most watched NRL team on Foxtels set top boxes. pic.twitter.com/MJQr2pptzH
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) September 29, 2020
Every NSW and QLD AFL team had a membership increase this year…except the Swans. pic.twitter.com/VMBaOGjqzf
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) September 9, 2020
Adelaide held the number 1 sport for membership numbers from 1991 to 2009. pic.twitter.com/E5gYUFXk0h
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) September 9, 2020
AFL club membership numbers have gone backwards for the first time since 2000. pic.twitter.com/2EpeHJWBri
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) September 9, 2020
The Lions reported 29,277 members for 2020, their best result since their membership record year in 2004 when they crossed 30,000 for their first and only time. Lions the only club that doesnt have a membership record in the last 5 years. @insightlane pic.twitter.com/BthqgK6td8
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) September 9, 2020
AFL staff numbers exploded to a staggering 795 before last month’s cuts were announced, leaked internal documents reveal. @arwon https://t.co/r4CFpGw9IU pic.twitter.com/VpxHfxi6WH
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) September 9, 2020
FIVE clubs hit record membership highs in 2020 despite the outbreak of COVID-19 decimating crowds at AFL matches this season. Ttotal of 992,854 members marked a drop of just 6.1 per cent on last year's record of 1,057,572. https://t.co/lTGOUtCZYA pic.twitter.com/o5zmd5AK5l
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) September 9, 2020
Weekly AFL FTA & STV Ratings 2002 – 2020, 2010 included. pic.twitter.com/ekyJq1LYzX
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) August 24, 2020
based on last two days releases – and a grand total of 8 matches – AFL ratings on Kayo/Fox Now/Fox Go are about 52% of its overall Fox ratings. Its 38% for the NRL. Not really enough data to be conclusive though. Data: https://t.co/GItMnxduCw and https://t.co/IuCVkZizc0 pic.twitter.com/Md6q81ziMk
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) August 21, 2020
Kay Subscribers over time pic.twitter.com/4txrvCme9d
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) August 8, 2020
542,000 paying Kayo subs as of August 4th, Foxtel Now at 313,000 paying subs as of June 30th (down from 446,000 last year). Binge now at 185,000 paying subs as of August 4thhttps://t.co/KwIO3dWACX pic.twitter.com/ynPfyJxyU3
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) August 7, 2020
Crocmedia loses trademark case over Football Nation Radio in part because they claimed that AFL ‘is an acronym strongly associated with football in Australia’. Trademark Registrar notes "There are a number of codes of football played in Australia…" https://t.co/zYJiG0AtSQ pic.twitter.com/454qzzQjVd
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) July 26, 2020
Fox Footy and Fox League numbers climb: Kayo audiences revealedhttps://t.co/NA43U9f8Gt pic.twitter.com/d5njAc7kZJ
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) July 22, 2020
More Than Half of All Sports Fans Regularly Pirate Contenthttps://t.co/clLX77QjCS pic.twitter.com/nhU0jH173d
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) June 5, 2020
March had an all time Kayo paying sub high of 408,000, But as of May 2nd, there were over 272,000 paying Kayo subscribers, due primarily to "cancellation and/or postponement of sports events as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic" https://t.co/naXWqJcCnI pic.twitter.com/oXra1v2Tc0
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) May 8, 2020
https://t.co/KDP878c3Mc pic.twitter.com/98MctV2qZo
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) May 6, 2020
Ausplay Adult Participation -must have played at least once in the calendar year. pic.twitter.com/43HaxhUSzK
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) May 5, 2020
Ausplay National Childrens Organised Activities – Team Sports pic.twitter.com/501iXqS7Xi
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) May 5, 2020
The raw club data can be accessed for children under 15, but theres no club data for adults – only for venue use by adult organised activity. Leading us to believe that the club participation numbers are some weird hybrid of the two. https://t.co/rnkcT8HS56 pic.twitter.com/ab2Jn2CoiS
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) May 4, 2020
Only total particpation figures were provided for Tasmania, the ACT and NT. pic.twitter.com/2d91XnZM75
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) May 4, 2020
