Fluffy said:
Interesting though that he wanted to keep Peters simply as family rather than for who is right for the job.
If we are to have a professional club we need to get out of the jobs for boys mentality.
I was thinking the same thing there Fluffy. A boys club culture doesn't work and can be very destabilising for any organisation.
We can't forget Delmege and others who chipped in to save the club and I for one am forever grateful that they did.
I wasn't going to comment on this aspect of the club until after GF weekend but since it has been brought up in the article I will say this. Sorry all don't want it to be negative post leading up to a great weekend, hope it doesn't come across that way.
Penn mentions we've got 3000 ticketed seats and we need 8000 to 10,000 to be viable in terms of a venue." I would think it would be better to have 15,000 to 25,000 members.
Trolling through the warriors website I was interested in looking at what it cost our cuz in NZ for Cat 1 ticketed membership - NZD $430 about AUD $340 where compared to our golden wings membership AUD $900. If you’re a kiwi, it’s basically is less than 50% of cost compared to our membership for a single ticket, I am not certain what other clubs around Sydney are chargingor how they compare.
If you do the mathematics 3000 members @ $900 = $2.7mil
(not all 3,000 would be golden wings so revenue may be half of the above)
12,000 members @ $350 = $4.2mil and at
15,000 members @ $350 = $5.25mil
The club still comes out in front, I would even consider buying 3 or 4 tickets at that price.
Given the state of our stadium price is reflected by demand. Demand is low with only 3,000 ticketed members and it doesn't reflect price.
I think they have got the marketing side of things right now and need to work on price point. This is where it starts to hurt the average everyday family that goes to a game of RL. Personally I am seeing like most major events the average family or even the above average family is just being priced out of the market in the everyday cost of living, mortgage stress and I personally think it will only get worse in years to come.
So from my point of view and I guess most would agree it would be nice to see if we have a fair pricing structure which would increase revenue, increase membership at a lower cost to the people that support the club. More people at a lower cost can still provide for a very healthy profit.
In saying all of the above I am going to buy two ticketed memberships for 2012 (first time ever) but rather than buying a couple of golden wing memberships I am looking now at cat 2 Maroon Wings or general entry White Wings if it will help the club I support.
I became football club member and still remain as one well before when the club had financial issue's and before Delmege and Penn helped to save a rebuild the club as I felt I wanted to be a silent part that would help keep the club I support in the competition otherwise I would have lost all interest in RL, that was my motivation. So rather than sit here and whinge I feel I have a duty to do the same again and become a ticketed member in 2012 if it helps the club I support with passion.