West Coast Pirates Bid News

[Pippen94]

You really are drowning aren’t you?

No

 

[Pippen94]

Before they and union got sht they were getting 25k crowds. Next question.

What do they get now after seasons of losing?!

 

[xe_kilroy]

What do they get now after seasons of losing?!

RL is a better entertainment/sport than RU, so it would have a better chance of success than the Force and other RU fixtures there.

 

[Colk]

No

In that case you should probably supply evidence of how many came from the east coast before making such a claim.

 

[Colk]

Yeah, biggest audiences for sport are Barty & before that Cathy freeman. Who would've thought women representing Australia in global event would capture public's interest?!

Womens afl popular in southern states. Nrlw popular in north..

Obviously no network in Australia thought so otherwise they would have bid more for it, captain hindsight. That’s the point.

There weren’t these competitions ten years ago and not many people would have predicted that there would have been these competitions in place and been as popular as they have been ten years ago.

Seriously, this is new levels of stupid trying to argue that women’s sport hasn’t become more popular in recent times

 

[Perth Red]

What do they get now after seasons of losing?!

not many, how many did Tigers or Dragons get at the weekend?

 

[Bukowski]

not many, how many did Tigers or Dragons get at the weekend?

Tigers averaged 9k this year in rugby league heartland Campbelltown. Wollongong wouldn't have been much better

 

[Pippen94]

RL is a better entertainment/sport than RU, so it would have a better chance of success than the Force and other RU fixtures there.

..that's just tastes

 

[Pippen94]

Obviously no network in Australia thought so otherwise they would have bid more for it, captain hindsight. That’s the point.

There weren’t these competitions ten years ago and not many people would have predicted that there would have been these competitions in place and been as popular as they have been ten years ago.

Seriously, this is new levels of stupid trying to argue that women’s sport hasn’t become more popular in recent times

Yeah, Matildas were a goal away from not bring in 2nd round.
Outside of top level international events how are women's sports drawing?!

 

[Pippen94]

In that case you should probably supply evidence of how many came from the east coast before making such a claim.

Wa tourism department

 

[Colk]

Wa tourism department

Would that be the media release that provides no numbers of people travelling interstate for the game, estimation or otherwise? As I suspected, making an unsubstantiated claim as always.

 

[Perth Red]

Would that be the media release that provides no numbers of people travelling interstate for the game, estimation or otherwise? As I suspected, making an unsubstantiated claim as always.

stop debating with a plank, you'll only make yourself feel dumber.

Reality is there was probably around a max 5-10k fans who travelled over from East coast for it. There was 35-40k west coast RL fans at the game. Pirates only need to convert 50% of them to an active fanbase to be profitable. We got this.

 

[Colk]

Yeah, Matildas were a goal away from not bring in 2nd round.
Outside of top level international events how are women's sports drawing?!

Not too badly. Enough to have professional competitions and have them shown/broadcast live.

You can dodge and weave as much as you want because you don’t want to admit that you’re wrong. Nevertheless the fact remains we didn’t have these competitions a decade ago and there is a reason for them: there is a market for them.

 

[Colk]

stop debating with a plank, you'll only make yourself feel dumber.

Reality is there was probably around a max 5-10k fans who travelled over from East coast for it. There was 35-40k west coast RL fans at the game. Pirates only need to convert 50% of them to an active fanbase to be profitable. We got this.

True. He is getting more and more unhinged though which is slightly funny.

Apparently, his other point is that women’s sport hasn’t become more popular. Interesting.

 

[Pippen94]

stop debating with a plank, you'll only make yourself feel dumber.

Reality is there was probably around a max 5-10k fans who travelled over from East coast for it. There was 35-40k west coast RL fans at the game. Pirates only need to convert 50% of them to an active fanbase to be profitable. We got this.

Lol, numbers aren't available but u know them?! Talk about hypocrisy..

 

[Pippen94]

True. He is getting more and more unhinged though which is slightly funny.

Apparently, his other point is that women’s sport hasn’t become more popular. Interesting.

Show me metric backing that up?!

 

[Pippen94]

Not too badly. Enough to have professional competitions and have them shown/broadcast live.

You can dodge and weave as much as you want because you don’t want to admit that you’re wrong. Nevertheless the fact remains we didn’t have these competitions a decade ago and there is a reason for them: there is a market for them.

Wnbl, super netball, tennis, Olympics never existed before..

 

[Pippen94]

Would that be the media release that provides no numbers of people travelling interstate for the game, estimation or otherwise? As I suspected, making an unsubstantiated claim as always.

Lol, u just liked post from old red where he pulls number out of his western end. Guess ur dramatic stand on the numbers was just that..

 

[Pippen94]

not many, how many did Tigers or Dragons get at the weekend?

Don't know, but those clubs aren't going anywhere. They have rusted on fans. Reds will be either flavor of month or dead. That's why club is chasing newtown jets or ns bears fans..

 

[Pippen94]

Anybody notice @Perth Red & @Colk avoid answering any tough questions?!
NRL will demand any bid from west (should one emerge) be less evasive when it puts hard questions to candidates..