No More V8 Supercars For Us

[SHETLANDER]

I was the 1200th person

[TJHill]

Done (1404 votes atm)

[blue_vl_t]

i'm in wa but moving back to tas soon, i voted too

[skidkid]

Voted!!!

I miss racing at symons V8 rounds. It would be a cold day for Tassie the day the gov. can't see the value it provides to our state. Open your eyes Lara, V8 supercars is broadcast around the world!!!!

[floody]

I think the logical response is to kick a football fan in the nuts.

The $5,800,000 a year their sport is soaking up to have a team play in that little Northern provincial centre could go a fair way toward the schools, Public Service, medical cuts etc.

Let alone the V8s.

How about lets have $1,100,000 for the V8s, $500k for North Melbourne to PLAY FOOTBALL GAMES WHERE THE POPULATION IS, and the remaining $3,800,000 on things that matter. Everyone gets a bit.

Edited June 27, 2011 by floody

[jangles]

I think the logical response is to kick a football fan in the nuts.

The $5,800,000 a year their sport is soaking up to have a team play in that little Northern provincial centre could go a fair way toward the schools, Public Service, medical cuts etc.

Let alone the V8s.

How about lets have $1,100,000 for the V8s, $500k for North Melbourne to PLAY FOOTBALL GAMES WHERE THE POPULATION IS, and the remaining $3,800,000 on things that matter. Everyone gets a bit.

i dont agree with the football at all, but this comment is the reason North Melbourne are playing in Hobart.

Thinking the majority of population is in that area? what about the whole north of the state? 2 hours travel to launnie is nothing, but for the people in Burnie etc. 4+ hours is a long way to go to a mediocre football ground to watch a poor team. I doubt that NM playing will attract the numbers that the Launnie games do.

[Clandestine]

i dont agree with the football at all, but this comment is the reason North Melbourne are playing in Hobart.

Thinking the majority of population is in that area? what about the whole north of the state? 2 hours travel to launnie is nothing, but for the people in Burnie etc. 4+ hours is a long way to go to a mediocre football ground to watch a poor team. I doubt that NM playing will attract the numbers that the Launnie games do.

I dunno, I wouldn't go to watch the football no matter where it is... I always hear this about Burnie etc, but having grown up in the north east and now living in the south I always think about the people in Huonville and Sorell when these sort of arguments are brought up About half of Tasmania's population lives in greater Hobart, and more than half in the south overall, so it's a fair statement to make

[floody]

Jangles, with due respect, who gives a flying f*ck about Burnie except people in Burnie. In ten years here, I've noticed Tasmanians want everything on their bloody door step; go to some far flung houso suburb, buses pass nearly every house, there are multiple primary and high schools in most suburban areas (where one would be PLENTY) and so on.

Go to Victoria, see how many AFL games are played up near the Murray, in Border country, in the Wimmera, in the high country, hell even the central highlands; and they have the majority of the teams in their state.

All those places are as far away or further than Burnie. You know what, sometimes, when you live in a regional shithole, you can't expect a cosmopolitan capital city lifestyle! What a revelation...

507,000 people in Tasmania, 212,000 in greater Hobart, it is more than fair to expect minorities from all corners of the state to either make the trek, turn on their TV, or even support their local leagues for their footy fix!

Edited June 27, 2011 by floody

[jangles]

I dont need to go to Victoria, i know what its like in any regional town on the big island. youre quite correct about schools etc. also

thats the attitude of wanting everything on your doorstep, then commenting the north should travel.

Launnie is a central location my point was,easy to travel for everyone. i dont care, only time ive gone is when i was working the screen.

I meant, the stupid woman in charge forgets its a state as a whole and not Hobart and the rest of them..if she didnt think that then there wouldnt be a push for footy in Hobart when its really not needed...as for TT line sponsoring it, im sure not one person will be taking the boat to get here...

[toffy]

I dont need to go to Victoria, i know what its like in any regional town on the big island. youre quite correct about schools etc. also

thats the attitude of wanting everything on your doorstep, then commenting the north should travel.

Launnie is a central location my point was,easy to travel for everyone. i dont care, only time ive gone is when i was working the screen.

I meant, the stupid woman in charge forgets its a state as a whole and not Hobart and the rest of them..if she didnt think that then there wouldnt be a push for footy in Hobart when its really not needed...as for TT line sponsoring it, im sure not one person will be taking the boat to get here...

Well actually , most of the team crew come over on the boat , even a few of the drivers

[jangles]

Well actually , most of the team crew come over on the boat , even a few of the drivers

do you mean there are drivers for the afl? Thats what i meant by the TT line sponsoring it Toff, its a joke sponsoring football in hobart

[Clandestine]

do you mean there are drivers for the afl? Thats what i meant by the TT line sponsoring it Toff, its a joke sponsoring football in hobart

I think if you left off the 'in hobart' bit, I'd agree with you completely

Launceston being 'central' is a bit of a weird thing to say, as Launceston is only central to people in the north, whereas Hobart is just as 'central' to the south. If you add the travelling time from large southern towns to Launceston, it's about as long as adding the travelling time from large northern towns. The point people are making is that the population density in the south is larger, and therefore less of the population will need to travel as far

Either way it doesn't really matter, the government will do what they want, AFL sucks, and I've got high speed internet if I really want to see a bunch of guys running around touching each other gingerly The main thing I want is for the V8's to be supported in the state.

[floody]

Look I know if it were in Hobart, people who live a long way away, would have to travel a long way to get there.

