I sort of agree with this and the first post in the thread. I don't see how the magic weekend is going to attract many new fans to RL with the current pricing structure. As someone else has posted in this thread, it is more an event for sky to fill a weekend programming, rather than any attempt to attract new fans/expand the game.

How do RU and Premier League teams get new fans? Do they pay special prices?

Thankfully, the RFL don't employ you to worry your head about this. But in general the idea is that new fans WATCH IT ON THE TELLY. Why the fsck do you think Sky are televising it? Do you think Sky
(a) want to attract new fans to increase viewing figures; or
(b) pay through the nose to stage and televise the event in order to have less viewers and lose money?

I'd leave the financial worrying to the Sky beancounters and just enjoy the games if I were you.


Is your brain the wrong way round or something? It is INDEED an event for Sky to fill a weekend programming! That's, er, like the whole fekkin point!



Yep, a whole weekend of rugby league taking centre programming stage. Have you actually thought about this at all?

Just answer me one question: What do you reckon Sky's aim is, in televising any given sport live and at great expense?

Or maybe a second: Which sport has got the vacated Monday Night Premeir League Soccer slot?

And why?

The Magic event is just that, a big EVENT, RL at centre stage, before a large audience, in the news. But I know, let's make admission free, so that people all go to the game, instead of paying Sky subscriptions. Can you see any catch with that at all?

It doesn't appeal to me, nor a lot of people I know, because frankly, I just don't want to sit through three games. Likewise, I can take my wife and two under 8s to ONE game, and they enjoy themselves, but they'd never sit through three. Now, that doesn't mean it's a bad idea, just that it doesn't work for everyone.

I have however, seen a fan at a amateur game hit a winger with a kid's
pushchair, kid still in it. True that.

What is your point?

MM is not the GF or CC but to someone who is going to a game for the first time its largely irrelevant. GF and CC are not often great games due to what is at stake.

If you are that bothered, take your friends to your own clubs home games.

On the basis you are calling it the "tragic" weekend, I am guessing you are a glass very much half empty type. In which case, do everyone a favour and emigrate to somewhere you can find top level sport for less than a tenner a game

Bigger picture, it's aimed at RL fans. Hopefully staging it in the heartlands will see a good attendance (% wise) which will give the marketing guys a useful tool for future campaigns.

The use of Cardiff and Edinburgh were never really going to attract genuine new fans as there was no club for them to latch only locally.
I'd imagine there will not be that many die hards who will sit through four games. It's not reasonable to expect a newbie to the game to sit through any more than two games.

That being said, this thread is typical if the type of a fan who wants something for nothing. if RL is to be lauded as The Greatest Game, it should not be sold at Netto prices.

And you don't see Netto anymore do you!

Only because Asda paid nearly £800m quid for their UK stores.

OP makes silly statement, gets 'sat on his ', then toddles off the thread without a word.

Finally somebody sees my point

, surely there is a price structure that can reward season ticket holders and attract new supporters? (We can put man on the moon but cant do this...

)

My point there is that the GF and CC final has more prestige and attraction than MM obviously, so fans (new or otherwise) are willing to pay £30 to attend.

The 'Tragic' tag is tounge in cheek, i have friends who are season ticket holders at other clubs and will not pay £15 to go and watch MM this year purley because of the location, if you know Eastlands, Etihad is a good 20-25min walk from Piccadilly station with limited public transport links if you are not driving. Just as importantly there are limited bars, restaurants, outlets etc around the stadium unlike Cardiff, i hope the RFL have considered this...

Rather than glass half empty i would say 'realistic' and looking to improve our sport hence me trying to attract people to watch it