COLLINGWOOD has accused the AFL of swallowing up club profits, ready to battle the league on its controversial wealth taxes and revenue sharing model.

Pies chief executive Gary Pert told a members forum on Thursday night the club would not continue to lay down over the AFL’s financial models.

The club yearly declares vast profits but its rivals are swimming in debts while the AFL grows its future fund with overall profits.

Pert said the Pies would not continue to hand over taxes which include $500,000 a year in revenue taxes.

“We are in a good strong financial position. In the last 10 year when the AFL has tried to convince us to give money to other clubs, AFL clubs have got themselves into $60 million of debt.

“Add gaming money and it’s closer to $100 million of debt. In the same 10-year period the AFL has made an $80 million cash surplus so there is enough money to go around but the AFL is not distributing it.

“When you look at the mathematics we quite clearly say we shouldn’t as a long-term solution be giving that money to the AFL or other clubs.

“All the AFL clubs need to be financially resilient and profitable and we will continue to push that.”

Clubs including Collingwood and Hawthorn have already pushed for a total overhaul of the AFL’s taxation model during a review next year.

The league declared a $12.5 million profit last year at a time only six of 18 clubs made a profit without financial handouts.

The league has secured a record $2.508 billion TV deal which will have every stakeholder putting their hand out for a piece of the pie.

Collingwood will again declare a profit but despite leading AFL membership figures dropped from 2014’s total of 79,347 to 75,037 members, a drop of over 4000.

Pert on Thursday took the highly unusual step of criticising 14,000 fans who did not re-sign, saying they went against Collingwood ideals.

“For the first time in a long time we went backwards (in membership) last year. We have had a tough couple of years but 14,000 members said I don’t want to sign up again,’’ Pert said.

“They said, ‘I am not happy with the way we are playing’, or “We are losing too many players”, or “I don’t think we will play in a premiership”.

“I know most of you in the room are shaking your heads but 14,000 members said this, which means we put on 10,000 new member.

“To me that is un-Collingwood. That feedback — that I will jump back on board when I am happy how things are going — it eats at the DNA of the people in this room.”