daytona wrote: ↑09 Mar 2020, 13:15
nottinghamtiger wrote: ↑09 Mar 2020, 11:47
daytona wrote: ↑09 Mar 2020, 11:16
Hopefully all the armchair/ keyboard warriors will get down and give the lads our support.
I love how people criticise those who don’t attend every game as “armchair fans” or “keyboard warriors”, rather than think about why they don’t attend. I don’t live locally and work in the week so Thursday/Friday games aren’t possible for me. There will be other people not attending for financial reasons, family reasons and because they have young children to look after.
People also need to consider that some of the blame for lower attendances lies at the club’s door. I know a number of people who won’t attend (including my own wife and children) because the club haven’t invested in adequate facilities.
It’s a massive mistake to simply insult supporters for not attending rather than consider WHY this is the case. I hope the club don’t have the same attitude.
I take your point Notts, but I find it hard to accept that someone that is a fan of rugby league and Cas would not attend one of the biggest games in our season on a Sunday, because the toilets aren’t what you are expecting . I imagine that is what you are referring to?
I think there are two points here:
1. People ARE deciding not to attend due to the facilities (including the toilets). I live with two of them, and know of many others. I think the club find it hard to accept too and like to think facilities have no impact on attendances. Unfortunately, that’s just convenient thinking on their part and gives them the reason not to spend money.
2. The club needs to realise that it is reliant on casual supporters who might attend some games. Not only for ticket income, but for merchandise etc too. As an example, my daughter went to a Man Utd game with school as they did a promotion offering tickets to schools. Did they make much money on her attendance? No. But what did she want for her birthday? A Man Utd shirt. The same happened when her school were given tickets to a Nottingham Panthers ice hockey game. Since she went, we’ve been twice more; she WANTS to go back, not for the game itself, but for the game-day experience.
There has to be a realisation that sport is no longer a product that relies not on a hardcore of loyal supporters who turn up to watch every live game, but is becoming ever more dependent on people who see it as a leisure activity like going to the cinema. Sports clubs aren’t just competing with other sports clubs; they are competing with all other forms of entertainment in the leisure industry. At the moment, our club isn’t attractive to those people who are making the choice of how to spend their leisure time.