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Continuity - Cardiff is the only stadium big enough with a roof that eliminates weather risk and the location is ideal.'"
Yes I agree.
Quote crucrucrusaders="crucrucrusaders"I'll try to put a post up on here of all available hotels in towns, cities for 20 miles around Cardiff with good transport links.'"
No offence but have you actually ever been to Cardiff? I recall you didn't even know there was more than one main exit from Cardiff Central train station and also that you didn't think many people from 'the valleys' tend to get off at Queen St rather than Central. Do you know the area at all?
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Marketing - The RFL need to spend money advertising and marketing the game down here. Even if it needs Alfie and Iestyn to go into schools, and I mean literally every one, giving them a 2 for 1 voucher with a child attending the match for free with a full paying adult. They could also show them a quick video and get them excited for the event. These tickets could be for the top tier that was shut this weekend so no loss on that front. '"
No they don't. You could market RL as much as you want in South Wales and the locals won't want to know about it. Well certainly not enough to justify the outlay. As we know the populace of South Wales failed to embrace the Celtic Crusaders- thats despite them being put almost straight into Super league. And how many bona fide South Walians attended Millennium Magic? You could send Tom Jones and St David himself into the schools armed with freebie tickets and it wouldn't work. And what video would you show them to get them 'excited'? And why would you give away free tickets to an area that offers a better view of things than the ones that people have actually paid for? Not really fair is it?
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Change TV schedule - Put only the last games of each day on Sky. Maybe give Sky some money to make it worthwhile. This should encourage more people to stay in the stadium. It would also mean more travel down to see the game I feel. At the moment with all 7 games on staying at home and watching it in the comfort of your front room is an easy option.'"
So if I live in the far north of Scotland or somewhere miles away and I'm forking out £40+ a month for my SkySports package to watch Rugby League yet the only games of the magic weekend I could have watched were Hull FC v Hull KR and St Helens v Wigan am I going to be impressed?
2 games out of 7 available ones for me to watch on Sky does not represent good value for money.
You havent thought your ideas through have you?
