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2022 Financial Reports

Perth Red

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Wonder what the net assets of $200m are ? a 45 % increase since 2021, I think they only paid about $20m for the Gambarro, does that include a valuation on the digital assets.
$71mill increase. probably moistly the cash surplus from last year and this year plus Gambarro and some revaluations of stuff. I haven't heard they've purchased anything else.
 

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The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) has advised its members that the game will report a record operating surplus of $62.9 million for the 2022 season.
This compares to a $43 million surplus in 2021, an increase of $19.9 million. Further, the net asset position now exceeds $200 million, up by 45% compared to 2021.
Total revenue increased by $18.7 million to a rugby league record revenue of $593.8 million. Operating expenditure dropped $17.1 million which is nine per cent lower than in 2021.
The reduction in operating expenses has put the game in a strong position which will allow distributions as a percentage of revenue to be increased further in the next five-year cycle.
Distributions to players, Clubs, States and game development were also up by $17.3 million which is a 4.9 per cent increase on the prior year.
The acquisition of Gambaro Hotel represented the first step in the plan to strengthen the ARLC balance sheet by acquiring income-producing assets. The asset is performing well and ahead of expectations. The net asset position now exceeds $200 million, up by 45% compared to 2021.
NRL players also received approximately $40 million in outperformance payments enabling players to receive almost all of the salary related reductions during COVID-19.

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vlandys has hit this out of the park
 
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For years the NRL was lambasted for not having a sound financial base & living from tv deal to tv deal with little to fall back on .
Now PVL & The ARLC are doing just that we still get the complainers .
Shows how much they really hate RL
 

Wb1234

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For years the NRL was lambasted for not having a sound financial base & living from tv deal to tv deal with little to fall back on .
Now PVL & The ARLC are doing just that we still get the complainers .
Shows how much they really hate RL
Pretty funny seeing all the pvl haters scurrying under rocks

if he stays in power long enough it will be nrl first daylight second.

normal service will finally have been resumed after super league
 

The_Wookie

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For the sheer sake of comparison

Key AFL financial summary:

The AFL’s operating revenue increased by $131.8 million due to a combination of improved commercial returns from Marvel Stadium, sponsorship and broadcasting.

(The league didnt give a total revenue but an increase of 131.8m would give the league revenue of 869.9m in total revenue for 2022.)

This revenue was used to fund the following investments:

• $337.5 million to AFL clubs;
• $60.8 million to Game Development;
• $45.3 million in running the AFLW competition, including Season 6 which ran from January 2022 to April 2022 and part of Season 7, which ran from August 2022 to November 2022;
• $27.1 million to the AFLPA;
• $17.4 million to infrastructure comprising of elite and community facilities and contributions for stadia redevelopments; and
• $0.7 million to corporate and social responsibility initiatives.

Operating expenditure increased by $63.0 million due to a combination of revenue-related increases and the expansion of the AFLW competition, including the introduction of four new teams and completion of two AFLW Home & Away seasons in the 2022 financial year.

Distributions to Clubs increased by $36.5 million.

The AFL’s cash balance at the end of the financial year was $178.2 million; the balance included $60.2 million payable to the AFL Players Association for a share of revenues captured over the 2017 to 2021 season which was paid in November 2022.

The total payments to AFL Executives equated to $11.8 million, compared to $10.4 million in 2019 pre-Covid.

After all revenue, operating expenditure and distributions, the AFL recorded an underlying operating profit of $20.7 million, compared with an underlying operating loss of $46.1 million in 2021.

 

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It’s pretty funny the afl has 200 million more in revenue yet it’s clubs are getting the same amount each on average as every nrl club

18 million per afl club has to cover a whole lot more players than each nrl club
 
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It’s pretty funny the afl has 200 million more in revenue yet it’s clubs are getting the same amount each on average as every nrl club

18 million per afl club has to cover a whole lot more players than each nrl club
That's what we should be aiming for too. But it requires strong leadership. Pump the excess into assets and grassroots.
 

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That's what we should be aiming for too. But it requires strong leadership. Pump the excess into assets and grassroots.
200 million in net assets from basically zero when he took over is a pretty good start

whilst at the same time giving clubs and players records amounts

nrl is a blue chip corporation now
 

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vlandys has hit this out of the park
Very good result. I want to see if grassroots funding has been put back above 2019 levels before we get too giddy. If it has and we still acheived that surplus its a great result.
 

Perth Red

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200 million in net assets from basically zero when he took over is a pretty good start

whilst at the same time giving clubs and players records amounts

nrl is a blue chip corporation now
What? He took over end of 2019. That year nrl made a surplus of $30mill on just $324mill revenue and a net asset of $120mill lol. That was also the last financial report that was honest and open before vlandys started hiding the numbers.
 

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Very good result. I want to see if grassroots funding has been put back above 2019 levels before we get too giddy. If it has and we still acheived that surplus it’s a great result.
What? He took over end of 2019. That year nrl made a surplus of $30mill on just $324mill revenue and a net asset of $120mill lol. That was also the last financial report that was honest and open before vlandys started hiding the numbers.
See these two posts

one is not like the other
 

The_Wookie

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AFL Revenue 2022 - 870m
NRL Revenue 2022 - 593m
Revenue Gap 2022 - 277m
Total Gap since 2012 - 2.54b

Furthest apart the two codes have been since 2017, furthest apart in a year without starting a new broadcast deal, second furthest apart theyve been since the ARLC was formed.

YearAFL RevenueNRL RevenueGap
2012$471,493,000$185,668,000$285,825,000
2013$502,699,000$320,375,000$182,324,000
2014$524,431,000$350,902,000$173,529,000
2015$558,674,000$374,142,000$184,532,000
2016$569,856,000$391,368,000$178,488,000
2017$752,622,000$400,091,000$352,531,000
2018$778,596,000$523,562,000$255,034,000
2019$793,939,000$555,915,000$238,024,000
2020$674,816,000$419,673,000$255,143,000
2021$738,137,000$575,080,000$163,057,000
2022$869,937,000$593,000,000$276,937,000

Also worth noting the AFL media rights go from 418m pa to 476m pa this year (2023). The NRL not currently scheduled to receive an upgraded deal before 2028.
 

Iamback

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AFL Revenue 2022 - 870m
NRL Revenue 2022 - 593m
Revenue Gap 2022 - 277m
Total Gap since 2012 - 2.54b

Furthest apart the two codes have been since 2017, furthest apart in a year without starting a new broadcast deal, second furthest apart theyve been since the ARLC was formed.

YearAFL RevenueNRL RevenueGap
2012$471,493,000$185,668,000$285,825,000
2013$502,699,000$320,375,000$182,324,000
2014$524,431,000$350,902,000$173,529,000
2015$558,674,000$374,142,000$184,532,000
2016$569,856,000$391,368,000$178,488,000
2017$752,622,000$400,091,000$352,531,000
2018$778,596,000$523,562,000$255,034,000
2019$793,939,000$555,915,000$238,024,000
2020$674,816,000$419,673,000$255,143,000
2021$738,137,000$575,080,000$163,057,000
2022$869,937,000$593,000,000$276,937,000

Also worth noting the AFL media rights go from 418m pa to 476m pa this year (2023). The NRL not currently scheduled to receive an upgraded deal before 2028.

The gap might be bigger both have grown by $400m in 10 years, Will be interesting what affect the Dolphins have on the revenue
 

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