‘It was their decision’: AFL boss claps back at Pies boss after GF ticket debacle blame game
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The outgoing AFL boss Gillon McLachlan said that Craig Kelly's Craig Kelly's Magpies supporters were surprised by the league “pointing his finger” in the big final ticket problems. McLachlan said that he chose to allocate Collingwood's tickets to members through a ballot compass rather than the sales system that is more frequently used by the big finalists. 37 Collingwood “Priority One” member missed a large final ticket guaranteed in the membership packages on Monday. Another priority ticket owner was allocated room seats, some complaints from some old relatives, sitting high at the level 4 called Kelly called “terrible”. In a statement published by his club on Monday, Kelly urged AFL increase the allocation of rival clubs from 17,000 members to 20,000 and told Ticket “improve their systems”. Craig Kelly, General Manager of Collingwood, hit the ticketing process for the Grand Final. Uz We know that the big finals are high demand and limited availability, so we call AFL increase opponent club allocation to at least 20,000 tickets from 17,000 at least 20,000 tickets. “We want to make sure that we are actively interacting with AFL, MCC, Ticket and other stakeholders. McLachlan said that 37 members are now buying big final tickets and was surprised by Kelly's comments. “Did Craig show his finger to AFL? I can't imagine Craig's doing this. “I can't imagine that Craig Kelly is doing this… Finally, Collingwood is trying to get the best result for AFL and everyone supporters. GF ticket disaster announced01 51 “There a problem with process, but regardless of process, it was in the best faith… The ballot a decision of Collingwood Football Club, so if they wanted to change this process and return, is for themdecision." McLachlan said whether number of corporate tickets allocated to Grand Final should be reduced or not, but whether division between rival clubs and others insisted on benefit of game. “This is an ongoing debate - there are 100,000 football supporters at the weekend, and there are probably three or four hundred thousand people who want to go,” he said. “I think this is a fair debate, but I can't see that has changed it in general because works to keep everything affordable.”
The outgoing AFL boss Gillon McLachlan said that Craig Kelly's Craig Kelly's Magpies supporters were surprised by the league “pointing his finger” in the big final ticket problems. McLachlan said that he chose to allocate Collingwood's tickets to members through a ballot compass rather than the sales system that is more frequently used by the big finalists. 37 Collingwood “Priority One” member missed a large final ticket guaranteed in the membership packages on Monday. Another priority ticket owner was allocated room seats, some complaints from some old relatives, sitting high at the level 4 called Kelly called “terrible”. In a statement published by his club on Monday, Kelly urged AFL increase the allocation of rival clubs from 17,000 members to 20,000 and told Ticket “improve their systems”. Craig Kelly, General Manager of Collingwood, hit the ticketing process for the Grand Final. Uz We know that the big finals are high demand and limited availability, so we call AFL increase opponent club allocation to at least 20,000 tickets from 17,000 at least 20,000 tickets. “We want to make sure that we are actively interacting with AFL, MCC, Ticket and other stakeholders. McLachlan said that 37 members are now buying big final tickets and was surprised by Kelly's comments. “Did Craig show his finger to AFL? I can't imagine Craig's doing this. “I can't imagine that Craig Kelly is doing this… Finally, Collingwood is trying to get the best result for AFL and everyone supporters. GF ticket disaster announced01 51 “There a problem with process, but regardless of process, it was in the best faith… The ballot a decision of Collingwood Football Club, so if they wanted to change this process and return, is for themdecision." McLachlan said whether number of corporate tickets allocated to Grand Final should be reduced or not, but whether division between rival clubs and others insisted on benefit of game. “This is an ongoing debate - there are 100,000 football supporters at the weekend, and there are probably three or four hundred thousand people who want to go,” he said. “I think this is a fair debate, but I can't see that has changed it in general because works to keep everything affordable.”