* Sharks have no major sponsor at this point.
true. but its not even 2010 yet. give the new guys time to f**k up like the last lot. LG saw a chance to save soem money on the back of what happened in 2002, which makes the greg bird decision even more perplexing.
I can't see anyone signing on to sponsor your club unless you go well on the field. Has the NRL assisted you to get a sponsor with Free to Air games in the first few rounds like they have the Roosters? Just remember, out of sight, out of mind.
You guys need a major sponsor if you are to survive, and they need to pay their way, not a cut price one that devalues sponsorships for all the other clubs.
* The development was forecast to bring in approx $5mil a year profit (whether this is net or gross I am not sure). This is to go to the Leagues club rather than the football club. They expect money to start coming in approx 5 years time.
true. however without the footy club what point is the leagues club?
Plenty of Leagues clubs that don't support NRL clubs. Their is junior league after all. Maybe you can become the St George feeder club.
Sharks spend the least on and off the field of any NRL club.
this is true. times are tight. this is a reason to boot them?
The point is that they can't cut back costs anymore than they already have. No one is going to boot them. The club will fold, and their is no reason to save them.
* The highest Sharks season average was 16281 in 2005. Though the second highest was 13974 back in 1999. Crowds have been pretty poor even when you had a good year on the field in 2008 you still only averaged 12965.
yes. there was steady decrease in crowds in each of TTG's seasons in the shire with one random spike (likely because it was the first finls season since 02). management decisions on players and coaches took the club from one of the most exciting to watch in 01, to the worst in 03. 2008 we played boring football that won games due to th way the game was being plyed at the time. it was hrd to watch.
A lot of it is to do with the location of the ground, and the fact that it isn't the greatest ground to attend in the first place. Crowds are very important to your club, and I can't see how your club can grow to the required 20K that every club will need to average in another 10 years or so.
* One of the lowest amounts of Season ticket holders in the comp.
the new board has made this a top priority. wether we ever do re connect with the community remains to be seen. they were succesful in getting my money so i guess that counts for something.
Proof will be in the pudding. Will be interested to see what sort of response they do get to the membership drive.
* League's club owes St George bank approx $8-9mil. St George previously has been close to foreclosing the loan. What may some more interest rate rises do to pressure on the leagues and football club operations?
its only 9 million.
is it the leagues club or th footy club?
The Leagues club, which feeds money to the Football club. Though with the pokies taxes biting even harder, Cronulla the football club is going to need to learn how to survive on it's own two feet.
* Have been bailed out of debt previously. Why should the NRL do it again when the club struggles to get any kind of support outside of it's own area.
they wont. they want us gone. however they need 16 teams for the tv rights deal.theyre praying we fall over with enough time to get the bears up and running. but they wont kick us out. the backlash from souths was enough to eliminate this option.
Yeah, they will support you enough to make it through the season, Central Coast I am sure will be happy enough to take over the following season. The NRL isn't silly, and neither is the Central Coast bid team who understand that their best hope to get admitted is at the expense of a Sydney club.