But 40% of the population live here. Another 20% in Launceston. So 60% of the population are 2 hours from the football if its in either city, BUT, it costs $500,000 per year in Hobart, versus $5,800,000 in Launceston.\

Ok? $5,300,000 so that 10% of the population (e.g. the entire North West) can be a bit closer to the game on your logic.

In no way can an $18,000,000 football sponsorship be justified out of the Tasmanian purse when schools, hospitals, police, public servants and all other sports get the chop.

Edited June 28, 2011 by floody

[toffy]

do you mean there are drivers for the afl? Thats what i meant by the TT line sponsoring it Toff, its a joke sponsoring football in hobart

My bad , i was thinking of the v8sc , they were apparently part subsidised by the government for traveling on the tt line

[jangles]

Look I know if it were in Hobart, people who live a long way away, would have to travel a long way to get there.

But 40% of the population live here. Another 20% in Launceston. So 60% of the population are 2 hours from the football if its in either city, BUT, it costs $500,000 per year in Hobart, versus $5,800,000 in Launceston.\

Ok? $5,300,000 so that 10% of the population (e.g. the entire North West) can be a bit closer to the game on your logic.

In no way can an $18,000,000 football sponsorship be justified out of the Tasmanian purse when schools, hospitals, police, public servants and all other sports get the chop.

The whole point was that we are 'losing' the V8's and gained another football team in Hobart though..

AFL and V8's have been here for a few years now.. The joke is No money for V8's, but money for NM....and TT line sponsoring it

[grandmasterb]

Look I know if it were in Hobart, people who live a long way away, would have to travel a long way to get there.

But 40% of the population live here. Another 20% in Launceston. So 60% of the population are 2 hours from the football if its in either city, BUT, it costs $500,000 per year in Hobart, versus $5,800,000 in Launceston.\

Ok? $5,300,000 so that 10% of the population (e.g. the entire North West) can be a bit closer to the game on your logic.

In no way can an $18,000,000 football sponsorship be justified out of the Tasmanian purse when schools, hospitals, police, public servants and all other sports get the chop.

Im glad someone else thinks the same as me. Its an absolute joke the way the past 2 premiers have fought for the AFL in Tasmania gig when there is an abundance of other things here that need the money over football!!!

The whole point was that we are 'losing' the V8's and gained another football team in Hobart though..

AFL and V8's have been here for a few years now.. The joke is No money for V8's, but money for NM....and TT line sponsoring it

The joke is that it was not all that long ago TT line were asking for a helping hand as they were in debt still paying off the boats and that revenue was down due to a lack of people utilising the service. BUT then all of a sudden they have excess cash in the advertising budget and can now sponsor an excuse of an AFL team to bring more crappy football to the state.

TASMANIA EXPLORE THE CORRUPTION!!!

[jangles]

Im glad someone else thinks the same as me. Its an absolute joke the way the past 2 premiers have fought for the AFL in Tasmania gig when there is an abundance of other things here that need the money over football!!!

The joke is that it was not all that long ago TT line were asking for a helping hand as they were in debt still paying off the boats and that revenue was down due to a lack of people utilising the service. BUT then all of a sudden they have excess cash in the advertising budget and can now sponsor an excuse of an AFL team to bring more crappy football to the state.

TASMANIA EXPLORE THE CORRUPTION!!!

thats exactly what i meant GMB, the government might as well own TTline.

you Southern peeps probably didnt get the memo, that around the same time the NM deal went down that the 10-15k that TTline used to sponsor the Latrobe Speedway was unavailable also because of lack of funds within the company

Edited June 29, 2011 by jangles

[sav man]

I love how it's impossable for the AFL games down south to brake even. They need 15,000 people to brake even, and it only holds 12,000.

The money for the games up north is for the Hawks sponsership (their tops say TASMANIA), I'd like to see how many people come to tassie after seeing it on the jumper.

Following the Greens and putting all our eggs in the tourism basket is going to finger bang the state.

Anyway the V8's need to stay.

[floody]

If we ditched the $5,800,000 hawks deal it wouldn't even matter if footy in the south broke even, since it costs $500,000 rather than $5,800,000.

Its not worth paying $5,300,000 so a percentage of 40,000 potential football fans from the North West can be two hours closer to a semi-regular football match in Launceston, at the expense of the other 470,000 people.

Ditch the Hawks, embrace North Melbourne, maybe pump a couple of mil into the Southern facilities, keep V8 supercars, and then take the majority of the Hawks money thats left and spend it somewhere useful. Seriously EVERYONE would benefit then, not just York Park contractors and Launceston hoteliers.

LOL TT-Line...Its all just channeling central government funds, I don't know why they expect anyone to believe otherwise. Lets not go down that route, remember the ridiculous state of affairs here, e.g. Government power regulatory body sets prices, then Government company Hydro sells power, to Government company Aurora. Then Aurora go cap in hand to the Government complaining the price from hydro set by the regulator was too high and they need a $200,000,000 top up, government cries 'we can do nothing!' and across goes the cash; all the while Aurora's wage growth is out of control and we have a couple of million dollars per year of CEOs wages for what was once one company... It is all just smoke and mirrors, shuffling public funds so cronies get their kickbacks while the common folk pay for the game to continue.

Edited June 29, 2011 by floody

[sav man]

Hobart gets cricket and public servents, North gets the rest. Don't want to punish too many people by making them go south....getting bloody close to Antartica down there