In SA, club participation is lead by Australian Football, well ahead of Netball, football and basketball. pic.twitter.com/EtwXykeKlV
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) May 4, 2020
In WA, Australian Football has a slender lead over football in club particpation with Netball, Basketball and Cricket a little behind. pic.twitter.com/pqa9E5cLTe
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) May 4, 2020
In QLD, club particpation is headed by football, well ahead of netball, and way ahead of league and touch. Cricket, Australian Football and Baskeetball bring up the rear. pic.twitter.com/kPDw3rjTeW
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) May 4, 2020
In Victoria, club participation favours Australian Football and Basketball, with football, cricket and netball a little further back. pic.twitter.com/fcxKVJFFrJ
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) May 4, 2020
In NSW, football top club particpation well ahead of all others. pic.twitter.com/5u7vnu5zhc
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) May 4, 2020
yeah I mean the numbers are there in overall participation, but it doesnt provide club or team data for Tasmania. pic.twitter.com/7TeCBL4deo
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) May 4, 2020
Geelong may have generated 20m in membership revenue, but the entire league generated more than 300m in membership and gate revenue in 2019. Throw in functions, parking, catering, signage and pourage, and you can add another $100m to that. pic.twitter.com/Rqk71Bcxxa
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) May 4, 2020
Maclachlan (AFL CEO) v Greenberg (NRL CEO). Data sources – Annual Reports 2015 & 2019 (NRL Finances/2015 TV and all AFL data), afltables (NRL attendances), oztam (NRL 2019 ratings) and @LeagueUnlimited (NRL membership tables). Data presented without opinion. pic.twitter.com/csJOSpHXuI
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) April 21, 2020
Over the duration of Greenburgs tenure, Channel 9s FTA broadcast ratings have dropped moe than 28% in the h&A season.. Foxtels broadcast ratings are up 11% over the same time. Kayo/Fox Now/9now data not known or released. pic.twitter.com/LU17XDLNNb
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) April 21, 2020
correction (on my previous) AFL 18% not 13% pic.twitter.com/lHkkZ2v0RG
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) April 13, 2020
As of today pic.twitter.com/hO1HH0QYwi
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) April 11, 2020
Work been a bit slow today so heres a few tables for those of the AFL mindset – this was done for a bigfooty "big 4" argument pic.twitter.com/Hk6tbYCVzA
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) April 11, 2020
AFL, NRL and FFA Financial Positions as of their 2019 Annual Reports pic.twitter.com/KW1ckZswiA
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) April 5, 2020
From the 1993 AFL Annual Report pic.twitter.com/NtBGikEcP8
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) April 5, 2020
Club Loan Facilities guaranteed by the AFL and current status.
(GWS report not available, one of the loans isnt mentioned in the Suns report and Im unclear on Ports so that could be wrong) Sourced from 2019 AFL and club annual reports. pic.twitter.com/qx8PyJG6pJ— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) April 4, 2020
All Distriutions to all AFL clubs, excluding the base payment ($69.96m per club) from 2012-2019. Note: these other payments include AFLW, travel subsidies, prizemoney, membership-related distributions, commercial partner payments, AFL-facilitated stadium payments and licensing. pic.twitter.com/qZceeHQXbV
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 31, 2020
This is why @NMFCOfficial might feel aggrievd that everyone seems to be pushing for a north move out of Melbourne. Why arent the Saints the top candidate? pic.twitter.com/2e0cbBFTjy
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 31, 2020
Theres 30 years of annual reports available online. Im not going to link all of them. Heres a table of 2002-2011. The reporting changed from 2012. pic.twitter.com/fXv03QJaL6
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 31, 2020
ah the 90's when we got more details than we knew what to do with from the AFL expense report. pic.twitter.com/lZXS5SMmW4
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 30, 2020
Average AFL Player Wages from 1990-2019
(sourced from AFL Annual Reports) pic.twitter.com/8tEGtCsfxG— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 30, 2020
AFL Player TPP brackets from 1990-2019. Wasnt a convenient way to graph this that wasnt a mess.
