RESULTS of the Herald Sun country football survey. Your club:
Can you envisage your club winning a premiership in the next five years?
YES: 85%
NO: 15%
In the current economic crisis, do you see your club surviving the next ten years?
YES: 87%
NO: 12%
No answer: 1%
Will your club return a profit this year?
YES: 73%
NO: 27%
Does your club have a major sponsor?
YES: 87%
NO: 13%
Can your club sustain a full complement of firsts, reserves and under age teams?
YES: 75%
NO: 25%
Are finances harder to raise now than five years ago?
YES: 71%
NO: 26%
Not sure: 3%
What percentage of players in your seniors come from outside a 50km radius?
None: 30%
1-10%: 31%
11-20%: 12%
21-30%: 6%
31% +: 19%
No answer: 1%
Do you feel your facilities up to scratch?
Yes: 89 (57%)
No: 67 (43%)
How many indigenous players do you have playing in your senior sides?
None: 97 (63%)
1-2: 40 (26%)
3+: 11%
Do you spend more time running your club now than you did five years ago?
YES: 87%
NO: 10%
No answer: 3%
Would you be more than likely to recruit from inside or outside your own league
INSIDE: 14%
OUTSIDE: 79%
No answer: 7%
AFL
Do you see your club developing any AFL players in the next 10 years?
YES: 70%
NO: 23%
Unsure: 7%
Do you feel your club had players good enough to play AFL and not tried?
YES: 54%
NO: 41%
Unsure: 5%
Does the AFL do enough for country footy?
YES: 11%
NO: 85%
No answer: 4%
Your league
Are you happy with the way your league is being run?
YES: 79%
NO: 18%
No answer: 3%
Player payments
Does your club pay players to play?
YES: 96%
NO: 3%
No answer: 1%
How many players do you pay to play?
None: 3%
Senior 22: 32%
Seniors and Reserves: 7%
1-5: 15%
6-10: 25%
11-15: 7%
16-20: 3%
21-25: 5%
No answer: 3%
Do you cap the number of players you can pay per year?
YES: 44%
NO: 53%
No answer: 3%
How many players at your club are paid more than $100 per game?
None: 3%
1-5: 32%
6-10: 38%
11-15: 12%
16-20: 3%
21+: 3%
No answer: 8%
Is this an increase on last season?
YES: 36%
NO: 58%
No answer: 6%
How much money does the club spend on player wages?
None: 3%
$1-20,000: 7%
$20,001-$40,000: 19%
$40,001-$60,000: 19%
$60,001-$80,000: 13%
$80,001-$100,000: 7%
$100,001-$120,000: 3%
$120,001 +: 4%
No answer: 25%
Unsure: 1%
What is the highest amount you spend on an individual player per game?
None: 3%
$1-$250: 20%
$251-$500: 31%
$501-$1000: 17%
$1001+: 4%
No answer: 22%
Do you agree with a league cap to curb spending on players?
YES: 59%
NO: 38%
No answer: 3%
Are players greedier today than years gone by?
YES: 81%
NO: 16%
No answer: 3%
Do paid players support club functions?
YES: 81%
NO: 11%
No answer: 8%
Interleague
Are you happy with the current interleague format?
YES: 48%
NO: 39%
No answer: 12%
Which format do you prefer – a round robin or one-off rivalry game?
ROUND-ROBIN: 17%
RIVALRY: 59%
ALTERNATE: 3%
No answer: 22%
Should minor leagues be better included in the interleague concept?
YES: 63%
NO: 23%
No answer: 14%
Should there be regional all-star matches played?
I.E. Central/North Western v West South Western
YES: 37%
NO: 48%
No answer: 16%
Footy talk
Are kids as plentiful and eager as in the past?
YES: 50%
NO: 48%
No answer: 2%
Is the standard of footy better now than it was 10 years ago?
YES: 57%
NO: 37%
No answer: 6%
Drought
Can your club train on its regular training ground during the pre-season?
YES: 70%
NO: 30%
Has your club had to move any games during the past five years due to the state of the ground?
YES: 29%
NO: 71%
Do you fear the local council ruling that football cannot be played on your oval due to drought conditions?
YES: 30%
NO: 69%
No answer: 1%
Does your club have water transported to the ground in order for it to survive?
YES: 22%
NO: 78%
Women
Are females more accepted at football clubs now than they were ten years ago?
YES: 85%
NO: 2%
No change: 12%
No answer: 1%
Are the links between the local football and netball clubs as strong as they should be?
YES: 62%
NO: 37%
No answer: 1%
Other
Do you support betting on country football?
YES: 18%
NO: 77%
No answer: 5%
Would you support the reduction of on-field playing numbers in order for clubs to continue fielding teams?
YES: 65%
NO: 34%
No answer: 1%
Does soccer pose a threat to Aussie Rules in your town?
YES: 31%
NO: 68%
No answer: 1%
By Matt Windley
Article first appeared The Herald Sun, August 23rd, 2009
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