Bombers back in the black
ESSENDON have pulled off a stunning $15 million turnaround with the announcement of a $5.1 million profit for the 2017 financial year. Fallout from the supplements saga hit the club’s bottom line hard last year when the Bombers recorded an operating loss of $9.8 million. Huge compensation payments and the cost of paying fill-in players while 10 players served season-long doping suspensions were key contributors to that result. But the club achieved record membership and greater match revenues as...