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Re: Sorry, but .. : Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:26 am  
I think the first question is, can London pull together enough funding to be viable members of the top tier?

Doesn't matter what the RFL want if no viable proposition exists.
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Re: Sorry, but .. : Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:47 am  
Kurt Baptiste Joins Leigh - the big 2 continue to strengthen and no movement from London
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Re: Sorry, but .. : Mon Dec 18, 2017 11:13 am  
WQ the RFL would love to expand graphically, but the problem is without the folk to put the money in it will never happen. London broncos are clinging on by the skin of their teeth to the full time pro game. Skolars keep plugging away. But look elsewhere South Wales! That went well didn't it. Oxford gone!!!! Will they do any better down in Bristol? Doubt it.
Hemel stags had Lots of money pumped into it, where are they? Dewsbury sad thing is especially with stags is look at what they produced when they were a Hemel team. So expand! the game has been trying for over 100 years to expand, will the N America venture be the catalyst? It needs something!
Without folk like Mr Perez, Bernard over in Perpignan and yep DH, or even closer to home with Dr Kougash the game as a whole would struggle to stay afloat never mind expand. If sky get bored of us then its in real trouble. So maybe RFL pinning there hopes on N America and the potential market is what in the long run could save London Broncoos from becoming a short chapter in the history book of RL
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Re: Sorry, but .. : Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:26 pm  
Surely, Koukash has bailed on Salford.
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£20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000.
The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover.

There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. :BEAT:

Re: Sorry, but .. : Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:18 pm  
wire-quin wrote:
The question is do the RFL want to expand geographically?

Halfdan of t'wide embrace wrote:
I think the first question is, can London pull together enough funding to be viable members of the top tier?

The answer is CAMRA!
Seriously! Arrange 11 Beer festivals, each one coinciding with a home game, offer thousands of free tickets and if the cameras present happen to notice swathes of empty stands, just explain it away by saying they were all in the beer tent......do this for 3 years and then you'll receive close to 2 million pounds a year of Sky Money with which to run your club....a club that costs closer to 5 million to run but has only a few hardcore and alcoholic fans willing to pay to watch it........Oh...and have a canon firing free hot-dogs into the crowd, tat's bound to attract the neigbours over their garden fences to watch the game 8)

....I applaud Perez for the razzmatazz and sheer energy he has, but it's very very early days yet
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Re: Sorry, but .. : Tue Dec 19, 2017 12:56 am  
Kougash has bailed on salford leaving a 1.7 mil unpaid bill. It's exactly what I am getting at.
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£20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000.
The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover.

There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. :BEAT:

Re: Sorry, but .. : Sat Dec 30, 2017 5:31 pm  
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Kougash has bailed on salford leaving a 1.7 mil unpaid bill. It's exactly what I am getting at.

surely he doesn't expect paying back........like someone else who you are defending to the hilt?
Debt is debt and the Dr knows that tax is due and that debt is his get out of Jail clause........Salford are bolted on for the MPG and will be replaced by Leigh or the Wolfpack in 2018
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Re: Sorry, but .. : Sat Dec 30, 2017 5:55 pm  
The 1.7 mil is unpaid bill owed to the council, nothing to do with any money that the Dr put in. More money that has not come in
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Re: Sorry, but .. : Sat Dec 30, 2017 6:02 pm  
As for salford and MPG impressed that you have such insight to know what’s going to happen in 10 months time.
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Re: Sorry, but .. : Sun Dec 31, 2017 7:29 am  
Surely, even optimistic Salford fans can see that their side will struggle in the coming season.
The MPG might be their only chance of staying in SL.
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