Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:46 pm  

so most of the world cup games will be on premier sports...

Just the England games on the BBC.

would like to have premier sports just for the world cup..but doesnt look like there is any offers by then for this?

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:54 pm  

Brearley - you should not be without Premier Sports. excellent value for money

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:59 pm  

JonB95 wrote:

And there goes another thread turned into an 'it was better in the old days' argument courtesy of William Eve.

Whether you like it or not... modern day SL fans are what they are. They pay for their heavily discounted SL season ticket and that's it as far as they are concerned. It's a difficult enough assignment to encourage them to purchase tickets for Challenge Cup semi finals and SL play-off fixtures involving their very own SL club so imagine how difficult it is to encourage those same fans to purchase tickets for internationals given their comparatie lack of interest?

Fact is... modern day SL fans aren't as interested in the wider game other than what their discounted Super League season ticket and Sky Sports coverage provides them with. The very fact that Sky have no involvement with the RLWC will have turned a fair number of Super League fans away from the RLWC because Super League and related Sky products are all they understand.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:02 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

so most of the world cup games will be on premier sports...

Just the England games on the BBC.

would like to have premier sports just for the world cup..but doesnt look like there is any offers by then for this?

Your request for a discounted offer in order to watch the RLWC just about sums up the psyche of the modern day fan of discounted Super League.

No discount = No interest.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:06 pm  

Appears to me he's not after a discount but doesn't want a subscription for the whole year. Fair enough really.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:14 pm  

Yeah, William i think we got it the other 65 billion times you have made those points.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:19 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

so most of the world cup games will be on premier sports...

Just the England games on the BBC.

would like to have premier sports just for the world cup..but doesnt look like there is any offers by then for this?

I have the online player which I can still watch through my tv, costs £10 a month with no contracts and I think it's excellent. Started with it earlier this season for the NRL and I'd definitely recommend it. It's a must for any RL fan imo.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:19 pm  

Seth wrote:

Appears to me he's not after a discount but doesn't want a subscription for the whole year. Fair enough really.

I'd suggest his use of the word "offer" suggests otherwise.

From Premier Sports website FAQ:
For monthly subscribers subscription is for a minimum of 2 months, with cancellation to be given by phone 30 days from next billing date. For annual subscribers please note the minimum term is for 12 months and the subscription is automatically renewed unless cancellation by phone is received 30 days before the date of renewal"

So that's £19.98 in subscription fees for 28 RLWC games all "live".

Just over 71p per live game then.

It remains to be seen whether such a price is considered unrealistic to the modern day Giants fan who has become so accustomed to his discounted SL product over the years.

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:11 pm  

It is quite evident that 'William' doesn't live in the real world. Back in the good old days there were no mobile phones, a hand full of television stations, no games consoles etc etc.

Now in 2013 we have smart phones, iPads, laptops, home cinema systems and so on and so forth. Rugby League no longer has an entertainment monopoly over towns in the north of England like it once did. Simple as that.

Can we not just block the boring troll?

Re: World Cup Ticket Sales : Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:31 pm  

Ganson's Optician wrote:

It is quite evident that 'William' doesn't live in the real world. Back in the good old days there were no mobile phones, a hand full of television stations, no games consoles etc etc.

Now in 2013 we have smart phones, iPads, laptops, home cinema systems and so on and so forth. Rugby League no longer has an entertainment monopoly over towns in the north of England like it once did. Simple as that.

Can we not just block the boring troll?

Does the modern day usage of mobile phones, games consoles, iPads, laptops, multi-channel TV, home cinema systems, etc, also account for the poor attendances in the Challenge Cup and SL play-off fixtures? And if so, why aren't all those modern day accoutrements affecting the sales of discounted Super League season tickets and affecting regular season SL attendances to the same degree?

Are Super League fans pre-occupied with their laptops, mobiles, iPads, games consoles, etc, only after the regular SL season has concluded?