Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"He also states we should split the money between those 20 clubs instead of 14 as we do now. We have an SC which is ridiculously low and some clubs are still failling to spend it, some by a fair distance. Taking a few hundred thousand from them and giving it to clubs in a lower league (who can then compete for similar players causing their relative values to rise meaning you not only get less money but less value from it). There also isnt the players out there which if the money was spent by our lower league clubs could raise the standard enough. We struggle to fill SL with quality players, its not going to make it any easier trying to fill 20 clubs rather than 14.
A simpler, maybe a little more lateral solution to this problem would to change the game to 4 quarters of 20 minutes. Which would allow sides to re-group if the opposition gets on a roll, removes some of the reliance on stamina which can see clubs run away with games, would be done in alignment with a reduction in substitutions which would give an extra tactical facet to the game, and also allow an extra ad break within the game, raising its value for TV, bringing in more money so we can bring in and create more, better players.'"
Lets go the whole way and call each tackle a down and get all the players to wear oversized shoulder pads and helmets??
I'm using a team like Bradford as an example, they're marketing/ticketing team have devised a season ticket price of £60 if they get 10,000 people to buy them, that is at least £600,000 into their coffers, plus hospitality on a match day (another example of 500 people paying £100 = £50,000 per game, multiply this by 9 proposed home games per season and you reach £450,000) - Thats a minimum of £1,050,000 so far for those keeping count, plus shirt/short sponsors (around £250,000 per season), ground sponsors (possible £250,000 with advertising hoardings etc), merchandise sales (20,000 shirts alone at £20 profit will generate £400,000) and walk up sales (average of 2,000 away and home supporters walk up at £20 is £40,000 multiplied by the 9 proposed games is £360,000).
Total so far is £2,310,000 without any sky money. Obviously there are other teams like Wakefield, Salford and Harlequins who won't be able to reach this sort of money earning potential, but I've selected a team who are currently placed 10th in the table, so would be at the lower eschalon of the proposed higher league.
I'm sure there are other marketing and money making ideas that clubs use to bring in more money/corporates, golf days, limited edition shirts etc etc but the ones i've stated are the basics - how clubs go bust I have no idea!
