Curious neutral: Excuse me club, why don't you get some tech minded, social media savvy, trust worthy person with some spare time to do Social Media for your club and live stream games and pay with them with some spare cash?
Club: We decided to me more realistic and asked Santa for someone to come along and help clean up after club functions and at the end of the year; and if we had been particularly good for some large benefactor to come along and alleviate the cash flow struggles. Unfortunately all we got were a load of mini-balls and some drink bottles for the Juniors from Maccas via NZ Football. Sigh...
Feel free to pitch in, we'd love a hand!!!
Plenty of negative views on this point it seems, but i'm happy to be part of the minority. Pretty much all clubs film their games anyway, and most clubs have social media pages, so what's the issue? The foundations seem to be there. And don't give me that rubbish about having no money, everyone knows premier men's coaches are paid for their time, and some clubs pay players too. Exposure is good for the whole club, excessive payments to players/coaches are only good for that individual.
This was just an idea floated out there, as i'm sure many have done before. I start to think it is no surprise that nobody has tried to solve this issue or at the very least get creative, as almost everyone who has replied to me has just put it in the 'too hard' basket.
Floating an idea is all well and good but it’s as useful as talent without application.
One of the toughest challenges clubs face is finding enough volunteers to give up their tine, there are far more good ideas floated than there are people willing to get off their arse and put it into practice. The other one is not enough money.
The closest thing to negativity I see is you having a pop at clubs and I feel the people who give up their time deserve to be defended. Paying coaches/players in some cases maybe valid and whilst i personally don’t believe players should be paid at this level, it is the choice of those that are give up their time and raise the money. I’d also be very surprised if every coach in Dunedin got paid.
Who wouldn’t expect to get paid as coach