On the same subject as the pledge that my lil bro was on about, what about this for an idea.

If you are associated with an amateur rugby league/union club you get a south stand season ticket for £70 until the end of November. Each club could get their numbers and then order their tickets and this may help to get new and old supporters through the turnstyles.

I haven't had a season ticket for the last couple of years as from a financial point of view, there is no point. I generally miss a few games because of holidays/prior commitments so I would end up being worse off having one.

If the club are to go down the pledge route, maybe 3000 tickets sold would end up with £75 tickets. Therefore, this gives a discount to those who are associated with an amateur team, hopefully helping to boost the game at that level too.

Correct but the risks are too high, reduce prices to tempt more fans but reduce overall revenue in process, too risky....

The people in charge of the club need to look at making it work then. If that means reducing the playing budget then so be it.

By reducing the playing staff has probably cost us a SL place over recent history, it was a major box that Halifax RLFC couldn't tick I'm afraid.
Yes, we've had some great days out over the last few seasons watching the first team in their finals, but the future of the club rests on developing it's own talent. That means withdrawing scholars, & academy in recent times has cost us in the long term.

I was meaning the first team squad budget.

However, we won't ever be ready for SL unless we get a big money backer.

This is it.

This should be at the forefront of all our SL aspirations. They even gave a club who went into administration and who have the worst ground in Rugby League a license. Why? Beacause they now have a big money backer. You can discuss all the other stuff and waste forum space but this is the key.

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