wrencat1873 wrote:
Considering the ageing support base for RL, the lack of technology and/or unwillingness to use it, will certainly hit attendance numbers (assuming that we are allowed to attend).
People will just do other stuff that doesn't require jumping through as many hoops.
Plus, we saw how many fans were reluctant to return to games when the restrictions lifted this season and with numbers of positive tests starting to climb rapidly, it's going to be extremely difficult to maintain or increase attendances and work out just how to entice the stayaway fans to attend.
Must say I agree, It doesn't take much to give some fans an excuse to stop watching that's for sure and Covid is probably the ultimate.
The obvious way is to win things but I think we will leave that for now,
Another way is to vastly enhance the matchday experience, hence the importance of today.
The third and most important way and one I think the club has truly embraced is to make Trinity far more than just a RL club. Community is an overused phrase but within its limitations, Trinity is slowly embedding itself into the community. This will of course be vastly enhanced by the East stand and new 4G pitch.
Eventually, I hope it will become second nature for the young folk of Wakefield to at least try watching RL at some point. This will happen hopefully because we have embedded ourselves so deeply into their young minds that we are a part of them. Some will fade away quickly but so long as we can keep a steady flow we will do ok,
However, without the prompt resolution of Covid, this will be extremely difficult. But whilst ever there remains the hysteria around this illness then we will struggle. I said it on another thread, the politicians, scientists, media and even certain posters on here need to step back and look at the damage they are causing. Life is a balancing act, always has been and although it's easy to say if like me you have so far not been affected, the balance is wrong at the moment.
The point where we had to make peace with the virus has long passed in my opinion. The damage the virus does to a relatively small number of people is IMHO far outweighed by the damage caused by the reaction. We are now tearing down the very fabric of our society to hide from a disease that in truth is way down the list of fatal ailments. It's a collective madness,
Funny isn't it that in China, the origin of the virus has been operating normally for nearly two years since the initial outbreak. It hasn't folded under the strain so who exactly is kidding who on this one.
Nothing about the reaction of the west to Covid makes sense. I have no great conspiracy theory but to me, our response seems to have been totally out of proportion since day1. We have effectively bankrupted ourselves in almost every way fighting a shadow.
So back to your main point, we are a bit stuffed until the nation comes to its senses.
