MCC offers members discount — but only on 2020-21
MCC members have been offered a 30 per cent discount on their memberships — but not this season — with those struggling to make ends meet facing a long wait to re-join if they cancel their memberships.
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The MCC has offered members a 30 per cent discount on their memberships — but there’s a catch.
Members will only be eligible for the discount on next calendar season, which runs from September to August
There hasn’t been a game of sport on the MCG since the Hawks knocked off the Lions on March 22. With a date for a crowd return still appearing a long way away, members have effectively been paying for nothing since that date.
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In a letter to members, MCC president Michael Happell wrote all membership categories would receive a 30 per cent discount on their subscription for 2020/21.
“MCC membership is not simply a ‘fee for service’ to attend events at the MCG,” Happell wrote.
“The club belongs to the members and we are all custodians of the club for the benefit of all members, current and future.
“We must therefore consider the affordability of any subscription discount in the context of the club’s financial position, both as it stands today and as it may evolve during this crisis.
“The privileges our members enjoy hinge in part on access to the MCG and our obligation to maintain the ground continues even in the absence of crowds.”
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People wait years to become members of the MCC and Happell wrote those who had to cancel their membership for financial reasons would face a long wait to re-join.
“In normal circumstances we would not offer specific relief to those in financial hardship, but we believe the extraordinary crisis we currently face does call for this,” he wrote.
Happell said members who had suffered significant financial hardship could make an application for a greater discount, while those who had not could waive the discount.