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| Quote Him="Him"I don’t think P&R is the reason for lower attendances. I think it has much more to do with the economy than P&R. I know I’ve cut back on the amount of away games I go to over recent years, mostly for costs reasons, partly for time. I’m sure other people are the same across the game.
There’s also the issue of how watchable the games are. I’ve always maintained that I don’t buy into this rose tinted nonsense that somehow the game was much higher quality 20 years ago, a simple look at how lackadaisical and soft defences were soon puts that argument to bed. However there’s no doubting it was better to watch in general.
So I think those 2 factors combined are a major issue for the sport and aren’t something easily fixed. Another issue however is the number of games and the number of times you play each opponent. It doesn’t make it special if you know you’re likely to play Wigan 3/4 times this season for instance. Especially when that’s year after year.
I think we need to cut the number of games which would then force clubs to market themselves and pack games out. It would also do us a world of good when it comes around to internationals and our players are knackered from being at clubs with much smaller squads and playing far more games than their Aussie/Kiwi counterparts.
Having said that I’d still scrap P&R. I think it’s massively destabilising to the sport as proved by how much the threat of it has set Leeds back by 5 years at a guess? Without the threat of P&R we could have been developing youngsters more and not making stop gap signings like Thompson, Donaldson, Evans etc'"
Good post. Agree with much of that. Duplicate fixtures are a major negative for me. As is the season starting in Jan. Thurs night games also are a no from me. Usually very poor turnout for them. Too many Friday night games as well is not good for press coverage. |
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| Quote Trebor1="Trebor1"Good post. Agree with much of that. Duplicate fixtures are a major negative for me. As is the season starting in Jan. Thurs night games also are a no from me. Usually very poor turnout for them. Too many Friday night games as well is not good for press coverage.'"
Agreed on Thirs night fixtures, season starting too early and repeat fixtures.
I disagree on Friday fixtures, Fridays to me are the best for us and I feel Friday nights is SL night especially at home, corporate is also bery important and Fridays will always be the best night for corporate clients |
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We had 14 teams under licensing, it was so much better.
You can now face the same club 7 times. It’s an awful system.
1 Friendly
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3 weekends of consecutive storms may also have dampened enthusiasm for an outing to watch some Rugby. Agree that a well run licensing and franchise system coupled with a 14 team league and decent marketing would be a good way forward.
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| Quote christopher="christopher"Agreed on Thirs night fixtures, season starting too early and repeat fixtures.
I disagree on Friday fixtures, Fridays to me are the best for us and I feel Friday nights is SL night especially at home, corporate is also bery important and Fridays will always be the best night for corporate clients'"
I’d like more of a mixture but know that doesn’t work for everyone.
We should definitely make better use of the new SouthStand facilities. I’d like to see a few Leeds Rhinos Festivals each year. Play Saturday afternoon or a Sunday afternoon with a bank holiday Monday. Have some bands playing after the game. Indoor stage and outdoor stage. The bar would take a load of money.
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I expect Corona virus to have an effect on attendances this season .I've just heard the cobra meeting today to discuss a possible ban on mass gatherings which if that doesnt happen will still have an effect on attendances
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| Quote lionarmour87="lionarmour87"I expect Corona virus to have an effect on attendances this season .I've just heard the cobra meeting today to discuss a possible ban on mass gatherings which if that doesnt happen will still have an effect on attendances'"
I was thinking about this when I heard that gatherings of 5,000 or more would not be allowed, how many ST holders do we have?
Could they restrict it to ST holders only and you would have to register for the game beforehand and only the first 5,000 registered could attend? it would be better than playing it behind closed doors which they would have to do. |
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| Quote Sir Kevin Sinfield="Sir Kevin Sinfield"I’d like more of a mixture but know that doesn’t work for everyone.
We should definitely make better use of the new SouthStand facilities. I’d like to see a few Leeds Rhinos Festivals each year. Play Saturday afternoon or a Sunday afternoon with a bank holiday Monday. Have some bands playing after the game. Indoor stage and outdoor stage. The bar would take a load of money.
Events draw people in, that’s how Toronto built their following.'"
Agree. I think that would attract more kids to the games that are the future of the sport. Late evening games dont do that as much |
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I know as a lad when we used to play on Saturdays that I couldnt go as I had a Saturday job. When I left school I worked in retail so still couldnt go, best thing that happend for me was switching to Sundays and latterly to Friday nights. Now I don't work in retail I can go on Saturdays. The point being is that you can't please all the people all the time and there will always be people that can't attend on any given day but will go when their life balance allows.
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| Quote christopher="christopher"I was thinking about this when I heard that gatherings of 5,000 or more would not be allowed, how many ST holders do we have?
Could they restrict it to ST holders only and you would have to register for the game beforehand and only the first 5,000 registered could attend? it would be better than playing it behind closed doors which they would have to do.'"
Potential to cause huge cash flow issues within the game I'd have thought. |
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I run the Prediction Comp on the Wire Board and one of the guesses is the attendance v Warrington (it's the only chance of some of us getting a point this week ha ha) has it been confirmed anywhere?
Well done on the win and thanks in advance
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| Quote Clearwing="Clearwing"Potential to cause huge cash flow issues within the game I'd have thought.'"
Not at Salford, Huddersfield and Wakefield... |
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