Quote: RBear "please can you name some clubs as I don't know any? Philip couldn't name any either.'"
I know you're trolling but its an interesting topic anyway.
I won't list each one but I think you can safely start with every professional sports organisation in North America;
rlhttp://blogs.forbes.com/sportsmoney/2011/05/25/how-sports-attendance-figures-speak-lies/rl
I was at a Duke university Basketball game where the announcer announced the attendance figure as "[itonights
paid attendance is... (about 9k IIRC BTW)[/i" I also know the MLB and NFL games I've been too did this too.
And as for, say, the premier league I don't know if its as wide spread as in the US but I'd guess its heading that way;
"[iModern day attendances are based on the number of tickets sold as opposed to the number of bums on seats which means the figures released are not a true reflection of the number of people in each ground.
Frustrating for the anoraks, but the easiest way for clubs to calculate attendances. The fact is, unless a few thousand season ticket holders decide not to turn up - which in itself is unlikely - attendance figures released will always be close to actual total.
For example, at Arsenal's Emirates stadium, the attendance figure released to the public reflects the number of tickets sold for each individual game. However, the club also count the number of people who walk through the turnstiles and record the figure for their own private records. [/i"
Read more:
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... z1PGOjapYC
This practice being right or wrong is a fair discussion point, the fact that it happens all over the world is not.