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Why are the playoffs so poorly attended ? : Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:55 am  

If you are interested, I have put a questionnaire on the Wire forum as to why we are getting low attendances.

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Re: Why are the playoffs so poorly attended ? : Sun Sep 16, 2012 3:18 pm  

There are 34 votes on this to date, and some interesting results.
All opinions welcomed.

Re: Why are the playoffs so poorly attended ? : Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:56 am  

...because it's not included in the season ticket system - the RFL wants its piece of fish,

Re: Why are the playoffs so poorly attended ? : Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:19 pm  

Interesting point about about including in the season ticket price but what if your team doesnt reach the play offs ? Why in Aus are the crowds so good in the play offs ? It is a problem for our game when at the sharp end of the season the grounds look empty

Re: Why are the playoffs so poorly attended ? : Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:09 pm  

Thinks it's because season ticket holders get used to not paying each match, having to find the full entrance costs especially when the game is on TV comes as a bit of a shock.
Should season tickets be changed. ie by a ticket for £50. This allows you entry for games for £10. Probably costs the same each year but you becomes accustomed to paying to watch the game. When The challenge cup or playoffs come around(yes I can remember that far back) you don't feel the full entry cost as much and maybe more would attend the games.

Re: Why are the playoffs so poorly attended ? : Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:58 am  

Because it has become a Mickey Mouse Cup! second bites of the cherry if you lose? pick who you want to play? it should become the Sky Sports Cup and The Premiership is awarded to the team who play consistently All Season and top Super League.

Re: Why are the playoffs so poorly attended ? : Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:38 am  

All non-season ticket holder games are poorly attended. Challenge Cup semi finals are poorly attended.

Have a look around you the next time you go to a Super League game. Most of the people around you won't have eaten for a week, they'll have holes in their shoes.

Re: Why are the playoffs so poorly attended ? : Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:13 am  

Saddened! wrote:

All non-season ticket holder games are poorly attended. Challenge Cup semi finals are poorly attended.

Have a look around you the next time you go to a Super League game. Most of the people around you won't have eaten for a week, they'll have holes in their shoes.

The way people go on about how poverty stricken they are that they can't afford a ticket, you could be right.

Re: Why are the playoffs so poorly attended ? : Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:01 am  

I liked the old premiership, it was a nice a winding down of the season - an extra cup for those who badly need one. But it's no way to crown a team 'champions of the season'. In Australia, they have their own culture, as Wittgenstein would put "a form of [sporting] life" different to ours.

The play-offs in the Super League as of the moment, resemble more a WWE WrestleMania event than the workings of a dignified sporting organisation with 117 years of history. I will personally never accept the play-offs as being legitimate.

Re: Why are the playoffs so poorly attended ? : Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:23 am  

Mr Carl wrote:

The way people go on about how poverty stricken they are that they can't afford a ticket, you could be right.

That annoyed me about the claims of poverty in the North West by Save The Children a few weeks back, very few people today know what poverty is, I bet many families will have Sky TV for their kids, computer games & parents drink and smoke while still claiming to be poor.