Pressure mounts to address pokies reliance
THE City of Melbourne on Tuesday night formalised its objection to the AFL industry’s growing reliance on harmful poker machine revenue.
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AFL concedes hard to kick gaming habit
AFL boss Gillon McLachlan concedes there is discomfort among Victorian clubs about footy’s $100 million-a-year pokies habit.
Pressure on AFL to rid itself of pokies
MELBOURNE City Council — one of the league’s key partners — will vote next week on a motion calling on AFL to develop a funding plan to wean its clubs off soaring gaming machine profits.
AFL execs’ $6.2 million wage bill
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Players seek percentage pay deal
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Hope for Yarran despite indefinite leave
RICHMOND recruit Chris Yarran has not given up hope of returning to senior football this season.
Pies still paying for Shaw
COLLINGWOOD is paying $70,000 a season for the privilege of watching Heath Shaw become the game’s best defender.
AFL stars won’t back down on wages
THE AFL’s 800 players have declared they will not back down on a push for a fixed percentage of the league’s rising revenues.
Pies deny Treloar trade link
INTRIGUE surrounds Collingwood’s recruiting of Greater Western Sydney battler Tim Golds a month after the contentious Adam Treloar trade was sealed.
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