They can justify it because I roughly worked out that it would bring an extra $25-30 000 a week. The umpires and running costs are just an excuse to put up prices. The dome is the reason it all went up.

.. by the way .. some refs need to take a serious look at their attitude towards summer season - twice already this season I have heard refs say - "who cares it is only summer season" - wrong attitude.

Before all the refs come on here and reply - please be aware that I said "some refs". Others have been outstanding - and funnily enough they have a positive attitude to summer season.

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So some umpires response to the 20 cent pay rise (ridiculous I agree) is to take a half-assed approach

interstate it was 412 a game - and that was it!

but it injected more money into the system - we had stadiums with air con, resturants, bars and well maintained

sorry should have been $12 a game

fat fingers

The danger as i see it is that the refs are going to be in for even more abuse.

Already heard a few " i am paying $10 for you to call that crap" lines.

More refs being abused leads to refs not wanting to ref leads to even less refs.

From what i have heard none of the money raised is going to the refs.

It is all just a side issue to get more money into the debts that BASA has.

As a comparison for other senior grades, what do people playing B-C-D grade cricket have to pay to play? A1-A10 footy? Senior Netball at ETSA Park on Saturday mornings in Winter? Amatuer Soccer?

Anon

why should the people be forced to cover the debt of the dome and Wayville?

The excuse that the money is to go to refs is a con for the most part. I dont think people would mind if that is what it was for but it is a hike to cover BASA buts and debts.

The sport will die at a grass roots level if mums and dads are forced to decide between what their kid wants to play and what they can afford to let their kid play, let alone going to watch them play.

Most people play twice a week. Teams will start folding simply because of the expense at a social level.

The thing that annoys me is that the hike comes just weeks after money for nominations has been collected.

Wonder if teams would have nominated knowing that there would be a price hike in the near future?

I still think spectators should be free. Going into a cold empty stadium with no supporters does nothing to promote the sport to others.think of the money in the bars and cantens if more spectators went? Think back to state Champs when it is a team fee and the stadiums are full of relatives and friends.I realise we are talking about adults in the social comp .

the way the refs and this league is going we might as well play in kb's sunday sesssions with no refs would be the same

in reference to post about what do other sports play

got a run down of some other sports here

Indoor Cricket Senior player

Depending on Center $9 - $11 per game

Junior Indoor Cricket $6.50


Outdoor Cricket

District - $250 - $350 in fees dep on club plus $10 - $15 per match

Junior $80 - $120 plus $5 per match

other assoc vary from

$120 a season to $350 a season and $5 - $10 per match


dont know bout football but thats what cricketers play

Umpires in Indoor cricket vary from $15 a match (jn) to $25 a match senior

Outdoor Umps $50 - $75 a day

Div1 amatuer soccer,

per season = $50 subs fee

clubs pay for refs out of admission charges and profits from kitchen / bar.

indoor cricket 50 - 60 mins mate not all day

and i was responding to apost asking about other sports

But Dome repayments are suspended until 2008....do we have other debts we don't know about? (ie Wayville?)