Tigerade wrote:
I don't think the mass-ownership model has ever worked in sport. But there is another good idea you might want to take on board. We recently did a bring-a-friend for a tenner deal at Cas Tigers and that put a couple of thousand on the gate. Getting them to stay might be another matter though.
As long as they are coming to see a competitive match that can work in the short term. However we dont get competitive games nor have done for years? now it wont work.
The broncos will never be able to compete with the Northern clubs due to the huge difference in the cost of living down here compared to Up North which prevents any quality players moving south and any top quality Southern hemisphere players choosing London over the North. This can only be changed by giving the broncos a fair London weighting to offset this extra cost burden which would certainly help with the aussie recruitment but with the new TV deal down there and the poor rate of exchange with the aussie $ few such players are becoming available now. Any quality Northern players who might be tempted are aslo put off by the need to uproot their family from family, friends schools etc. when they can stay in the same house up north and just drive to their new club each day.
It is not a level playing field in SL.
The Northern clubs will not agree to allow us the London weighting and with our chairmans limited funds he probably cant afford it anyway. We really need to be allowed an extra three aussies to offset the lack of quality players we cant recruit from Up North.
With these concessions the fans can allways say that its down to the club to recruit better and coach better but with things as they are now its like we are playing with our hands tied behind our backs. There is no way of breaking out of this straightjacket under the present SL rules hence the despair of so many fans and the parochial attitude of northern fans who are happy to see RL in this country go backwards as long as their club is OK jack!
