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I couldn’t help but notice how small the crowd appeared at the Force game on Friday night. Around 19,000, which is about half of what was achieved three years ago.
There’s been a lot of chatter of late about the financial stability of the Force and where they are headed. Could that be out of Perth? Could the loss of Firepower, its money and the economic downturn have hit the Force that bad?
The Force recently announced they were abandoning their current venue to move to another stadium with a vastly smaller capacity and very limited corporate facilities.
It appeared to me at the time that this was the move of a team desperate to cut costs.
Then today the West Australian have jumped on the bandwagon with an excellent article about the dwindling crowds and financial position of the Force. The West even pose the question about the ARU relocating the Force to Melbourne.
It appears they have some financial problems. But the biggest concerns are whether they know this.
Why?
We’re two months into this calendar year and the Force’s chairman, in the article, is quoted as saying that they haven’t done this year’s budget yet. This flawed me.
If a business cant prepare a budget in a challenging economic climate, some big questions need to be asked. Is it case of a lost calculator or are administrators preoccupied?
So, this does beg the question: if the Force do get into a financial mess, what will the ARU do?
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