The drop off occurred and they never averaged 16k, facts. But bare facts don't always tell the whole story and I've said twice that I accept that Super League was the reason.
As for it being stupidity, read all of the posts before you comment you tard.
Don't talk wank.
Where did I say they were crappy compared to other teams, ARL or Super League?
Go on, find where I said it and give your post a point.
So you think 20-40k for Sunday afternoon games are good ratings?
Of course I'm referring to recent figures. FFS.
Who said they did involve a Perth team and were heavily advertised in Perth?
They were test pattern ratings.
You can call a turd a waffle if you like but its still a turd.
The point has escaped you, totally.
I think it should be storm vs reds or raiders vs reds. Try and get a rivalry going between these teams and it will benefit all of them. Dragons vs reds would also be a good match up for round 1.
Why would Reds Dragons be a good draw over any other? Is there a pre existing rivalry when the Reds previously played?
I think the Reds beat St George (as it was) back in 1995 in their first home game, so it would be a nice nod to that launch.
Also don't forget that's based on population, 60k in Perth is the equivalent of something like 300k in Sydney.
You can't say "I understand that most of that can be attributed to Super League though", and then follow that up in a subsequent post with "A 13k average to an 8k average is quite a drop-off, don't you think?"
Either crowds from the orginal Western Reds at the height of the super league war are relevant, or they are not. you can't have it both ways.
And i still can't see how the ratings could have been expected to be anything other than awful with erratic non-regular coverage at the best of times.
good to see they had a rise of 500 people per game from 96 to 97 though. one can only wonder where they would be now if we had of stuck to them, who knows, they could have won a number of premierships, averaged crowds above 20k, produced countless juniors, added tens of millions to our last tv deal, developed a rivallry with the storm which could of eventually led to a wa v vic origin game, introduced hundreds of thousands of new fans to rugby league. but no, we did the typical rugby league thing and put them in the too hard basket and pulled out. our sport could be so much bigger if we had some vision!
If you accept it was the reason why even bring it up. You were implying in your original post that the drop in crowds was a concern, the people in this thread explained why it wasn't and was in fact in line with the rest of the comp.
Therefore your original point was wrong as i said it was.
I did read them and they completely disproved your bullsh*t.
It's the truth whether you like it or not.
As always you miss the point.
You never did compare them and thats the whole problem. You tried to just look at perths crowds in isolation and ignore all other factors. If you had actually looked at other clubs crowds you would have understood why your post was so stupid.
I knew you were. I doubt 20-40K is any worse then what the wrestling and other sh*t they show rates. The games don't have to rate spectacularly to be worthwhile.
Again right over the top of your head, that was the whole point i was making. Perth doesn't have a team, games aren't advertised at all and they are scattered throughout they year. This is going to have an impact on ratings.
However like with everything else you want to just ignore all other factors.
I never said the ratings were great. However they have all ready proven that the worst case scenario is that they would rate similar to what is already shown.
However they wouldn't have to pay for extra content so it would still be beneficial.
Add in games involving Perth, some advertising and more regular scheduling and the ratings will no doubt go up.
If this isn't the pot calling the kettle black. You misunderstood pretty much everything i wrote and then tried to respond with a bunch of ad hominim attacks.
Your original post was nothing more then a troll and now you are backtracking because people called you on your BS.
Obviously an ex-AFL man.
The Reds didn't average 16,500 at the WACA. It was a lot closer to 10k.
Not disagreeing with your sentiment, we should have stuck with the Reds.
But seriously, a WA v Vic Origin?
Why would Reds Dragons be a good draw over any other? Is there a pre existing rivalry when the Reds previously played?
EA adds yet another valuable contribution to this message board.
Back to more important things......
Does anyone belong to a supporters group of their club ie Legion, CSSC, Crusade etc? Wondering if they have a membership fee for these groups?
Dragon Army is free to join. Just turn up at the game and say hi. Also Perth Red, there is a website: www.ourredv.com