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Cheshire Tiger wrote:I think it lifts the profile and awareness and that can only be a good thing. If profile isnt important then why do companys spend millions for branding in high profile sports?
Surely some people will watch and think it was good so perhaps go?
People percieve things as unimportant if its not on TV - market research in many sports and non sports contexts suggests that.
Plus its a great filip for the club and buzz for the players
Does it ? or is it just hard core RL fans that watch it ?
How important is 2 nd tier RL to people outside the towns of the clubs themselves ? How many of those clubs draw support or sponsorship from outside their own town area ?
Does it help the club ? or does it cost the clubs money ?
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I have read elsewhere on here that the viewing figures have been very good.
When crowds are around 1500-2000 the priority isnt really outside the towns, there is plenty of potential in the towns. Sponsorships are hard to come by at the moment especially but being seen on TV does help - research backs that up.
As for the clubs, yes I do think they like it. Ive plenty of mates who play in the 2nd and 3rd tier comps and they love a crack on TV and so do the clubs.
And Im really not sure they do lose money. Ive no evidence to back it up but I think attendances on TV games in those divisions compare well to the same game when not on TV.
In short, a TV deal is great for any sport. Of course it could be better but that could be said of anything
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CHURCHILL wrote:Isn't there a stat that suggests Cas are the best supported club per population?
Yes, if Castleford's fans only came from Castleford then this would be the case. But they don't. Just like Aston Villa fans don't only come from Aston (which has a population smaller then Villa Park's capacity). It's a pointless stat.
CHURCHILL wrote:Add to that the fact that Cas, Wakey and Fev fans all have a shirt of each club at home just in case on has a bit more glory than the other, and we have a well supported small part of Yorkshire.
And if you really believe that, then not only are you a loon but you are sort of disproving your own point about them being well supported, as if it's the same people watching 3 clubs, there aren't that many fans around.
DAR130 wrote:Sheffield is a football city and always will be,even the ice hockey team is bigger in Sheffield than the Eagles.
So Sheffield will always be a football city, but they can have a fairly big ice hockey team too?
If they can get decent crowds to a sport like ice hockey, I think there is definitely some potential for the Eagles. It's just a shame there isn't a 14k stadium around and no-one to even share one with (unless Sheffield FC get any good!) rather than a huge 25k stadium with mostly uncovered stands and a running track.
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Wellsy13 wrote:So Sheffield will always be a football city, but they can have a fairly big ice hockey team too?
If they can get decent crowds to a sport like ice hockey, I think there is definitely some potential for the Eagles. It's just a shame there isn't a 14k stadium around and no-one to even share one with (unless Sheffield FC get any good!) rather than a huge 25k stadium with mostly uncovered stands and a running track.
There is, but folk would rather eat their first born than share.
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Wellsy13 wrote:How does having national media exposure help the clubs themselves? Really?
How does it hurt them?
Sorry but I cannot answer that as our moderator has made it quite clear that we are not to discuss this on this thread
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