Re: NFL sell out Wembley *again* ! : Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:34 pm  

shinymcshine wrote:

There was only 56,854 in attendance at the Spurs Vs Man City game at Wembley last night.

Premier League football is dying !!!!

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: NFL sell out Wembley *again* ! : Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:42 pm  

Just to bump this back up. I take it that most of us are familiar with the global phenomenon that is fortnite? Well the NFL definitely are https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment ... iler-price

Just to bump this back up. I take it that most of us are familiar with the global phenomenon that is fortnite? Well the NFL definitely are https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment ... iler-price

Re: NFL sell out Wembley *again* ! : Wed Nov 07, 2018 5:23 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote: Just to bump this back up. I take it that most of us are familiar with the global phenomenon that is fortnite? Well the NFL definitely are https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment ... iler-price Had to google it....... Like all global trends its cool until the next one and the NFL get more fans at one game than we do at the top 13 ties combined and more viewers for one game than we do all season..... We can't even fill Hull for an England game

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote: Just to bump this back up. I take it that most of us are familiar with the global phenomenon that is fortnite? Well the NFL definitely are https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment ... iler-price Had to google it....... Like all global trends its cool until the next one and the NFL get more fans at one game than we do at the top 13 ties combined and more viewers for one game than we do all season..... We can't even fill Hull for an England game

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: NFL sell out Wembley *again* ! : Wed Nov 07, 2018 6:48 pm  

Call Me God wrote: Had to google it....... Like all global trends its cool until the next one and the NFL get more fans at one game than we do at the top 13 ties combined and more viewers for one game than we do all season..... We can't even fill Hull for an England game https://www-polygon-com.cdn.ampproject. ... ayers-2018 74 million players a month, 125 million in july. Big money tournament, celebrities who play it, primark and other supermarkets stocking various clothing lines, its more than just a fad. And the NFL have jumped on the bandwagon to get more exposure. If the rfl had a fat sack of money available, they'd get a poop load of exposure if they tried to get involved with this, say just before the start of the new super league season. It'll never happen but this is the sort of thing they need to be trying to do, changing their marketing, thinking outside the box. Try and make rugby league cool for the kids. They're the customers of the future.

Call Me God wrote: Had to google it....... Like all global trends its cool until the next one and the NFL get more fans at one game than we do at the top 13 ties combined and more viewers for one game than we do all season..... We can't even fill Hull for an England game https://www-polygon-com.cdn.ampproject. ... ayers-2018 74 million players a month, 125 million in july. Big money tournament, celebrities who play it, primark and other supermarkets stocking various clothing lines, its more than just a fad. And the NFL have jumped on the bandwagon to get more exposure. If the rfl had a fat sack of money available, they'd get a poop load of exposure if they tried to get involved with this, say just before the start of the new super league season. It'll never happen but this is the sort of thing they need to be trying to do, changing their marketing, thinking outside the box. Try and make rugby league cool for the kids. They're the customers of the future.

Re: NFL sell out Wembley *again* ! : Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:06 pm  

Fantastic Mr Catpiss wrote:

74 million players a month, 125 million in july. Big money tournament, celebrities who play it, primark and other supermarkets stocking various clothing lines, its more than just a fad.

Tamagotchi anyone? 80 million units sold.........
or how about one of these.......

.....killed Vinyl (or at least buried it for 30 years)
It's a fad and will be replaced by another fad......marketing on its popularity is great, but it's a short term high expense method for a qUick return......the NFL existed when the walkman came and went and it will be the same with this

Re: NFL sell out Wembley *again* ! : Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:47 pm  

Please keep RL away from anything associated with flossing, dabbing or any other weird affliction this game encourages. Children spend far too much time in front of screens, not something I’d like to see rl encourage.

Re: NFL sell out Wembley *again* ! : Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:16 pm  

Seth wrote:

Please keep RL away from anything associated with flossing, dabbing or any other weird affliction this game encourages. Children spend far too much time in front of screens, not something I’d like to see rl encourage.

Well said. Let’s encourage them to gamble instead by having Ladbrokes sponsor the challenge cup

Re: NFL sell out Wembley *again* ! : Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:22 pm  

Or how about neither is ok. I didn’t realise the choice was either or.

Re: NFL sell out Wembley *again* ! : Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:03 am  

Ruune Rebellion wrote:

Well said. Let’s encourage them to gamble instead by having Ladbrokes sponsor the challenge cup

As well as the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup it’s also the Betfred Super League. I do agree this is adding to the Nations problem gamblers, but it needs to be restricted by the government, that’s their job to create laws, not through the RFL turning down sponsorship.

Re: NFL sell out Wembley *again* ! : Thu Nov 08, 2018 7:57 am  

Whatever you think of video games, the reality is that it's a large part of the lives of a lot of young people.

Major football and NFL clubs aren't investing heavily in e-sports (and top e-sports players aren't earning more than some Premier League footballers) because its a fad. They're doing it because it's a way to connect with a notoriously hard to reach audience.

You can complain about "kids on their PlayStations / phones all day long" but if that is the way the wind is blowing, it's not good news for the courier of this sport if it doesn't / can't respond to that trend.