: Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:08 pm  

[quote="david12"]You are right, you are talking enough poop to be a politician.[/quote]

Funny you should mention that

Just for the record David , what is your suggestion to move our club forward ?

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:54 pm  

FredParky wrote:

I do believe they do have a marketing person but wouldn't think that would be in his/her remit to put bums on seats for Leigh Centurions, would it?

Of course it is!! Or if it isn't it ought to be.

And 16quid to watch a NRC tie in new austerity Britain is a lot of money.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:39 pm  

waterfield's finest wrote:

Of course it is!! Or if it isn't it ought to be.

And 16quid to watch a NRC tie in new austerity Britain is a lot of money.

Ring the RFL , they are the ones who are deciding what the job is

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:25 pm  

I think if I was in that job I wouldn't need the RFL to tell me it was in my interest to have a successful club in the stadium. I wouldn't expect to go out with Leigh RL flyers, but I'm sure I'd find a way.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:01 pm  

waterfield's finest wrote:

I think if I was in that job I wouldn't need the RFL to tell me it was in my interest to have a successful club in the stadium. I wouldn't expect to go out with Leigh RL flyers, but I'm sure I'd find a way.

The job description is very strict , the best way I can describe it is as ' new external investment seeker '

It entails bringing in a percentage of corporate/sponsorship/business investment that have never invested in the club before over and above the salary they are paid

It is not for somebody to bring in fans

So basically they will be paid indirectly by the RFL to do what the RFL want them to do , if they dont do that the money could be stopped

As I said if you think it is wrong , ring the RFL they are the ones ' paying the piper '

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:21 pm  

couldn't agree more

we don't want empty seats - Leigh RLFC need to get them filled.

Even the footy teams are realising it - Scottish Premier League are letting kids in for a £1 and i think Sunderland are doing also - some of these kids will be future full paying adult ST holders.

For me Starbug is on the right lines - have the East stand as a family stand. Let local football, rugby, rugby union clubs, schools etc sell tickets - maybe at a slightly reduced rate - say £12 adults £2 kids. The Clubs, schools etc cam keep a % of the tickets sold - say 25%. Give each club, organisation etc 100 tickets.

if tickets/money goes missing - they dont get any more

Get a co to sponsor the stand - or a number of co's - what was it a few years ago - £10 for an U16 ST and they had McDonalds and a few others sponsoring it.

If Leigh do not get kids watching the games now, in 50 years time there may well be know Leigh RLFC if we stay at this level IMHO

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:29 pm  

Starbug wrote:

The job description is very strict , the best way I can describe it is as ' new external investment seeker '

It entails bringing in a percentage of corporate/sponsorship/business investment that have never invested in the club before over and above the salary they are paid

It is not for somebody to bring in fans

So basically they will be paid indirectly by the RFL to do what the RFL want them to do , if they dont do that the money could be stopped

As I said if you think it is wrong , ring the RFL they are the ones ' paying the piper '

Are we talking about the same role? I was under the impression I'd passed comment on the person in charge of promoting LSV, not the club itself.

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:43 pm  

waterfield's finest wrote:

Are we talking about the same role? I was under the impression I'd passed comment on the person in charge of promoting LSV, not the club itself.

It did get a bit mixed up earlier didn't it

As I understand it , the LSV are looking for a ' business development ' person , what thier responsibilities will be , I dont know but i'd doubt they will be mainly concerned with filling the seats

The RFL have funds available [ the famous 100 K per club or not as it seems ] but these are tied into appointing a F/T Ceo and a F/T ' new business investment ' person

It seems to me that both organisations , the LSV management and the RFL are more interested in small numbers of ' big ' investors rather than lots of ' small ' investors

In my opinion both are wrong

: Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:57 pm  

waterfield's finest wrote:

Of course it is!! Or if it isn't it ought to be.

And 16quid to watch a NRC tie in new austerity Britain is a lot of money.

Got it wrong AGAIN did you, pay attention

: Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:13 pm  

I don't think I am Fred. I'm quite sure that it won't say - increase the average gate of clubs playing at the LSV by 50% as one of his targets.

However, I would be dismayed if he didn't have targets that could not be linked directly or indirectly to the numbers of bums on seats.

There should be some mutual agreement over marketing and promotions between the two organsiations as their futures could be intertwined.