Quote: Tony Fax "Only a massive "re-boot" imo. As I said earlier, in the past 30 years admission has increased at a far faster rate than wages to the stage where it's now an expensive day out compared to it being the equivalent to a couple of pints. Only a BIG admission drop would get new fans which of course means a big down scaling of players' wages, etc but that would require a multi-lateral effort across the whole of RL which unfortunately is unlikely.
I buy a season ticket so don't feel the match day hit money-wise, as it's just an "invisible" annual plastic purchase (if yer get me drift) but it hurts when I open the wallet for a cup game ....... wouldn't wanna be doing that on a regular basis for league games. And it shows at all other clubs with very low cup crowds .... I remember the Cas - Hull cup match when the Cas shed was virtually empty.'"
Agree with some of this, a big admission drop would certainly help keep the faithful coming and at least wouldn't put new ones off from joining them but it would still mean they had to be first of all interested in the sport ( which many aren't ) and make the games interesting and competitive, ( again which many aren't. )
It's a bit like having all the tv channels that are now included free with Sky, Free View and Free Sat etc, how many do we watch that we aren't interested in or find boring? Is it only me that ends up watching country file or turning it off.
It would have to be done across the board for it to be truly effective ( but that's not going to happen ) even though there's sound financial reasoning to do so.
Using Super League as an example despite all the money that has been pumped in can we really see much improvement either in quality of playing standards and quantity of the number of top class players?
I can't, you just have the same teams ( with Leigh being the one and only exception, for now ) and the same standard of players rotating between one another but the difference is there getting paid a hell of a lot more to doing so.
If there is an answer it's beyond me so it's off to Keighley this aft and trying to decide on ST's or POTD.