Re: Wonder why? : Sat Oct 02, 2021 11:07 am
PopTart wrote:
The point of expansion isn't to move the game geographically, it is to open up new income streams.
You are right about Wigan and Sts. They are small, but they are established brands.
It's not just big cities that are needed it is an area that can host a successful rugby team.
Any businnes wanting to expand puts that work in and starts small.
To me as with many things in RL, it isn't the idea that fails, it's the execution.
You are right about Wigan and Sts. They are small, but they are established brands.
It's not just big cities that are needed it is an area that can host a successful rugby team.
Any businnes wanting to expand puts that work in and starts small.
To me as with many things in RL, it isn't the idea that fails, it's the execution.
Although I agree with you to a point PT, Wigan and less so St Helens are not exactly recognisable places to those outside of the RL world.
We kid ourselves that they are well known places because to RL fans they are but, if you were to ask a "random" southerner or Scotsman, they probably wont have heard of them.
The whole narrative peddled by the RL media and some of the bigger clubs is a smokescreen to drive the game in a particular direction and to protect the big 4/5 clubs
Wigan and St Helens are smaller than Wakefield