Ben Fordham looking for attention claims there are nearly 80,000 AFL members however he fails to mention the GWS have members in Canberra and the Swans have members in Victoria included in their totals.
Looking at the numbers I could find GWS in 2017 had 4100 of 13,500 members in ACT or 30%
The Swans had 12,000 of 56,000 members in 2016 in Victoria or 21%
So going on these percentages would it be safe to assume in 2018 that in Sydney:
GWS have14,100 members
and Swans 45,800 members
so 59,900 in total a long way off nearly 80,000 members in Sydney this attention seeker claimed.
Goose