Quote: Guerrier "On average, about 8% of STH don't turn up on any given game (less for the Derby, obviously). Televised games that figure goes up significantly.
Looking at Thursday games is a bit simplistic, but I can't make the Widnes or Huddersfield games because they're on Thursday, but they're only on Thursday because of TV. I'd bet a lot of money the number of STH who don't turn up on Thursdays is higher than Fridays regardless of whether or not it's on TV, but that's not exactly rocket science.'"
You won't get me defending Thursday night matches. I think that's a very poor thing.
But what I was really saying earlier was that season ticket holders must know in advance, before they buy, that a lot of games will be available on TV - so I don't sympathise too much with those who buy and then complain.
The OP did make a point I agree with. Namely, that we don't know how many people don't buy STs because of TV. The club possibly loses out there. But as I said before, there are some perks to being on telly.
Personally, I'd rather we were never on telly, if for no other reason than we'd then be less exposed to the uninformed, prejudiced gibberish of Eddie and Stevo.