I think it is a great idea. Heaven forbid Marky, a self confessed league fan, would be negative about a possible idea that could be great for the game.
And you know this wont sell out because............. you have conducted extensive market research into what percentage of the SE-QLD population would go to this game, along with interstate visitors ?
No, just what I thought, lets all take Marks opinion as gospel.
just a hunch.....8 times the games doesnt mean 8 times the greatness
the guy it came from just copied what they are doing overseas, and even that is failing....30k each day over two days, with many people buying 2 days tickets, so its not like 60k separate people went.
its a lame idea, and in brisbane!! come on, we love league, but we won't go watch 2 sydney teams, not to the level of crowd they want....plus who from sydney is going to come up? you dont even go to games down there....last friday 9k....huh! pathetic!
dont want to curb your enthusiasm....but this is a great weekend away, but a terrible idea from the get-go....put your effort elsewhere.
it will flop.
look at salivor, 210,000 fans through the gate...you are seeing numbers, but there is no reality...you won't get 210,000 separate tickets sold in brisbane, plus by the time you divide it by 8, its not that great a number of dollars to chase.
this is a badly thought out idea....in britain, they have 50 million, we have 10 or so from league areas
the blasted thing is a news ltd beat up, designed to get people talking about it....who cares if its real, if it came from manly, whatever the agenda behind it, it won't help league one little bit....
why deny nrl across australia? why give the afl a free weekend in sydney or union? wtf do I need to say to get it across to you that silly short-term thinking is not going to work or save league....they need to invest in a long term strategy.