I only note that people here have been pointing out the huge pokie-rort which is ACFC for years now, and no-one in the mainstream media was interested. Sure the Nix are our only professional club, but ACFC are our premier "shamateur" club.
this just isn't true - shortly after ACFC came 3rd in the club world cup, the sunday star times ran an article claiming they were running a rort with pokie money
like this story it was a beat up, they weren't breaking any rules - the fact the rules aren't particular good is a different issue
Clubs use pokie money because the big sponsorships that they used to be able to get in the 80s and 90s don't exist anymore, one of the reasons they don't exist is the lack of exposure in local news media - which media organisation made a conscious decision last year to not to provide any coverage to local sport? Oh that's right Stuff, who ran these articles!