Source: AFL Annual Reports 2012,2019. pic.twitter.com/O9X40D7ZWM— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 30, 2020
NRL Expenses (as listed in NRL Annual Reports from 2013-2019). pic.twitter.com/JJnk4TIIjQ
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 29, 2020
AFL & NRL 2018-19 Revenue and Expenses (from Concise Annual Reports) pic.twitter.com/So9kgNKeIX
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 29, 2020
AFL 2010-2019, NRL 2012-2019 Revenue And Expenses. pic.twitter.com/akXiPSRL69
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 29, 2020
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 21, 2020
Final poll results on Membership funds – 430 people voted, but the percentages largely remained the same throughout the process. Most people dont want the, the people that do are likely probably due to expected financial hardships than because they are feeling ripped off. pic.twitter.com/gTmb91RksG
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 21, 2020
This is just AFL club revenues in jeopardy. AFL revenue at Marvel last year was almost 80 million too. pic.twitter.com/IDpLfINCOZ
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 15, 2020
@WSWanderingEels pic.twitter.com/njOMXugScK
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 15, 2020
Football NT reported 9,731 participants including 3,457 involved in outdoor football at 17 clubs. pic.twitter.com/Wmh28rUoZh
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 10, 2020
Football Tasmania reports 26,509 particiipants including 11,858 involved in outdoor football at 125 clubs. pic.twitter.com/2kUT2uOhHx
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 10, 2020
Capital Football (ACT) reports 39,769 participants including 17,986 involved in outdoor football at 44 clubs. pic.twitter.com/hOeVJx5e4j
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 10, 2020
Football SA reports 88,502 participants including 35,069 involved in outdoor football at 291 clubs. pic.twitter.com/CooNQDXKCx
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 10, 2020
Football West (WA) reports 161,339 participants, including 39,522 involved in outdoor football at 249 clubs pic.twitter.com/eBZ3l2SeiN
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 10, 2020
Football Queensland reports 186,835 participants including 72,996 involved in outdoor football at 317 clubs,. pic.twitter.com/YtWI4PVQtJ
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 10, 2020
Football Victoria reported 456,604 participants – 75,988 in oudoor football at 358 clubs. pic.twitter.com/M8obiF4j4P
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 10, 2020
Football NSW reported 877,424 participants – 232,496 involved in outdoor football at 752 clubs. Northern NSW reported 106,527 participants including 53,777 outdoor particpants at 233 clubs. pic.twitter.com/8KcJWSawiW
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 10, 2020
FFA 2019 National Participation: 1.957m with 543,159 (119,037 female) outdoor participants at 2,386 clubs. pic.twitter.com/sYLcfeJMcC
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 10, 2020
Average Foxtel broadcasts for the AFL Preseason over the last 8 years pic.twitter.com/feLKcjrxs7
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 10, 2020
With plenty of changes over the years heres the total attendances for every year of the AFL preseason since 1993 pic.twitter.com/FeVUuuLPl4
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 9, 2020
AFL Preseason formats have changed somewhat since 2015 – a reduction of games from 26 to 18 and less games at regular AFL venues so the comparisons arent really apples v apples but here we are anyway. pic.twitter.com/wICYjlboWc
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 9, 2020
The 2020 AFL Marsh Series preseason period is over with attendances finishing up around 10% or more with one match attendance going unreported. All crowds from the AFL website except 1 in the Age, and 1 from the Latrobe Valley Express. pic.twitter.com/2RH65bkIBr
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 9, 2020
Last one before bed – Total patronage at venues in 2018-19. Could not find separate figures for Allianz/SCG. All Annual Reports from early last year. pic.twitter.com/5WZOOZ0A0n
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 7, 2020
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 7, 2020
Sponsorship Revenues pic.twitter.com/LAwKukHis4
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 7, 2020
for fun pic.twitter.com/iWcsVb9p6e
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 7, 2020
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 5, 2020
no they dont. Thats simply not true. pic.twitter.com/kgKB2oUJNs
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 2, 2020
As I thought, the 27m AFL distribution for Gold Coast is a new record…until GWS reports in at least. pic.twitter.com/9uh81UOO8M
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 1, 2020
just to follow up pic.twitter.com/JyvM41qBKg
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 1, 2020
