Starbug wrote:But as I'm not going to plough through them all I'm making a guess based on what I have seen in recent weeks
The gate at Leigh verses Widnes was definatley down on previous years , yes both clubs are not at the top fighting for promotion so that may have an impact
But looking at some of the other matches they dont seem to be breaking any pots especially when the clubs normally give out 200 family tickets allowing a potential 800 people in for free
Half way through our 3 rd year of televised matches I cannot see any real benifits from the coverage from the competition or the clubs point of view
If you can see different please give your opinion , that is what these boards are for after all arent they
Nope – if you want to argue that the costs of televising games in the Championship, in terms of effect on attendances, outways the benefits: the burden falls on you to provide the evidence (it is, as pointed out, available and easy to gather).
But you can't seriously expect anyone to engage with you if all you offer as supporting evidence to back up your point is guesses and supposition.
Personally, I've no idea what the effect is on crowds (either generally or at the televised games themselves) or finances of clubs. But then, I'm not the one arguing for an end to televised games.
