JB Down Under wrote:
....I doubt an exact figure could ever be arrived at.
So you made a guess based on anecdotal experience?
There are a wide range of factors involved that you simply do not know therefore can not predict with any accuracy the financial impact of.
I can predict within 20%....worst case scenario, 25% based on the turn overs of clubs.
Example: London in 2008 received their Sky 1.3 mill, 1.5 from investors and turned over 4.2 million...so 1.2 million from other sources which would have been sponsorship (linked to the investment of Ian L at the time and part of his INVESTMENT) and match day revenues.
50,821 people attended 13 home games that year....1.2 million divided between 50,821 is 23.61 each. With no inflation, no increase in ticket prices, no increase in anything, I am 22% out on my estimate of 30 a pop.
Ticket prices have gone up 25% by the way...beer 16%, food 20% and an entry to the players lounge on match day has gone up by 40%.
Now, I accept that London are not the best example......so lets say I am 50% out and each missing fan is only worth 15 quid in lost revenue
....then the entire seasons loss in revenue would be a paltry 3.7 Million.....a nothing amount of money to a comp that can't give away its naming rights
You say Potayto, I'll say Potatto ....either way, it's not good news for the sport that attendances are down when other sports are riding the Olympic wave and increasing theirs.
