COVID Impact Policy 2022

At this time, the impact (if any) that the COVID-19 pandemic may have on the 2022 Toyota AFL Premiership Season is not known. 

 

The impacts of COVID-19 (‘COVID-19 Impacts’) may result in Members having reduced or varied match access or reserved seat benefits compared to those that would apply in the absence of those impacts.  

 

Reserved Seats

If the number or location of reserved seats available to the Club to allocate to Members is affected by COVID-19 Impacts, the Club will allocate (or provide Members with the opportunity to secure) reserved seats in accordance with the following: 

a) Access to a reserved seat to any match is subject to the Club having sufficient reserved seats made available by the venue and the AFL for allocation to Members.

b) Where the location of reserved seats available to the Club is affected or there are fewer reserved seats for a match made available to the Club for allocation to Members than Members holding ordinary reserved seat entitlements for the match, the usual allocation of reserved seats will not apply. Where the Club has access to allocate reserved seats, Reserved seat Members will be provided access to secure a reserved seat in accordance with the applicable booking process, which will be published on the Club’s website. Access to secure a reserved seat will be subject to availability and will be prioritised according to each Member’s Membership Package as follows:

Priority 1 (highest priority) - Gold members  

Priority 2 – Silver- Wing members  

Priority 3 – Silver - Goals members  

Reserved seat Members must register during the designated time period corresponding to the priority category above (as specified in the booking process for the relevant match as published on the Club’s website) in order to secure priority access in accordance with that category.  

c) Members who would ordinarily hold a reserved seat for the match will be entitled to a partial refund or credit (as determined below) where they do not secure a reserved seat and no reserved seats for the relevant match were made available for booking by members in the Member’s priority category or any allocation of reserved seats made available to the category has been exhausted. Members who do not secure a reserved seat through the booking process will not otherwise be entitled to a refund or credit in relation to their reserved seat entitlements for the relevant match.

d) Members who secure a reserved seat will not be entitled to a refund or credit in relation to any change in the location of their seats.  

Refunds and Credits 

Where a Member qualifies for a partial refund or credit in relation to the unavailability of reserved seats for any matches as provided above, the amount of the refund or credit will be determined as follows: 

(a) The Member’s Membership Fee will be divided into a component relating to match access in 2022 (Match Access Component) and a component relating to all other benefits (Other Benefits Component).  

(b) The Other Benefits Component will be valued at $60 for an adult or concession membership and $30 for a junior membership, plus 15% of the face value of the total Membership Fee. This represents the value of benefits including: exclusive membership communications, merchandise and Club sponsor discounts, Member cards, full voting rights (18+), and priority access to retain and renew a reserved seat for the 2023 Toyota AFL Premiership Season (subject to these terms and conditions.)  

(c) The Match Access Component will be determined by subtracting the value of the Other Benefits Component from the total Membership Fee.  

(d) An ‘Individual Match Value’ will be determined by dividing the Match Access Component by the number of Home and Away matches to which the Member would ordinarily have been allocated a reserved seat.  

(e) The Individual Match Value will be multiplied by the number of matches for which the Member is entitled to a refund or credit to determine a ‘Reserved Seat Credit Provisional Value’.  

(f) Where any membership vouchers (e.g. Bulldog Shop vouchers) have been provided by the Club in conjunction with the Membership Package purchase, the face value of the coupon will be subtracted from the Reserved Seat Credit Provisional Value to arrive at the final value. Where no such membership coupons have been provided, the final value will be the same as the Reserved Seat Credit Provisional Value.