You do realise that Pax is a person. ? He works for the government and come up with the same system to judge speed limits for the qld police as well.
He use's the guesstimate system.
I see that other stadiums outside the MCG are paying for this grounds lower food prices. ?
The company that runs the MCG also runs other big stadiums like Suncorp. So by 'not dropping' the prices in those other stadiums, our codes are paying for the AFL crowd to have cheaper hotdogs and pies.
We have been conned again by the AFL.
this is a complete load of shit.
The AFL have had long discussions with the MCC and the catering company to lower the prices. The AFL bring 2M+ people to the MCG every year, they have some leverage there. I suspect they are also trying to get lower prices elsewhere too. The prices of food in stadium has a lot to do with how much the catering company has to pay the stadium for the rights to operate. I suspect the AFL lent on the stadium managers more than Spotless to get the prices down.
It was also the first thing the AFL CEO said when he was appointed. not just he said it in the press conference, it was the first thing he actually said in the press conference.
Not everything the AFL does is related to making life hard for the NRL. I'm pretty sure that making life hard for the NRL does not even rate a mention. They were getting a lot of negative feedback about variable ticket pricing for premium games and in stadium costs. Variable pricing has gone and they have managed to reduce prices at one of the major venues. well done Gill.
It going to be harder for the NRL to do the same thing because they play in so many places there just isn't the numbers of spectators to apply the same leverage to the stadium management to get a better deal. The AFL are finding hard elsewhere too. even Adelaide which had 1m+ spectators go to the AO to watch AFL last year essentially told the AFL to stick it.
seriously, the execs in these sports have enough problems without trying to one up each other over petty shit like this.