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 29, 2020
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 29, 2020
Football Tasmanias funding complaint appears to include sponsorship/hosting moneys paid to Hawthorn and North Melbourne AFL clubs amongst others. Im not sure that this is compatible with the participation funding argument at all since those are aimed at tourism. pic.twitter.com/gmIOonXa9e
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 29, 2020
STATE OF PLAY
Football in Tasmaniahttps://t.co/pPmhgVR3K5 pic.twitter.com/qC7XTJMQwk— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 29, 2020
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 28, 2020
Development Funding as specified in the Annual Reports for the NRL and AFL from 2012-2019. @WSWanderingEels @TheBusinessofR1 pic.twitter.com/64u6egxCTj
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 28, 2020
updated pic.twitter.com/R51ijCFChA
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 28, 2020
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 28, 2020
AFL Queensland total participation reaches 275,000. (Image from Print edition of the Courier Mail) pic.twitter.com/Xj6tuZ5KU7
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 26, 2020
AFl Club Membership and Match Revenue (several combine the two) for 2019 (Note: data for Port, Adelaide, GWS and Gold Coast not yet publicly available). pic.twitter.com/rwb9EHZXEC
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 21, 2020
AFL Club Revenue 2019 – with Adelaide, Port, GWS and Gold Coast still to report. pic.twitter.com/w69D8QD6x7
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 21, 2020
Revenues of Victorian Professional Sporting teams in 2019 – AFL, NRL, A-league. (No data for Melb City, Melb United, Western United or Sth Melb Phoenix). pic.twitter.com/LO0zHqEFVX
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 19, 2020
AFL Revenue 1989-2019 pic.twitter.com/de34bIsyyx
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 19, 2020
The AFL announces a consolidated surplus of $$27.9 million on record revenue of $793 million for 2019. 314m was distributed to clubs and 58m was used for grassroots development,https://t.co/nM5U6MXYuj pic.twitter.com/RWRUmE9t6m
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 18, 2020
Major NBL venues – number of matches v % of capacity 2019-20 pic.twitter.com/ESX1sZzPaW
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 14, 2020
For the 5 major HAL venues (agg 60k+) – number of matches v % of capacity 2019-20 pic.twitter.com/Zm4S2BxWZf
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 14, 2020
For the 5 major NRL venues (agg 200k+) – number of matches v % of capacity 2019 – finals and Origin included. pic.twitter.com/sFoDPzfPbZ
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 14, 2020
For the 5 major BBL venues – number of matches v % of capacity 2019 – finals. pic.twitter.com/PS40xZA0u3
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 14, 2020
For the 5 major AFL venues – number of matches v % of capacity 2019 – finals included. pic.twitter.com/IAboPTv8F0
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 14, 2020
As requested – This is the number of games and the percentage of capacity reached by those games in 2019 by the AFL at the MCG. pic.twitter.com/TMvi3fQzQu
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 14, 2020
Average FTA Metro viewing per Domestic League by city.
Data for NRLW and WBBL not readily to hand. Will update if i can get it. pic.twitter.com/pYq7fz7CCO— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 4, 2020
For those who asked for other data to be included. Graph now includes Super Rugby, Supercars and NRLW. pic.twitter.com/MwH5K84Bol
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) January 25, 2020
Domestic League Metro FTA & Fox Broadcast averages for current or most recent seasons. Please note streaming/mobile is not included and regional data is not featured simply because for most codes it is not available. pic.twitter.com/dF2dGZExL8
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) January 23, 2020
What might be a worrying trend for NBL tv ratings on Viceland (metro). Just one game in the last 6 weeks getting to 20k. This graph is a match average per round. pic.twitter.com/qQ4MzTa1BY
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) January 22, 2020
In the 4 years from 2015-2018, Australian football governing bodies generated 2.84 billion in broadcast money out of 5.76 billion in total revenue, with broadcast rights making up 49.5% of total HQ revenue on average. (does not include club generated revenues) pic.twitter.com/DHb9xntSTO
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) January 10, 2020
For comparison with the Swans – GWS 2012-2018 Marketing Income and Expenditure. For every dollar spent, GWS are getting back $1.88. AFL funding seems to be making up for membership/gate deficiencies. pic.twitter.com/ZF0OQ800iT
— sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) January 9, 2020
