Quote: John Gilbert Reds "As a United fan, we don’t have a waiting list for season tickets anymore and they still do the automatic cup scheme. This relates to all Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup games, a potential maximum of 14 games if United reached the finals at a minimum ticket cost of say £30.
In comparison, you can only have a maximum of 3 Challenge Cup home games and how often does that happen. As long as season ticket holders are given discounted ticket prices as I mentioned earlier (£10 for adults is a bargain – but reflects potential standard of opposition to) I can’t envisage it discouraging many people. It would certainly increase crowd sizes and bring the buzz back to the famous cup.
RE bank details, I assume most clubs make it easier for people to pay for their season tickets so offer direct debits. I know Salford do and whilst I appreciate a lot of people pay upfront, it wouldn’t be difficult to request this information at the signing up stage.
For it to work though, all clubs Super League would have to abide with it becoming optional for Championship clubs.'"
Agree with most of that. As long as it's kept to a reasonable additional price I wouldn't be averse to it.
On a slightly different tack, would seeding help maybe?
Maybe make it so in the 4th Round (1st Round for SL clubs) SL clubs are drawn against each other?
That would then guarantee that the 5th Round would have 6 SL clubs and 10 others in it.
