TBH You've all missed the one massive downside in this pledge thing...

Do you realise how long I'm going to have to queue for a beer and a burger now

The only clubs that need to copy this are the ones with declining or already-poor gates already inadequate to support the necessary club expenditure, a large number of lapsed or wavering fans, with ample spare ground capacity and no mega sugar daddy and considerable future uncertainties if something does not change and soon.

That's Wakey (to a point), Cas (to a point) and...well that's it? Maybe Salford to try and build crowds at their new stadium. Quins obviously, except they lack the big lapsed/wavering fan base so I can't see how they would generate a big enough increase to cover the effects of the price cuts.

I really think this was a set of circumstances nearly unique to Bradford. I'm not sure of either the need for or the chances of success of such a scheme almost anywhere else in the SL. You would have thought the threatened Wakey and Cas would want to look at it, and Quins must wish they could. But the place it could maybe be most effective would be in the lower leagues?

What we need back at Odsal is the kids. The future. I hope we've seen an encouragingly-high percentage of families in the pledges.

OK, I'll acknowledge your motives were pure

. It was your comment about prices tripling though - we've seen the same uninformed broken record (or its inverse - income will be only 30% yadda yadda yadda...) from too many on Substandard.

We'll have to get there early to get our favourite place to stand too

And to park.

Which means we'll have to partake of more beer to fill in the time before KO.

Which means LOADS more income for the club.

Which just goes to show these Whino fekkwits* on Substandard know jack shìte about economics!






[size=85* OTG and other sensible ones are of course not fekkwits and therefore are excluded.[/size

Not withstanding the buzz around the place, the buzz amongst the fans, the buzz around the area, media coverage (this was on Sky sports news last night), chatter amongst Rugby league fans (whether positive or negative) and the additional unit sales in season ticket prices (the real pledge total) mean that the value of sponsorship of the club and at the ground and the interest in corporate match day packages has just shot up over night.

Genius idea and a great way to start the recovery.

Incidentally tonight on Radio Leeds' review of the season even they mentioned the buzz around the place and last seasons year to forget has been almost forgotten. The last time Wakefield were mentioned in the media Rob Burrow's dad (from the GMB Union) was talking about how the players hadn't been paid for two weeks...

...and we're the ones in trouble?



Not to mention that for those of us who've stuck by them and turned up every week during the club's worst ever losing streak it's a very big thank you from the club for our loyal support. It works both ways and we'll be back there drumming up the atmosphere that's been missing now come February along with the stay away-come backs and more importantly the newbies. More opportunities to sell, sell, sell!

I can see ££ signs flickering in Peter Hood's eyes.


It's not a bad idea this pledge thing is it



No wonder we can afford another assistant again.

I don't think the Whinos/Wildcats etc understand elasticity of demand. I think it's very safe to say (and we've proved it) that season tickets are very price elastic.