Loudstrat
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What the EPL and NFL are doing is irellevent. They are in a different country.Not knowing what crowd attendances are relative to other codes and the growth rates they are getting it's hard to judge. It appears that Super rugby crowds are down in general, someone suggested that AFL crowds are down. What are crowd averages doing in the EPL and NFL etc. The point being is that economic conditions are tougher so perhaps no growth or little growth maybe performing very well based on current economic climate. You would think with fixed schedules, the exposure the games gets plus membership drive that attendances will increase.
If the top 4 next year includes Newcastle, Parra and the Dogs there will be a visible leap in crowd stats. These are the big crowd pullers when they are doing well as opposed to not - more so the former two. Probably ad Souths to that as well.
As for the perennial whinging pom - who wants the ARLC thrown into Guantanamo if Cronulla v Penrith on a wet night doesnt jag 60k - he must remember that tomorrow 40k will turn up to a wooden spooners final game of the season.