I cant see how an advert after a try is scored could do any harm. TBF the length of time it takes Sinfield to take a conversion Sky could play a couple of ads.

Actually, Martyn Sadler reckons that when League Publications has advertised on both SL and union matches on Sky, the SL games cost more because of the greatly increased viewing figures.

Some on here need to reread the title of this thread, it said ' Real ' idea's, some of them are less likely than a man walking on Mars

A membership model rather than just selling season tickets.

Get the game on fta, whatever it takes

Stop under selling ourselves. We have a great product we just need to market it better

How about a simple idea i put to the Leigh board last year that is low cost with great profit opportunity which would work tons better in SL with the higher attended games.

Fans vote for the "Fans real time MOM"

During the game a TEXT number is displayed on the scoreboard whereby you can text in throughout the game and vote for the "real time" MOM"

The results would be displayed in a bar graph at certain intervals during the game showing who was winning the race for MOM, i.e Half Time/Full Time

The players can see it adding extra motivation, it could bring in thousands per game in income as people could vote as many times as they wanted and it would be a Unique fan interaction and also could be sponsored.

A simple idea with next to nothing initial outlay, its not going to make millions but add to this various other gameday experiences coupled with TV exposure on SKY games for the Fans "Real Time MOM" TV viewers can vote form home or the Pub!

Another idea, SL to sign a sponsorship deal with a major coach company. All members/season ticket holders can travel to away games for 15pounds inc transport and entrance ticket. Would boost crowds, better atmosphere and make it more enticing to become a member.

Money follows media interest. Media interest follows star players. It doesn't follow nice new stadia. It doesn't follow commentators screaming that we have the best sport in the world. It doesn't follow good honest ordinary players dedicated to our great sport. It follows star names. League's media profile peaked with the likes of Offiah, etc. We didn't take advantage of that interest too well because we had a big structural problem, namely one(-ish) club buying all the good players.

So we threw the baby out with the bath water by deciding that a flat cap ( pun partly intended ) was right for our game ( not that its wrong for every game ). Didn't work, because the gap between clubs is sooooo big, you can only start to equalize things by totally crushing the ability of the top clubs to sign almost *any* superstars. This holds back the ability of the sport to generate media interest.

We need to put the baby back in the bath. Spend whatever you, your chairman and your sponsors like ... EXCEPT you can only pay big money to 13 players. That's it. No club can totally dominate with that rule in place, and *every* club that wants to compete will need an excellent youth system. In fact, if you're a lower club with weaker finances, you could choose to focus your efforts on the youth system and still do really well. The club that relies only on the 13 stars but has a weak backup squad will suffer very badly when the mid-season injuries stack up.

Well thats a little better, less ' pie in the Sky ' , but ultimatly and once again, it is hard to sell a closed shop sport to the british public, so no matter what else you do, you have to somehow find a way to put the emotion back into your regular season matches

What are you thinking of in "star player" ?
If it's RU converts, forget that, opening up the cap isn't going to bring those.
If it's NRL stars, opening up the SL cap isn't going to bring those either.
If it's talented and entertaining players, then we have a league full of those.

We watch different teams, for me (aside from Northampton Knights and Northampton Demons) it's Leeds Rhinos and London Broncos. I haven't noticed a drop in spectator emotion from the fans watching those.

You perhaps are the exception, few fans tend to follow several clubs and the broader sport, the majority are usually single club fans, and we are also discussing increasing revenue, which entails how we are percieved as a sport by potential new fans and sponsors

Being a regular reader of the Bronco's board, they dont sound overly happy on there

That wasn't a comment on my emotion at games, but on the emotion I saw from fans at games.

How we are perceived by potential new fans and sponsors is probably influenced by the attitides of current fans, and I haven't come across many groups as negative (and going over 30 years here) as RL fans.

So is that negativity the reason for RL s struggles? , or is it real? , can negative emotion be overcome ? And how?

It's been there as long as I've followed the game. It's a disease the sport has. You have it (no insult) how do you think it can be cured?