‘I’d remind them it was their decision’: AFL boss claps back at Pies over GF ticket debacle
“Did Craig point the finger at the AFL? I can’t imagine Craig doing that. I think you’re all aware I’m very good friends with Craig, and if he’s pointing the finger at the AFL, I’d remind everyone that Collingwood chose to go down the ballot route,” he said on Wednesday.
“I can’t imagine Craig Kelly doing that … in the end, Collingwood, the AFL and everyone is just trying to get the best outcome for their supporters.“There was an issue with that process, but whatever the process that was decided, it was with the best of intentions … the ballot was a decision of the Collingwood Football Club, so if they want to change that process and go back to the on-sale , that’s a decision for them.
McLachlan said whether the number of corporate tickets allocated at the grand final should be decreased was a “fair debate” but insisted the split between competing clubs and others was in the best interests of the game. “It’s a discussion that’s ongoing – there are 100,000 football supporters here on the weekend and there’s probably three or four hundred thousand people who want to go,” he said.
“I think it’s a fair debate, but broadly I can’t see that changing because it’s the way the economics works to keep the whole thing affordable.”
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