Well you saying it doesn't make it true, but happy to be shown some evidence to back up the words.
No it doesn't. So here you go. Imagine if we were given the free ride the Broncos get and were given the viewer friendly Friday night time slot like the Broncos almost every week? After all we did have the highest rating free to air game on television last year since 2014 as well with 1.3m viewers. I know that game was bumped up due to it being the first game back after covid, but the below figures don't lie. We are number one.
So we are the number one viewed team in the COUNTRY of any sport and people like pou say we can't hack it like the other glamour teams when it comes to attracting sponsors and the alike? I have argued this with posters on here before, we are the number one club in the NRL or at the very least equal to both Brisbane and Melbourne for importance to the ARLC. Eyeballs is what matters the most to corporations and potential sponsors and we attract the most in at least 2 of the top 3 markets in the country. But we get very little respect by so many. This can be attributed by our own doing due to the way we used to be governed. But now things have changed from that perspective and we should be taking full advantage of our elite status in the game. So are we?
With the below figures if our management can't get the best and most lucrative endorsements and sponsorships, then our management sucks. All they need to do is show those figures and sell our top 4 team, best stadium and developing city by a crack, top notch, gift of the gab, negotiating team and we should be able to have the most valuable jersey in the country to go with our status.
Signing players and coaches should also be an advantage for us when it comes to attracting sponsors for them and selling our club to players over almost every other club. We need to go after someone like Frank Ponissi at Melbourne or others of similar quality or status in the game. We have to stop with the second rate appointments and only hire the best of the best like the top teams in any league do. We are one of them for f**k sake! Therefore hirer the best that can get us there and stop with the cut price merkins already.
Also we should go to Fox Sports now and ask them to do a preseason and first half of the season(maybe all season) Tigertown type of feature doco on us. We would rate the house down. We are the medias click bait darlings for a reason. So again lets take advantage of it instead of being victims. Sponsors would be salivating at the prospect of even more exposure for their buck. Hell I should be running our joint.
Sorry it is a pay walled article, but its been extracted below.
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EELS SNARE TV RATINGS TITLE
The Parramatta Eels have won the title as the season’s most watched NRL club on Fox Sports and Kayo.
The Eels had an average audience of 378,000 — more viewers than any of their NRL or AFL rivals thanks to their fanatical blue and gold army in Sydney’s west — up 10 per cent on last year. OzTAM ratings also reveal
Parramatta as the most watched football team in any code on pay TV and free-to-air TV.
“Having an average of 378,000 viewers on Fox and Kayo each week is a phenomenal result and a testament to our members and fans who support our club with pride,” Eels chief executive Jim Sarantinos said. “It’s also a terrific outcome for our sponsors. We are by no means done and plan to build in 2021.”
Melbourne Storm came in second on 360,000, with Sunday’s opponents Penrith eighth with 330,000. The Gold Coast Titans and the New Zealand Warriors finished equal-last with an average of 271,000 viewers.
The round-six Roosters v Eels game was the most watched pay TV game, with an average audience of 507,000. The second-highest was Sonny Bill Williams’ comeback for the Roosters against the Raiders on a Saturday night in round 17.
NRL TV RATINGS
TOP 8
1 Eels 378,000
2 Storm 360,000
3 Rabbitohs 354,000
4 Raiders 350,000
5 Roosters 345,000
6 Broncos 343,000
7 Wests Tigers 338,000
8 Panthers 330,000
BOTTOM 8
9 Cowboys 315,000
10 Sharks 314,000
11 Knights 313,000
12 Sea Eagles 306,000
13 Dragons 297,000
14 Bulldogs 287,000
15 Titans 271,000
16 Warriors 271,000
*Fox Sports & Kayo figures
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