I have heard that Tigers are doing 60%

Sandringham 50%

Dandenong 58%

With only grading games played anything under 60 would be a joke

Geelong United refunding less than 25%,

Mckinnon yet to disclose

You would be looking to leave Geelong if they only refunded 25%. That is disgraceful

Not so united after all.

Geelong must be pocking its members money. There was 18 rounds and finals to go.

Southern Pen 50%. Looks like that's around the average. Anything above is a well managed club and below..... 25% well you can only assume that they inconsiderate and selfish or if they do need the money badly mismanaged

Smart clubs would give 30-40% back and 10-20% discount for next year to encourage a return. Smarter clubs would give parents the option to redirect to fees for families who may not be able to afford next year - 20% back, 20% discount, 20% donation.

wondering when decisions will be made on 2021 tournaments / seasons etc

Those Vic clubs still need to pay rent on their facilities that many of them run on behalf of Council. Council and State Gov given some support, but there are some big bills to pay with no income from competition.

Looks like Elthan only has to pay 50%. I guess that what all clubs will do other than Geelong who are still training. Surely all clubs have similar expenses

Pakingham is also refunding 50%

Bulleen have offered us 35% off next seasons fees. No offer of a refund. I will be considering what I will do next year now and asking for my money back.

Nothing to do with breaking your kids heart or all mighty dollar, what a dumb comment. You pay your fees at the start of a season to play a season of Basketball. If that cannot be provided to you then you are entitled to a refund, its law. Some parents are not as well off as others so every penny would count to them. If you want to donate your fees to the club so be it but a part refund of at least 60% min should be offered

Do a chargeback if you paid with a card.

Haven't received a cent refund from our rep association, nor any news as to what they are doing. Surely they will have received money back from BV, and should pass it along??

I understand the overwhelming majority have refunded or at least said they will provide a refund - if your association hasn't then I guess they must be in some financial difficulty.

That's really bad if they haven’t even said anything. Understand if they can’t pay (well, as long as they have done what they could), but probs should say something.

If you go to BV website they have a policy on refunds of rego - which is basically you need to apply for it. 2020 accounts will be interesting to read.

Can you please post the link re the refunds. Heaps of clubs have been named with what they are refunding if you look back through the posts. It is great if people are able to donated their fees back to the club but that should be decision made by the person paying the fees not the club. I am on a committee and we are not paying court fees during this time. There are also numerous grants that can be applied for to cover other costs. I would be hesitant to call people selfish for keeping their fees without knowing there circumstance. There is merit in asking people to donate their fees but it is not a our money to automatically keep.

Link gone from BV site.

Clubs should not automatically keep funds. Football clubs have not.

Costs will have been lower, and government assistance has been available.

Try-out numbers, when we get there, will be interesting for those clubs who have been silent.

Not all Vic junior football clubs have offered refunds. A lot of clubs have rolled over fees for the 2021 season. Bad luck if you decided not to continue with footy to focus on basketball or if you wanted to switch clubs.

In my opinion parents should be given the option whether to take a refund, roll it over for next season, or to donate to the club. Not all parents are in the same position financially, or may be looking to transfer clubs for other reasons.

Our club has been very silent on the subject of fees but has been using the covid break to update facilities. I don't believe they would be in any financial difficulty to not offer refunds.

Aren't some clubs privately owned? Assume they’ll just keep the cash.

There are some that are run as such!

ACCC: COVID-19 (coronavirus) information for consumers

Refer to "Local sporting clubs or associations" section.

Well done to those clubs who did the right thing before being forced to do the right thing.

Maybe that is why BV took down their post about no refunds unless you can show hardship?

Have they provided a refund?

Crikey. Don't think they are privately owned. I think the only one that might be is Tigers, but not sure.

Hawthorn is NOT privately owned - they rely on funding from their rep, senior and domestic players, which is currently looking problematic.

Dandenong are doing 45% if you want a refund and 55% if you roll it over to next season. I think that is very reasonable

If you didn't get a refund for 2020, why would you sign-up and pay for 2021 with continued uncertainty? A real predicament for clubs and parents.

Consider yourself lucky as in NSW refunds are very low if at all as some clubs providing internal programs as a substitute. one club is refunding $200 from around $800 played and just 1 game played for juniors and some played 3.
One club who charged $1600 for a 14 week season is yet to decide what to refundif at all as they gave an extra training day but no games.

At least Victoria when this hit decided to do the right thing and cancel the season not do a half baked program like here which made the costs for clubs worse.

With this going on hard to see what happens with trials for 2021 as no one cn plan nd nothing from HQ.

State bodies face enornous losses and one state faces a potential revenue shortfall over 5 million so expect fees to increase.