What can they do to draw better crowds? They haven't drawn decent crowds for a long time yet nothing much gets done. Hopefully Dave Smith is on the phone getting them to somehow turn this around
SIMPLE!!!!
Reduce the schedule to 18-20 games, make SOO a standalone weekend which would give it a good build up all week. Kind of like the GF build up or the SuporBowl in the US.
That would definitely make these games a lot more worthwhile. It would also ensure guys like Greg Inglis actually have the option of playing until they are 35/36 and not be forced into retirement at 31/32 because the body is that beat up from playing so many games.
It's not the Roosters or the Tigers fault that only 16,000 turned up last night, this happens to all clubs. We are so spoiled for choice and we play sooo many games during the long season, does it really matter if you're a Roosters season ticket holder and you miss 2 or 3 games when you can attend 16 or 17 others during the season.
Why does it surprise so many people when they announce that 50% of the Roosters season ticket holders didn't show up? This happens to all clubs week in week out. When I go to Souths games the season ticket seats above me are apparently sold out but that family has turned up to only 1 game this year so far which was against the Bulldogs.