Have you hit the Football Club up for their views on this? They have 2 members on the Board that approved the membership fee structure and it would be interesting to know its views.
I see both sides of the equation on this one. The members need to be treated with respect and members are saying that they feel disrespected. That is never good and a big risk to the business model. On the other hand, you have a club that has never run at a profit and due to circumstances completely out of its control (COVID and the reduced capacity at Brookvale) is looking into a gigantic revenue black hole. That is an even more fundamental risk to the business model!
As I said earlier in this thread, I think the solution is for a larger number of games in 2021 to be played at the corporate stadiums who will actually pay Manly for the privilege of hosting its home games. Although it would require the Football Club to agree for the Club to take games away from Brookvale, I just see it as the most pragmatic solution whereby the Club can make some money and members won't have to pay more to see Manly play.
To my knowledge, there has been no correspondence from the Football club about this.
Normally the AGM is held in early December and I am not sure when this is happening next.
If the club is in a perilous state financially and I think we all know that with Covid this is very true. It is so important that the club communicate with its members and inform them of this.
To just release inflated prices like they have with little assurances is not wise.
As a Football club member I would be open to ideas in relation to moving a few games away from Brookvale oval if it helped the viability of the club.
With the centre of excellence now finally under way, we might also have if Vlandys gets his away a total stadium reconstruction for Brookvale which will force the club to play games way while this is done.
I would not be opposed to playing a few games at Gosford or the SCG as a temporary measure until this is done.
All options need to be on the table.
The two football club representatives on the Sea Eagles board do their upmost to protect the heritage of our club. The club needs to be viable and profitable to survive and right now its an extreme challenge.
If the club was upfront with the fans about it, then the members would understand. We need to look at alternatives as just gouging the existing season ticket holders is not a good look!