76030_1540929970.jpgJESUS WEPT HOW MANY TIMES?????
£20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000.
The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover.
There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. :d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_76030.jpg
Quote: Gallanteer "It's not necessarily about the money, and that's the thing you constantly miss in this argument.
Away fans add atmosphere (in the UK we sing a lot at each other and for their respective teams). This should not be underestimated. It makes a simple game into an occasion and adds more emotion to it. This looks and sounds better on TV and is even better in reality when you are there at the ground. Imagine a Hull derby without one set of supporters. Yes the game might still be great, but as any broadcast person will tell you, its the sound that generates the atmosphere and heightens the emotions.
Whilst a stadium full of home support might look great, it's the noise of home and away support that make a gane into an occasion which in turn, when televised, might encourage others to be part of in the future because they want to experience it first hand.'"
Atmosphere is all well and good.....but its not a luxury English RL can afford. As for your "if they see it on TV they will come" marketing strategy, you are Nigel and I claim my fiver......
Quote: Alan Cargill "Well they certainly didn't bring many last night - 250?'"
i made the trip over from hull last night, can see why many other fc fans aren't shelling out good money to watch us play meaningless matches with tired, knackered players who are done for the season! after the warrington away game that will be my last away trip of the season, no doubt kr fans will be on here going 'in any kind of weather!' but simply cant afford to pay 80-100 quid when the team has nothing to play for!
Quote: wrencat1873 "Maybe they should start from zero points in the super 8's or, grade the points from 8 - 1 .
After all, everyone starts "equal" in the middle 8's.
It would make the end of season games more exciting and still reward the sided that finish higher up the table.
dont think they need to do that, even top 5 play off, it would have all 8 teams still involved with a chance for a few more weeks
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HOW MANY TIMES?????
£20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000.
The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover.
There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. 
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