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Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 8:36 am
by Topper
The burp machine is burping away about a single situation that means nothing in the big picture.
Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:12 am
by Beaussie
Xman wrote:Raiderdave wrote:
9 times in the past 14 ... I did say 1997 knucklehead
& their crowds have dropped by 33%
Storms have risen by 20%
case closed
The storm have gone up 12% maths genius. That's after 5 GF appearances and 11 finals appearances in 14 years! Massive
The Storm are a massive failure in sports mad Melbourne. Did you know they suck over $11 million annually out of the NRL/News Ltd and the other clubs?
Over $11 million annually
Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:18 am
by Xman
Beaussie wrote:Xman wrote:Raiderdave wrote:
9 times in the past 14 ... I did say 1997 knucklehead
& their crowds have dropped by 33%
Storms have risen by 20%
case closed
The storm have gone up 12% maths genius. That's after 5 GF appearances and 11 finals appearances in 14 years! Massive
The Storm are a massive failure in sports mad Melbourne. Did you know they suck over $11 million annually out of the NRL/News Ltd and the other clubs?
Over $11 million annually
and these RL fools crap on about the AFL's expensive expansion teams in the Suns and Giants.
11Mil annually is a disgrace. The storms failure to grow during this goldern era is glaring. They may not even exist when they become also rans.
Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:22 am
by Beaussie
Imagine a few lean years for the Storm and what that would mean for the NRL. Imagine the bailout required then. Even scarier, imagine the crowds. Attendance numbers and memberships are already pitiful for such a successful team on the field. Victorians just will not embrace the inferior RL product.
Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:42 am
by Xman
Beaussie wrote:Imagine a few lean years for the Storm and what that would mean for the NRL. Imagine the bailout required then. Even scarier, imagine the crowds. Attendance numbers and memberships are already pitiful for such a successful team on the field. Victorians just will not embrace the inferior RL product.
Yes Melbourne love all sports and attend almost everything in massive numbers. However RL is on the very bottom end of what is considered a decent spectator sport. Unfortunately for them Melbourne already well and truly love AFL and in comparison RL is definately the much uglier sister.
Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:17 pm
by Raiderdave
Beaussie wrote:Xman wrote:Raiderdave wrote:
9 times in the past 14 ... I did say 1997 knucklehead
& their crowds have dropped by 33%
Storms have risen by 20%
case closed
The storm have gone up 12% maths genius. That's after 5 GF appearances and 11 finals appearances in 14 years! Massive
The Storm are a massive failure in sports mad Melbourne. Did you know they suck over $11 million annually out of the NRL/News Ltd and the other clubs?
Over $11 million annually
gee
wouldn't the AFL love to ...only .. have to pay 11million a year for GWS or the Thuns
Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:00 pm
by cos789
Xman wrote:Beaussie wrote:Imagine a few lean years for the Storm and what that would mean for the NRL. Imagine the bailout required then. Even scarier, imagine the crowds. Attendance numbers and memberships are already pitiful for such a successful team on the field. Victorians just will not embrace the inferior RL product.
Yes Melbourne love all sports and attend almost everything in massive numbers. However RL is on the very bottom end of what is considered a decent spectator sport. Unfortunately for them Melbourne already well and truly love AFL and in comparison RL is definately the much uglier sister.
Well the new RU team is doing better than the established rl team.
Well the new soccer team is doing better than the established rl team.
Well the new netball team is doing better than the established rl team.
Well the new darts team is doing better than the established rl team.
Well the old farts team is doing better than the established rl team.
Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:06 pm
by enarelle
how do all those other sports rate on TV compared to rugby league/storm? Imagine if more games were shown live?
Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:40 pm
by Xman
enarelle wrote:how do all those other sports rate on TV compared to rugby league/storm? Imagine if more games were shown live?
Not sure thats got anything to do with the popularity of RL in Melbourne. Cos was confirming the fact that Melbourne love all sports, but RL the least.
Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:53 pm
by enarelle
I would have thought that TV as the medium that gives the greatest exposure and coverage would be kind of important. Doesnt it give the AFL the lions share of its dollars?
Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:57 pm
by cos789
Xman wrote:enarelle wrote:how do all those other sports rate on TV compared to rugby league/storm? Imagine if more games were shown live?
Not sure thats got anything to do with the popularity of RL in Melbourne. Cos was confirming the fact that Melbourne love all sports, but RL the least.
When you consider that RU is not on FTA, that's an even greater loss for rl to it's bitter rival RU.
Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:59 pm
by Raiderdave
Xman wrote:enarelle wrote:how do all those other sports rate on TV compared to rugby league/storm? Imagine if more games were shown live?
Not sure thats got anything to do with the popularity of RL in Melbourne. Cos was confirming the fact that
Melbourne love all sports, but RL the least.
Like NSWshmen & Qlders love all sports .. but AFL the least
Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:00 pm
by Raiderdave
cos789 wrote:Xman wrote:enarelle wrote:how do all those other sports rate on TV compared to rugby league/storm? Imagine if more games were shown live?
Not sure thats got anything to do with the popularity of RL in Melbourne. Cos was confirming the fact that Melbourne love all sports, but RL the least.
When you consider that RU is not on FTA, that's an even greater loss for rl to it's bitter rival RU.
RU not on FTA ?
funny
I coulda sworn I saw all their tests on this year on FTA
Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:08 pm
by Xman
Raiderdave wrote:Xman wrote:enarelle wrote:how do all those other sports rate on TV compared to rugby league/storm? Imagine if more games were shown live?
Not sure thats got anything to do with the popularity of RL in Melbourne. Cos was confirming the fact that
Melbourne love all sports, but RL the least.
Like NSWshmen & Qlders love all sports .. but AFL the least
Really? Interesting the Swans average crowds higher than any other sporting club in Sydney, including RL
Meanwhile the storm are on the other end of the spectrum in Melbourne!
Re: Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:25 pm
by Topper
And that's the key statistic of the lot, Xman.