Get Rid of The Donkeys
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No it doesn't actually, all it does it cut into the broncos, and somewhat titans fanbase/catchments/sponsors
so does Ipswich and Redcliffe though...
So would any new franchise whereever it is situated, but it all depends on how much to each nearby club, aswell as the potential to grow, easts/firehawks are in the middle of both existing clubs catchments, ipswich are in the middle of broncos catchment only, and redcliffe are not affecting either, not if moreton bay is the suggested catchment, but yes all affect sponsorship and potential fanbase... but thats the point too, to give existing SEQ loxals a choice, whether they already have a current team they follow e.g Broncos, Cowboys, or Titans, and if not a fan of either can potentially be a Dolphin supporter
Pretty much this, if we are scared to eat into current fan bases to grow the overall fan base in the future, then we may as well call expansion off altogether, close up shop and hand NSW and QLD over to the AFL.
Any Brisbane-based bid is going to cannibalise the existing clubs to some extent.
If the report is to be believed about a third of RL fans in Brisbane follow an interstate club. The trick for the new club will be to get these fans to adopt them as their second club, eventually some will migrate to the Brisbane2 club being their first club or at worse their kids will. They could do something smart like tell us who your team is and get a free ticket when we play them at home, then get them to follow Brisbane2 as their adopted "home" team. If 1/3rd really arent followjg a qlnd team there should be no need to cannbilise the exisitng clubs fanbases.
That's a good way of getting more RL fans in Brisbane to attend games. It guarantees Brisbane will host every team from Sydney each year twice with Magic Round.
I'm absolutely in favour of that, the game has painted itself into a corner though. Brisbane should have had a second team for a decade or more by now and we should be talking about Adelaide, Perth and NZ2 as our options moving forward.
Or do both with a reduction of the self centred Sydney clubs.
People that follow out of town clubs don’t generate as much revenue as Bris 2 fans would. Their team only plays in Brisbane one or twice a year. If they picked up Bris 2 they might attend more games, buy memberships, are more likely to buy Merchandise, their kids are more likely to follow RL, etc.
Yep, it’s a shame the people doing the report didn’t survey those fans to see if they would follow brisbane2 or stick with their out of town club.
The nRL should be spending $1m on research about all this. Can’t afford to get this wrong.
The initial core fan-base of every expansion team in my lifetime was made up of people whom supported other teams and if asked prior to the new clubs existence if they would switch to the new team, most (including myself) would have said no, but they'd attend anyway just for the opportunity to watch footy, and that maybe the team would become their 'second team'.
They should have made it 20k or 25k with covered stands.
