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| Quote: Cruncher "I just remember Wigan going to London one night midweek, and 10,000 people turning up to watch - and that was the Martin Offiah (etc) factor.
The British game is woefully star-light at present. Even Saints, who romped to victory last year, have very few players, if any, with that Wow! factor.
Toronto, Wigan, Leeds,, wherever ... we just need some megastars back in our game.'"
You're absolutely right. One of the things Eddie Hearn discussed with the lack of household names in League. In most mainstream sports even people aren't of said sport can name a few names (Conor McGregor UFC, Tyson Fury/Anthony Joshua Boxing, Lewis Hamilton F1 etc) Whereas he said when people talk about names in league they mention Martin Offiah, Andy Faz etc. Young kids need names to look upto to want to be like; to drag them into the game. We need established names; SBW, Owen Faz, then to market and build our own.
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| Quote: 100% Warrior "Someone else has posted exactly what I’d say - b0ll0cks to the smaller clubs who can’t/won’t try to increase revenue. The longer the RFL and fans sit back and go “ohh but what about Batley/Rochdale/Wakefield [insert whoever you wish]” when we discuss the eradication of the salary cap, the longer the sport is held back. Standards have declined since dramatically in the past 10yrs as have the crowds. We’re in serious danger of becoming completely irrelevant and a forgotten about sport. It’s time we changed the tide and made the sport more appealing to major sponsors and investors.'"
Good post; you're right. Change is most definitely needed; now we look to Toronto to lead the way. | | |
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By all means, that the game of the ground in Canada and the USA, but to have Toronto Wolfpack in our game is a big risk which could end up in a big embarrassment for the RFL, especially with them playing games in batches of home and away fixtures.
It is so easy to pull the plug!
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| Quote: Ruddy Duck "By all means, that the game of the ground in Canada and the USA, but to have Toronto Wolfpack in our game is a big risk which could end up in a big embarrassment for the RFL, especially with them playing games in batches of home and away fixtures.
It is so easy to pull the plug!'"
It is a gamble, no two ways about it but equally the rewards if (and I think the size of that if has decreased dramatically) it pays off. The sport is on its knees mate. This could drag it up standing again over time | | | |
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Say what you want about Toronto Wolfpack but their marketing team is first class (easily the best in Super League). All home games are themed to bring in more support from the local community.
Our game theme is family day and kids are free to enter.
Match tickets available from this Saturday.
https://www.torontowolfpack.com/2020-to ... eme-games/ |
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Say what you want about Toronto Wolfpack but their marketing team is first class (easily the best in Super League). All home games are themed to bring in more support from the local community.
Our game theme is family day and kids are free to enter.
Match tickets available from this Saturday.
https://www.torontowolfpack.com/2020-to ... eme-games/ | |
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| Quote: MattyB "Say what you want about Toronto Wolfpack but their marketing team is first class (easily the best in Super League). All home games are themed to bring in more support from the local community.
Our game theme is family day and kids are free to enter.
Match tickets available from this Saturday.
What Toronto are doing is quietening down the flat cappers and should inspire other SL clubs to take a similar approach or develop better marketing. Toronto have the advantage of still being a relatively new sport in the city and country so intrigue will always be a huge winner on their part.
All I hope is that the AMNRL sides start to pick up some interest and develop further. I don’t mind Toronto in SL at all, I’m a huge backer of it but the long term goal must be to have a full time professional North American League so that clubs like Toronto, Ottawa, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Jacksonville can properly grow the game over there and the game can grow as a whole with a new league and market for players and fans.
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