Re: What now? : Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:01 pm  

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:

Anyone who doesn't see the benefit of Toulouse being promoted over the likes of Fev isn't seeing the bigger picture. The game is struggling financially and a few hundred extra bums on seats once per season isn't going to rescue clubs that are struggling. We need to attract bigger sponsors and better TV deals and getting clubs like Toulouse in SL is one way to help achieve that. It opens us up to French TV offering more for the rights to broadcast games. Sponsors will see opportunity that just isn't there with yet another M62 team. Yes there are negatives in the short term, but if we aren't trying to grow the game and reach out to new areas we are eventually going to regress to a part time sport again. I hope Toulouse thrive and grow.

Another game without atmosphere

Re: What now? : Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:13 pm  

ploinerrhino wrote:

Another game without atmosphere

They could always hire a trumpet player and steal football songs to create an atmosphere.

Re: What now? : Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:20 pm  

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:

Anyone who doesn't see the benefit of Toulouse being promoted over the likes of Fev isn't seeing the bigger picture. The game is struggling financially and a few hundred extra bums on seats once per season isn't going to rescue clubs that are struggling. We need to attract bigger sponsors and better TV deals and getting clubs like Toulouse in SL is one way to help achieve that. It opens us up to French TV offering more for the rights to broadcast games. Sponsors will see opportunity that just isn't there with yet another M62 team. Yes there are negatives in the short term, but if we aren't trying to grow the game and reach out to new areas we are eventually going to regress to a part time sport again. I hope Toulouse thrive and grow.

I seem to remember all the same pomp and circumstance with Toronto, they were going to open up the North American advertising market. I hope it doesn’t end in tears again just like Gay Paris, the original European part of SLE.

Re: What now? : Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:48 pm  

ploinerrhino wrote:

Another game without atmosphere

Yes lets just have Hull v Rovers and Wigan v Saints every week instead,

Re: What now? : Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:51 pm  

Armavinit wrote:

I seem to remember all the same pomp and circumstance with Toronto, they were going to open up the North American advertising market. I hope it doesn’t end in tears again just like Gay Paris, the original European part of SLE.

Totally different, PSG was a new club in an area with no real connection to rugby league. Toulouse on the other hand were formed in 1937.

Re: What now? : Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:05 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Totally different, PSG was a new club in an area with no real connection to rugby league. Toulouse on the other hand were formed in 1937.

Just in time to be banned by the Vichy France government.

Re: What now? : Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:17 pm  

Armavinit wrote:

Just in time to be banned by the Vichy France government.

I didn’t want to say out - in case others complained about non RL topics.

Re: What now? : Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:33 pm  

Armavinit wrote:

Just in time to be banned by the Vichy France government.

you are as blinkered as your mate ccs
you two are stuck in a time warp

Re: What now? : Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:28 am  

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:

Anyone who doesn't see the benefit of Toulouse being promoted over the likes of Fev isn't seeing the bigger picture. The game is struggling financially and a few hundred extra bums on seats once per season isn't going to rescue clubs that are struggling. We need to attract bigger sponsors and better TV deals and getting clubs like Toulouse in SL is one way to help achieve that. It opens us up to French TV offering more for the rights to broadcast games. Sponsors will see opportunity that just isn't there with yet another M62 team. Yes there are negatives in the short term, but if we aren't trying to grow the game and reach out to new areas we are eventually going to regress to a part time sport again. I hope Toulouse thrive and grow.

I think the Catalans had major problems in 20/20 and 20/21 negotiating their own tv broadcasting deals in France, in fact in their historic grand final year, some of their games were not televised at all. Hopefully the promotion of Toulouse will add more weight to new broadcasting deals for both teams.

Re: What now? : Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:02 am  

I’ve been to Toulouse several times with RU. Great town & cracking weekend away. Really looking forward to it.