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Mild Rover wrote:Tbh, you don't see that many children at games.
I know this from a Magic weekend, so not necessarily reflective of passholders, but the picture accompanying this article has almost no children in the crowd.
Apart from ball boys and kids' teams playing at half time, I've not seen many children at Rovers. Some that are there are scampering around the play area rather than watching the game.
Maybe it is less of a family sport than we like to think. By the time they're old enough to first really enjoy and appreciate the game, a lot will be want to be with their mates rather than their mum or dad, I guess. And I suspect a lot of young families are time- as well as cash-poor nowadays.
I disagree there seems to be loads of children especially in the north stand and a quite a lot in the east
Mild Rover wrote:Tbh, you don't see that many children at games.
I know this from a Magic weekend, so not necessarily reflective of passholders, but the picture accompanying this article has almost no children in the crowd.
Apart from ball boys and kids' teams playing at half time, I've not seen many children at Rovers. Some that are there are scampering around the play area rather than watching the game.
Maybe it is less of a family sport than we like to think. By the time they're old enough to first really enjoy and appreciate the game, a lot will be want to be with their mates rather than their mum or dad, I guess. And I suspect a lot of young families are time- as well as cash-poor nowadays.
I disagree there seems to be loads of children especially in the north stand and a quite a lot in the east
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Plenty of young fans at Hull, I have a membership for my 4 year old, but will only take him to a couple of games as it's too late on a night game for him to be out.
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R.B.A wrote:As of 5200 pass sales, 78% had paid the full price.
Criticising each other's pass sales and methods is ridiculas. Both sets of fans have backed their Clubs superbly looking at the figures.
Hulls buy one get one free offer for kids should be commended. The more kids following our sport the better.
TBH I'm well aware of that, and its very good that such a large % have opted to pay full price. As you say, both sets fans have backed their respective clubs. Was more a dig at Keith's post than the fans/club generally.
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R.B.A wrote:I'm normally in agreement with most that Mild Rover puts forward but on this occasion I think he is miles off track.
Maybe I haven't taken into account how many children you'd expect to see - people are only children for a small part of their lives. And it's not something I've paid that much attention to, so I'm happy to concede the point.
It does seem a bit odd then that Hull's (commendable, I agree) bogof offer hasn't had more uptake. Any ideas on total number of junior passes?
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Mild Rover wrote:Maybe I haven't taken into account how many children you'd expect to see - people are only children for a small part of their lives. And it's not something I've paid that much attention to, so I'm happy to concede the point.
It does seem a bit odd then that Hull's (commendable, I agree) bogof offer hasn't had more uptake. Any ideas on total number of junior passes?
Some families may not want to sit in designated blocks for kids. Plenty of kids around us in the east and also the the south stand, you only have to look when toys r us' mascot is handing out free toys
Mild Rover wrote:Maybe I haven't taken into account how many children you'd expect to see - people are only children for a small part of their lives. And it's not something I've paid that much attention to, so I'm happy to concede the point.
It does seem a bit odd then that Hull's (commendable, I agree) bogof offer hasn't had more uptake. Any ideas on total number of junior passes?
I didn't want to sit in the west stand so just paid normal price for the kids in the east
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Mild Rover wrote:Tbh, you don't see that many children at games.
I know this from a Magic weekend, so not necessarily reflective of passholders, but the picture accompanying this article has almost no children in the crowd.
Apart from ball boys and kids' teams playing at half time, I've not seen many children at Rovers. Some that are there are scampering around the play area rather than watching the game.
Maybe it is less of a family sport than we like to think. By the time they're old enough to first really enjoy and appreciate the game, a lot will be want to be with their mates rather than their mum or dad, I guess. And I suspect a lot of young families are time- as well as cash-poor nowadays.
I think using Magic Weekend as an example is where you've gone wrong. I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm reading the occasion wrong, but my impression is that Magic Weekend is a chance for the adults to have a weekend away, enjoy 6 games of rugby at a bargain price, and have a night out on the Toon...or wherever it may be held.
Kids do get bored easily, mine certainly did, so expecting them to sit through 3, possibly 6 games of rugby is wishful thinking so I certainly wouldn't have taken my kids to the event.
Thankfully my son is old enough to get a round in himself so is allowed to come with us now!
Mild Rover wrote:Tbh, you don't see that many children at games.
I know this from a Magic weekend, so not necessarily reflective of passholders, but the picture accompanying this article has almost no children in the crowd.
Apart from ball boys and kids' teams playing at half time, I've not seen many children at Rovers. Some that are there are scampering around the play area rather than watching the game.
Maybe it is less of a family sport than we like to think. By the time they're old enough to first really enjoy and appreciate the game, a lot will be want to be with their mates rather than their mum or dad, I guess. And I suspect a lot of young families are time- as well as cash-poor nowadays.
I think using Magic Weekend as an example is where you've gone wrong. I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm reading the occasion wrong, but my impression is that Magic Weekend is a chance for the adults to have a weekend away, enjoy 6 games of rugby at a bargain price, and have a night out on the Toon...or wherever it may be held.
Kids do get bored easily, mine certainly did, so expecting them to sit through 3, possibly 6 games of rugby is wishful thinking so I certainly wouldn't have taken my kids to the event.
Thankfully my son is old enough to get a round in himself so is allowed to come with us now!
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